PUTNEY — This summer’s Yellow Barn Music School & Festival will conclude with three weekend concerts, on Friday, Aug. 6 (8 p.m., $22), a matinee performance on Saturday, Aug. 7 (12:30 p.m., $18), and Yellow Barn’s Festival Finale that same evening (8 p.m., $25).
Performances include works by Fauré, Brahms, Adès, Mozart and Dvořák, among others, and feature baritone William Sharp, percussionist Eduardo Leandro, violinist Anthony Marwood, and cellist Bonnie Hampton.
In addition to recognized masterworks, this week brings more than 40 different percussion instruments and rare keyboards to The Big Barn, including an electric harpsichord, an instrument that came of age with The Beatles and other 1970s pop artists.
Concertgoers are encouraged to order festival tickets early to these final concerts by calling 802-387-6637 or e-mailing tickets@yellowbarn.org.
Yellow Barn’s final Friday night Pre-Concert Supper, which provides concertgoers the opportunity to participate in informal conversations with Yellow Barn musicians and guests, takes place this Friday at 6 p.m. at The Putney Inn. It will feature special guest Lawrence Weschler, former staff writer for The New Yorker (1981-2002) and grandson of Ernst Toch, whose music is included on the Saturday matinee.
Additionally, this Saturday’s free pre-concert discussion features cellist Natasha Brofsky, Artistic Director Seth Knopp and Yellow Barn musicians takes place at 7 p.m. at the Putney Public Library.