CHAMBER MUSIC
WITH A BANG!
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SPRING 2017
| ISSUE
THIRTY-EIGHT
SAYS
SPRING
2015
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THIRTY-SIX editorial | STEPHANIE SAYS
PA ID
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about the music and the composers, literary references, historical context,
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Benjamin Britten and Bill Bolcom.
a meaningful moment with, and wanting our concerts to feel more like a party
C is for the Crazily Compelling, Centrifugal pianist Christopher Taylor,
than a starchy church service. Our BDDS audience – and pardon me if I brag a
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his Kaleidoscopic
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and
to the program we’ve named for him, “Special K.”
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“evergreens”
will also be in full force: the Beethoven Septet in its trio version,
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Timothy
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legendary Santa Fe Songs by Ned Rorem.
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by June!
V is for Vibrant, Virtuoso Violinists Hye-Jin
Kim and Soh-Hyun Park Altino
and Violists Sally Chisholm and Ara Gregorian.
Z is for the ineffable violinist Carmit Zori, whose Zest for music and life we
just can’t live without.
PERMIT NO 953
M ADISON, WI
CHAMBER
MUSIC
FESTIVAL
JUNE 9-25, 2017
The ABCs of BDDS
THE DYNAMITE
FACTORY
At BDDS, we explore not just the standard chamber music masterpieces, but neglected gems of
We’ve got three young
Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence and the Brahms A Major Piano Quartet––with Britten’s Cello
Anthony Bracewell, violist
Sonata, Prokofiev’s F Minor Violin Sonata, and Gideon Klein’s String Trio––gut-wrenching pieces
Jeremy Kienbaum, and
that, though much less familiar, will still rock your world. In our second week, not just beautiful
cellist Trace Johnson,
piano trios of Brahms and Mozart, but a thrilling, accessible new work by Kevin Puts (you might
members of a new program
we call the Dynamite Factory.
recall that we premiered Kevin’s extraordinary song cycle In At The Eye last year). In our third week,
They’ll perform with us our
not just the epic Brahms Piano Quintet, but Paul Moravec’s jazzy Cool Fire for flute, piano, and
first week and will be featured
strings, and a virtuosic sonata for piano four-hands by Carl Czerny. For the four-hand piece, we’ll
in our free family concert
aim a camera at the keyboard and project the image on a screen for a bird’s-eye view of how the
on Saturday, June 10, in
The Playhouse.
We’re cooking up a great big batch of Alphabet Soup this summer. And with
letters like these in the pot, we’re sure to go from Abracadabra to Zsa-Zsa-Zsu
at every concert!
pianists’ hands interact. All in all, it will be an X-citing season: in our Alphabet Soup, you’ll taste
not just the ABCs of chamber music, but the XYZs as well!
Stephanie Jutt, artistic director of BDDS.
C&N Photography
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Photo by Katrin Talbot
artist Fellows on fire: violinist
the repertoire and new music hot off the press. In our first week, we pair two feel-good favorites––
With a bang!
Stephanie Jutt, Artistic Director
3/1/17 10:41 AM
Gifts and other support received from
June 1, 2016 through February 15, 2017
FRIENDS OF THE BACH DANCING & DYNAMITE SOCIETY
IT’S STILL EARLY:
FAN THE FLAMES OR
BECOME A PYROTECHNIC!
It’s not too late to become a sponsor
for our 2017 festival. Help us Fan the
Flames by sponsoring an artist with
a gift of $2,000 or more, or become
a Pyrotechnic and sponsor a piece of
music by donating $1,000 or more.
Donors at these levels enjoy a special
rehearsal and/or a dinner with the
artists and receive festival tickets,
a recording of a performance, and
our deepest gratitude.
Call Samantha at 608.255.9866.
FAN THE FLAMES ($2,000 AND ABOVE)
Dan Baumann
Linda & Keith Clifford
James Dahlberg & Elsebet
Lund
Mary & Carl Gulbrandsen
David Myers, in memory
of Dan
Pat Powers & Tom Wolfe
Miriam Simmons &
Jim Cain
WEEK ONE | JUNE 9, 10, 11
Sarah Siskind & Joel Rogers
Norma & Elliott Sober
Family of John Stoelting,
in loving memory
Wiley & Virginia Sykes
Anne & Peter Wadsack
Ellen White & Eric Sutter
M. J. Wiseman
Rosemary Johnson
Bill Kraus & Toni Sikes
Ed Krinsky & Mary Jane
Armstrong
Vicki & Jerry Stewart
Daphne Webb
Sandra & Luis Fernandez
Zorko Greblo & Linda
Clauder
Alexandra & William Dove
Terry Haller
Don & Toni Richards
BETTER DEALS FOR SERIES TICKETS!
We have a new ticket-pricing deal!
This year all series tickets will be
discounted 15% if you purchase
them before June 1. Buy a ticket to
three or more different programs
and you’ll receive the discount.
After June 1 all tickets will be full
price. See enclosed order form.
SWIPE, TAP, CURTAIN:
MOBILE TICKETS ARE HERE!
Buy, store, and scan your BDDS
tickets right from your smartphone
with the Overture App! It’s free, and
there is no need to carry tickets–just
show your phone at the door at all
BDDS concert venues–Overture,
Stoughton Opera House, and the
Hillside Theater. Plus, find the best
places to park on your way to
Overture Center. Download the app
at www.overturecenter.org/. Mail,
print-at-home and will-call are still
available for those who prefer
these options.
Joseph Johnson, cello
Sponsored by Dan Baumann
Jeremy Kienbaum, viola
Orange & Dean Schroeder
Don & Carolyn Shelp
Jake Stockinger
Frances Weinstein
Paul Wilhite
William & Jeanne Rayne
James Samsal
John & Sarah Schaffer
JoAnn Six
Bob & Suzanne Smith
Don & Joanna Thompson
Lynne & Peter Weil
Arlene Zaucha &
Sue Goldwomon
Dynamite Factory artist
Trace Johnson, cello
Dynamite Factory artist
Hillside Theater, Taliesin, Spring Green
Sunday, June 11, 2:30 pm
BLT
Joseph Haydn: Symphony no. 104 in D Major, “London,” arr. Salomon
Benjamin Britten: Sonata in C, op. 65, for cello and piano
Peter Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence, op. 70, for string sextet
The Playhouse, Overture Center, Madison
Saturday, June 10, 7:30 pm
Hillside Theater, Taliesin, Spring Green
Sunday, June 11, 6:30 pm
SKYROCKETS ($200-$499)
Alan Attie & Jean Feraca
Don & Carola Breckbill
William & Mary Foltz
Sheila & Carl Getto
Patricia Henson
Anonymous
Rozan & Brian Anderson
Daniel & Karen Atwood
Jean Bae & Gregg Kissel
Chuck Bauer &
Chuck Beckwith
Susan & Ellis Bauman
Robert Blitzke &
Jane Grogan
Josh Chover
Mary Day & John
Himmelfarb
Linda Donnelly
Karen Koch &
Don McCarty, in honor
of Sue Cleary Koch
Rona Malofsky
Pamela Mather &
Lili Kelly
WEEK TWO | JUNE 16, 17, 18
Stephanie Jutt, flute
Jeffrey Sykes, piano
Axel Strauss, violin
Sponsored by James Dahlberg & Elsebet Lund
Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello
Jane Eisner
Laurie Elwell &
Richard Niess
Kristine Euclide &
Doug Steege
Renée & Tim Farley
Heidi & Marshall Fields
Robert & Linda Graebner
Thomas Haig
Harriet Irwin
Monica Jaehnig
Roberta Johnson
Rosemary & Lee Jones
Charles & Susan Kernats
Judith Klehr
Perri Liebl & Mark Barnes
Leon Lindberg
Richard & Louise Miller
Elizabeth & John Moore
Renate & Dietrich Muller
Ruth & Seymour Parter
Reynold Peterson
Karen & Stewart Prager
John Rinehart &
Barbara Conley
Richard & Barbara Roe
Rosemary Dorney
Ben Green &
Emely Verba Green
Sheila Harrsch
Stefanie Jacob
Dave & Jean Johnsen
Alan Kay
Michelle Martin
Alinda Nelson
Betty Scott
Alex & Amy Squitieri
Elaine Strassburg
Vicki & Jerry Stewart
in memory of
Patty Struck
Theodore
Marcia Topel
Julie Weiskircher
Robin Whyte
IN-KIND
BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
Patricia Sanford &
John Stott
Richard & Ruth Schauer
Christine Schelshorn &
James Danky
Shelagh Thomee
Russell & Karen Tomar
Mary & Jerry Tucker
Katie & Ellis Waller
Ledell Zellers &
Simon Anderson
Dorothy & George Zografi
Sponsored by James Dahlberg & Elsebet Lund
Alan Kay, clarinet
Sponsored by Norma & Elliott Sober
Emily Birsan, soprano
Christopher Taylor, piano
James & Eugenia Beecher
Jan & Dennis Blakeslee
Charles Block &
Kate Nettleman
Ann Boyer
Nancy Dast
Karen Shevet Dinah
believer in the joy and
power of music.
Annie Horwitz, in
remembrance of the
anniversary of Susan’s
death and in honor of
Tom’s birthday
ARTISTIC
DIRECTORS
Stephanie Jutt
Jeffrey Sykes
Samantha Crownover
The Baskerville
Dane Arts, with additional
support from the
Evjue Foundation,
the charitable arm of
The Capital Times
Madison Arts Commission
Venture Investors LLC
Wisconsin Arts Board,
with funds from the State of Wisconsin and
the National Endowment
for the Arts
MEDIA SPONSORS
Cricket Design Works
Ainsworth & Partners, Inc.
Audio for the Arts
Driftless Depot
Kris Knight/WellAware
Life Enhancement Center
The Livingston Inn
Murphy Desmond S.C.,
Lawyers
Smart Motors
Larry Bechler
Michael Bridgeman
Barbara Johnson
Orange Schroeder
Miriam Simmons
Sarah Siskind
Norma Sober
Vicki Stewart
Teri Venker
Anne Wadsack
Stephanie Jutt, flute
Jeffrey Sykes, piano
Hye-Jin Kim, violin
Soh-Hyun Park Altino, violin
Ara Gregorian, viola
Sponsored by M.J. Wiseman
Parry Karp, cello
Sponsored by Sue Cleary Koch
Timothy Jones, baritone
Randall Hodgkinson, piano
Sponsored by Anne & Peter Wadsack
If you made a contribution between June 1, 2016
and February 15, 2017 and your name does not
appear, please accept our apologies and call
Samantha Crownover at 608.255.9866.
Camille Saint-Saëns: Tarantelle, op. 6, for flute, clarinet, and piano
Maurice Ravel: “La flûte enchantée” from Shéhérazade for soprano, flute, and piano
Maurice Ravel: Chansons madécasses for soprano, flute, cello, and piano
Béla Bartók: Contrasts for clarinet, violin, and piano
Benjamin Britten, William Bolcom, and Arnold Schoenberg: Selected Cabaret Songs
for soprano and piano
Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio in C major, op. 87
The Playhouse, Overture Center, Madison
Friday, June 16, 7:30pm
Hillside Theater, Taliesin, Spring Green
Sunday, June 18, 2:30pm
SPECIAL K
The Playhouse, Overture Center, Madison
Saturday, June 17, 7:30pm
WEEK THREE | JUNE 23, 24, 25
SUSAN B. HORWITZ CORPORATE,
MEMORIAL FUND
FOUNDATION, AND
GOVERNMENT
We lovingly remember
Susan as a friend,
SUPPORT
board member, and
TWO BS OR NOT TWO BS
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Trio in E Major, K. 542
Jules Mouquet: La flûte de Pan, op. 15, for flute and piano
Franz Schubert: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D. 965, for soprano, clarinet, and piano
–– Sponsored by Carla & Dick Love
Guillaume Conneson: Techno Parade for flute, clarinet, and piano
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Three Songs, op. 22, for soprano and piano
Kevin Puts: Living Frescoes for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
SPARKLERS ($1-$99)
EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
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Stoughton Opera House
Friday, June 9, 7:30 pm
Dynamite Factory artist
FIRECRACKERS ($100-$199)
TICKETING NEWS
Sally Chisholm, viola
Anthony Bracewell, violin
THE DYNAMITE CLUB ($500-$999)
PB & J
Philippe Gaubert: Médailles antiques for flute, violin, and piano
Gideon Klein: String Trio
Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata in F Minor, op. 80, for violin and piano
Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet in A Major, op. 26 –– Sponsored by Michael Bridgeman & Jack Holzhueter
Sponsored by Sarah Siskind & Joel Rogers
Carla & Dick Love
Katherine Naherny
& Roger Ganser
Joan Daniels Pedro
& David Carpenter
Programs are subject to change.
Stephanie Jutt, flute
Jeffrey Sykes, piano
Carmit Zori, violin
Sponsored by the family of John Stoelting, in loving memory
PYROTECHNICS ($1,000-$1,999)
Larry Bechler, in loving
memory of Patty Struck
Michael Bridgeman
& Jack Holzhueter
Martha & Charles Casey
ALPHABET SOUP | 2017 PROGRAM
Hillside Theater, Taliesin, Spring Green
Sunday, June 18, 6:30pm
CS THE DAY
Gerald Finzi: Let Us Garlands Bring for baritone and piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto in D Major, K. 537, “Coronation Concerto”
Carl Czerny: Sonata in C minor for piano four-hands, op. 10
–– Sponsored by Larry Bechler, in loving memory of Patty Struck
Paul Moravec: Cool Fire for flute, piano, and string quartet
The Playhouse, Overture Center, Madison
Friday, June 23, 7:30pm
Hillside Theater, Taliesin, Spring Green
Sunday, June 25, 2:30pm
R&B
Franz Doppler: Fantaisie Pastorale Hongroise, op. 26, for flute and piano
Ned Rorem: Santa Fe Songs for baritone and piano quartet
Luigi Boccherini: Quintet in G minor, op. 19, no. 2, for flute and strings
Kevin Puts: Rounds for Robin for flute and piano
Johannes Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, op. 34
The Playhouse, Overture Center, Madison
Saturday, June 24, 7:30pm
Hillside Theater, Taliesin, Spring Green
Sunday, June 25, 6:30pm
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