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MARINUS in the VINEYARD presents

NUEVO TANGO 

On September 19, 2023 MARINUS in the VINEYARD returns to Crozet to present something totally new—NUEVO TANGO. Although we’re calling this “new tango”, we’re pairing a dance suite by J.S. Bach with works by Argentine tango-master Astor Piazzolla and new compositions by another Argentine bandoneon player and composer, GRAMMY-nominated Juan Pablo Jofre.

JP JOFRE is praised by CNN as “one of the most important Argentinean bandoneonists and composers” and highlighted repeatedly by the New York Times as one of today’s leading artists. Cellist JOSEPH KUIPERS, “…a powerfully gifted performer, and a virtuoso cellist” (Sonus Journal) will join him from Dallas where they first teamed up at the Music@Mill Festival last spring.

King Family Vineyard, Crozet, VA

September 19, 2023 

6:30 PM Wine Reception and BYOP (Bring your own picnic) 

7:30PM Concert

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“Latino instruments made an appearance (Symphony Space) as well, like the Argentine bandoneón, artfully played by J. P. Jofre.” – New York Times

Come with friends around 6:30PM to sip a glass of wine (*available for purchase) as you watch the sun set over the mountains. Then join us in the carriage house at 7:30PM for a concert of world-class chamber music. 

 You don’t want to miss this bold and immersive concert experience.

MARINUS in the VINEYARD presents

SEVEN LAST WORDS 

Join MARINUS for an intimate evening of world-class music, local wine and gorgeous scenery. This year we’re bringing in two fabulous violinists: Hye-Jin Kim who is praised for her “…heart-stopping and unrivaled beauty” by The Strad Magazine and Kobi Malkin who the New York Times praised for his “gorgeous tone and an edge-of-seat intensity.” Cellist Joseph Kuipers, “…a powerfully gifted performer, and a virtuoso cellist” (Sonus Journal) will join us from Dallas, and Rachel Yonan will round out the quartet, playing the wonderful role that links treble and bass. Father Blake Johnson will offer short reflections on each WORD.

King Family Vineyard, Crozet, VA

March 21, 2023 

6:30 PM Wine Reception and BYOP (Bring your own picnic) 

7:30PM Concert

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“gorgeous tone and an edge-of-seat intensity.” —New York Times of violinist Kobi Malkin

Come with friends around 6:30PM to sip a glass of wine (*available for purchase) as you watch the sun set over the mountains. Then join us in the carriage house at 7:30PM for a concert of world-class quartet playing. You will not want to miss this opportunity to hear one of the most immersive and intensive string quartets of the repertoire, performed as Haydn intended, dramatically with meditations given on each Sonata movement. It will be a complete concert experience. 

CHAMBER MUSIC RALEIGH

North Carolina Museum of Art

Raleigh, NC

April 30, 2023 | 2PM

Renié: Contemplation
Damase: Sonate pour flûte et harpe
Debussy: Beau Soir
Fauré: Après un Rêve, Opus 7/1
de Falla: Siete Canciones Populares Espanolas
Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Harp and Viola 

Close networks of likeminded people make fertile ground for creativity as we see in this program featuring French inspired music for harp. All the composers performed today had musical relationships: Debussy inspiring and competing with Ravel; Fauré teaching Ravel at the Conservatoire; Renié influencing Ravel and Debussy; Ravel cavorting with the likes of de Falla and Stravinsky. It is amazing to think that such brilliant circles existed, and that they may still exist to perpetuate the evolution of music and culture.

Artists 

Hannah Kuipers, Chrestman, harp

Rachel Kuipers Yonan, viola

Anthony Trionfo, flute

Grammy nominated Dover Quartet opens MARINUS in the VINEYARD season

Join GRAMMY® nominated DOVER QUARTET for an intimate evening of world-class music, local wine and gorgeous scenery

King Family Vineyard, Crozet, VA

September 19, 2022 

6:30 PM Wine Reception and BYOP (Bring your own picnic) 

7:30PM Concert

Click here for tickets!

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“The Dover Quartet players have it in them to become the next Guarneri String Quartet—they’re that good. Expert musicianship, razor-sharp ensemble, deep musical feeling and a palpable commitment to communication made their performances satisfying on many levels.” —Chicago Tribune

Haydn: String Quartet Op. 76, No. 3 “Emperor”

Come with friends around 6:30PM to sip a glass of wine (*available for purchase) as you watch the sun set over the mountains. Then join us in the carriage house for a mini concert of world-class quartet playing. You will not want to miss this rare opportunity to hear one of the most in-demand string quartets as you sip wine in a gorgeous venue!

***DON’T MISS OUT! Join MARINUS again on Tuesday, September 20 as the DOVER QUARTET plays sextets in the round with RACHEL KUIPERS YONAN (viola) and JOSEPH KUIPERS (cello). Works by Brahms and Schoenberg. Click here for tickets!

MARINUS in the VINEYARD presents GRAMMY nominated Dover Quartet with Rachel Yonan and Joseph Kuipers

King Family Vineyard, Crozet, VA

September 20, 2022 

6:30 PM Wine Reception and BYOP (Bring your own picnic) 

7:30PM Concert

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“…it was easy to hear why this foursome is so lauded. The musicians… are together a rare musical combination of power and beauty.” -Boston Classical Review

GRAMMY® nominated DOVER QUARTET will join RACHEL KUIPERS YONAN (viola) and JOSEPH KUIPERS (cello) for sextets in the round which invites the audience to essentially be on stage and participate in the performance as listeners.

Brahms: Sextet in B-Flat Major, Op. 18

Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4

A beautiful concert. A glass of wine. A breathtaking view.

MARINUS in the VINEYARD 

King Family Vineyard

Crozet, VA

April 5, 2022 | 6PM Wine Reception | 7PM Concert

Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Christ

A beautiful concert. 

A glass of wine.

A breathtaking view. 

As an ensemble, our inspiration comes from the sea—constant but ever changing. One of our constants is that each year at this time, MARINUS embarks on a journey. Four acclaimed artists gather to explore HAYDN’S monumental work The SEVEN LAST WORDS of CHRIST, and the intersection of music and spoken word unique to this piece. This year we’ll perform at the gorgeous King Family Vineyard in Crozet, VA on April 5, 2022 at 7:00pm. Socialize with a glass of wine. Enjoy a breathtaking view, and hear a beautiful concert.

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Violinists Siwoo Kim and Kobi Malkin, violist Rachel Kuipers Yonan and cellist Joseph Kuipers partner with Church of the Holy Cross to present this event.

“Perfectly balanced” – Philadelphia Inquirer

CHAMBER MUSIC RALEIGH

North Carolina Museum of Art

Raleigh, NC

May 15, 2022 | 1PM and 3PM

Schumann: Märchenbilder, Opus 113
Schubert: Notturno in E-flat Major
Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Opus 47 

Explore the great German Romantics in this lush program featuring works by Schubert and Schumann. Schumann’s imaginative Märchenbilder or Fairy Tale Pictures will enchant you and draw your mind to other worlds with its musical stories. Following this is the haunting Schubert Notturno in E-Flat, written for piano trio in the autumn of 1827. It is a sublime work of the chamber music repertoire, and is juxtaposed in this program with Schumann’s only piano quartet with its equally lyrical third movement. 

Artists 

Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin

Rachel Yonan, viola

Joseph Kuipers, cello

Kwan Yi, piano

Past Events

Washington and Lee Concert University | Concert Series

Lenfest Center for the Arts
Wilson Concert Hall
Lexington,  VA 24450

Box Office 540-458-8000

Concert Guild: Marinus Ensemble
Dedicated to the memory of philanthropist H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest ’53 (1930-2018)

September 27, 2019 | Master Class

September 28, 2019 | Concert

Nationalism

    • Turina: Piano Quartet in A Minor, Op. 67
    • Bloch: Suite Hébraïque
    • Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57

The Marinus Ensemble is a music collective that presents great chamber music through the talents of emerging international artists. At its heart are its founders, brother and sister, Rachel Kuipers Yonan and Joseph Kuipers. Marinus last performed at W&L during the 2014-2015 Concert Guild Season. This concert will examine nationalism in music as exemplified in Turina’s “Piano Quartet in A Minor, Op. 67”, Bloch’s “Suite Hebraique”, and Shostakovitch’s “Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57”. The concert is dedicated to the memory of H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest ‘53 (1930-2018) whose philanthropy not only funded the Lenfest Center for the Arts and significant programs at W&L, but nurtured the Marinus Ensemble during its early days.

Holy Trinity Anglican Church

April 19, 2019 | Friday | 7PM

Marinus presents Haydn’s Seven Last Words of Christ for String Quartet

As an ensemble, our inspiration comes from the sea—constant and yet ever changing. One of our constants is that each year at this time Marinus embarks on a journey. Four great artists gather to explore Haydn’s monumental work The Seven Last Words of Christ and the intersection of music and spoken word unique to this piece. This year we are delighted to partner with the Rev. Dr. John Yates III at Holy Trinity Anglican in Raleigh, NC.  We will perform on Good Friday in a darkened cathedral space with mediations offered on each word between the sonata movements. Join violinists Jennifer Curtis, Anastasia Agapova, Joseph Kuipers and myself for this final event of our season. It’s  FREE and open to the public.

Holy Trinity Anglican Church

549 N. Blount Street

Raleigh, NC 27604

 

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

February 24, 2019 | Sunday | 3PM
SOLD OUT | Standby Tickets Available

Marinus presents Nationalism.

Living in a time when Nationalism is the word of the day, this program explores that concept in music during the 20th and 21st Centuries. From Spanish Nationalist composer Joaquín Turina to Italian film composer Nino Rota to the oppressed Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, we discover that each expressed pride for his homeland through unique and beautiful sounds. Featuring renowned artists Francesca dePasquale, Elizabeth Fayette, Rachel Kuipers Yonan, Young-Ah Tak, Sarah Shafer and Matthew Zalkind.

    • Turina: Piano Quartet in A Minor, Op. 67
    • Rota: Il Presepio
    • Chausson: Chanson Perpetuelle, Op. 37
    • Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57
    • Schubert String Trio D. 471

Smedes Parlor Concert Series
September 25, 2018 | 8PM

Tango Love

    • Piazzolla: Oblivion
    • Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango
    • Gardel: Por una cabeza (Tango from Scent of a Woman)
    • Piazzolla: The Four Seasons
New York born composer Astor Piazzolla is known for bringing tango music into the classical tradition, and developing the genre. French-Argentine singer and songwriter Carlos Gardel made tango music accessible en masse at the turn of the last century. We’ll play Gardel’s most famous tango, used in the film Scent of a WomanWith acclaimed Marinus artists Elizabeth Fayette, Joseph Kuipers and Kwan Yi gathering from Atlanta and Dallas, this program will make you want to dance!

Curtis Presents

April 15, 2018 | 3PM

Marinus Ensemble with guest clarinet Michael Rusinek.

The ever-changing, ever-engaging Marinus Ensemble is flexible in size and shape to accommodate a broad range of repertoire. Focused on a threefold mission of chamber concerts, audience interaction, and residencies, Marinus counts many Curtis alumni among its members. For this special recital, another Curtis alumnus joins Marinus as a guest: Michael Rusinek, principal clarinet of the Pittsburgh Symphony, noted for his “lavish, supple timbre” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette).

  • Mahler: Piano Quartet in A Minor
  • Beethoven: Clarinet Trio in B-Flat Major, Op. 11
  • Golijov: Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind

Curtis Institute of Music
Field Concert Hall
1726 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103

American Philosophical Society

November 10, 2017 | Friday | 3PM

Marinus Ensemble Tribute to Mary Maples Dunn

Opening with The Emperor Quartet by Joseph Haydn, listen for the patriotic song “Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser” which Haydn used masterfully as the basis of the 2nd movement with its three variations. Beethoven’s immortal Cavatina, the 5th movement of the Opus 130 String quartet is painfully introspective, creating sound for those thoughts that have no words, creating a space for us to grasp at the transcendent. What we cannot say with words, Beethoven perhaps tried to say with this work. The last piece is Schubert’s Quartettsatz in C minor. It is the first movement of what was likely to be a full string quartet, but was left unfinished.

  • Haydn: String Quartet Op. 76, No. 3 “Emperor”
  • Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 130, Cavatina
  • Schubert: Quartetsatz in C minor, no. 12

Smedes Parlor Concert Series

September 26, 2017 | Tuesday | 7PM

Harp Reflections

Marinus is delighted to bring together harpist Hannah Kuipers, flutist Maron Khoury and violist Rachel Kuipers Yonan for a program of harp music. From the Metropolitan Opera, Santiago Philharmonic and Curtis Institute, these artists promise to delight you with a program of Faure, Piazzolla, and Debussy! This concert is presented by the Smedes Parlor series at the St. Mary’s School in Raleigh, North Carolina.

  • Grandjany: Rhapsodie
  • Fauré: Une châtelaine en sa tour
  • Piazzolla: Histoire du Tango for Fute and Harp
  • Debussy: Sonate for Flute, Viola, Harp

St. Mary’s School
900 Hillsborough St.
Raleigh, NC 27603

Rochester Chamber Music Society

September 9, 2017 | Saturday | 7:30PM

German Classics

The Marinus Ensemble presents Grace Park, Shir Semmel, Joseph Kuipers and Rachel Kuipers Yonan playing German Classics. The program features Mozart’s iconic Piano Quartet No. 1, Schubert’s autumnal Notturno in E-Flat Major and Schumann’s lush Piano Quartet in the same key. This concert is presented by the Rochester Chamber Music Society.

  • Mozart: Piano Quartet in G minor
  • Schubert: Notturno in E-flat Major
  • Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Opus 47

Rochester United Methodist Church
400 5th Ave SW
Rochester, Minnesota 55902

Marinus Presents

October 30, 2016 | Sunday | 4:00 pm

Latin Masters

Join the Marinus Ensemble for a special family concert featuring Metropolitan Opera flutist MARON KHOURY, guitarist JEREMY HARTING, and violist RACHEL YONAN. These artists will perform guitar works by the Latin masters. Tour through Spain with de Falla’s Siete Canciones Populares Espanolas and explore Histoire du Tango with Piazzolla’s only work for guitar and flute. The program promises to be captivating for audience members of all ages. Come and ignite your love of music!

Wayne Art Center
413 Maplewood Ave.
Wayne, PA 19087

Marinus Presents

October 29, 2016 | Saturday | 7:30 pm

Latin Masters

Join the Marinus Ensemble as we kick off our fourth season with a special concert featuring Metropolitan Opera flutist MARON KHOURY, guitarist JEREMY HARTING, and violist RACHEL YONAN. These artists will perform guitar works by the Latin masters. Tour through Spain with de Falla’s Siete Canciones Populares Espanolas and explore Histoire du Tango with Piazzolla’s only work for guitar and flute.

Meet the artists following the concert at the FREE wine and cheese reception!

  • Francisco Tarrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra
  • Isaac Albeniz: Asturias
  • Heitor Villa-Lobos: Prelude No. 1
  • Manuel de Falla: Siete Canciones Populares Espanolas
  • Astor Piazzolla: Histoire du Tango
  • Francesco Molino: Second Grand Trio Op. 45

Christ Church Ithan
536 Conestoga Rd.
Villanova, PA 19085

Event Archive
Latin Masters

Wayne Art Center | Wayne, PA
October 30, 2016

Latin Masters

Christ Church Ithan | Villanova, PA
October 29, 2016

Romantic Viola

Jacobs Music | Philadelphia, PA
May 22, 2016

Romantic Viola

Beaumont | Bryn Mawr, PA
May 3, 2016

Brahms meets the Schumanns

Wayne United Methodist Church | Wayne, PA
April 16, 2016

The Seven Last Words of Christ with Dr. John Yates III

Holy Trinity Anglican Church | Raleigh, NC
March 25, 2016

Bach and the Hungarians

Musical Cocktails | Chestnut Hill, PA
February 28, 2016

Beautiful Music and Beautiful Space

Christ the King Church | Conshohocken, PA
February 27, 2016

Duos and Trios

Christ Church Ithan | Villanova, PA
October 22, 2015

Mendelssohn, Piazzolla and Ravel

Tyler-Tallman Hall | Davidson College
April 19, 2015

The Seven Last Words of Christ with Dr. Frederic Putnam

Christ Church Ithan | Villanova, PA
April 2, 2015

“Trout” and Other Transformations with Ensemble 75

Allen Public Library | Allen, TX
February 22, 2015

Song and Brahms

Christ Church Ithan | Villanova, PA
January 29, 2015

Harp Dialogues

Private Garden Concert | Raleigh, NC
November 2, 2013

Haydn’s The Seven Last Words of Christ

Christ of St. Martin-in-the-Fields | Chestnut Hill, PA
April 6, 2012

Harp Dialogues

Wilson Concert Hall | Washington and Lee University
November 1, 2013

The French Air: Lights and Colors

Wilson Concert Hall | Washington and Lee University
February 9, 2013