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Yellow Barn hosts preseason concert with The Parker Quartet
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Yellow Barn hosts preseason concert with The Parker Quartet

Wednesday, June 15, 2016 — Issue 361

PUTNEY — On Thursday, June 16, at 8 p.m., Yellow Barn welcomes alumni ensemble The Parker Quartet - Daniel Chong and Ying Xue, violins; Jessica Bodner, viola; and Kee-Hyun Kim, cello - back to Putney for a special preseason performance.

The program includes Webern's Five Movements for String Quartet, Bartók's String Quartet No.1, and Schubert's String Quartet in G Major, D.887.

The concert takes place at the “Big Barn” on 49 Main St. near the Putney Food Co-op.

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