editorial | STEPHANIE SAYS

Alphabet Soup was my favorite soup as a kid—wasn’t it yours? Forget the noodles—give me those letters! Trying to figure out what your spoonful of letters would spell was endlessly entertaining, entirely delicious, a bit surprising, and always fun—just like what we strive for each season of BDDS. Whether our offerings are timeless classics or newly commissioned works, you, our adventurous audience, have shown us over and over that you’re up for any challenge and are willing to give every idea a fair shake—in short, you’re an audience who wants every letter in your alphabet soup! Here are some you’ll find in the program recipes we’ve created for you this summer.

A is for the Astonishing violinist Axel Strauss, who brings his Artistic vision to Mozart, Bartok, and Kevin Puts.B is for the Beguiling soprano Emily Birsan, who will sing songs by Benjamin Britten and Bill Bolcom.C is for the Crazily Compelling, Centrifugal pianist Christopher Taylor, playing Connesson and Contrasts.D is for the Dynamite Factory, our first-ever young artist program, showcasing the talents of rising stars violinist Anthony Bracewell, violist Jeremy Kienbaum, and cellist Trace Johnson.F is for celliste Fantastique Jean-Michel Fonteneau and the French je ne sais quoi and joie de-vivre that inspire his playing.J is for the Joyful, Jubilant, Jazzy performances of cellist Joe Johnson, who returns after too many years away.K is for the Karismatic Klarinetist Alan Kay, bringing his Kaleidoscopic talents to the program we’ve named for him, “Special K.”P is for cellist Parry Karp, whose dramatic Presence has shaped BDDS since the beginning.R is for Randy Hodgkinson, the never-say-die pianist whose Recovery from a broken arm will be celebrated with a nonpareil four-hand Czerny piano piece.T is for the Tantalizing, Titanic bass-baritone Timothy Jones, singing the legendary Santa Fe Songs by Ned Rorem.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.

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!

With a bang!Stephanie Jutt, Artistic Director

THE DYNAMITE FACTORY

We’ve got three young

artist Fellows on fire: violinist

Anthony Bracewell, violist

Jeremy Kienbaum, and

cellist Trace Johnson,

members of a new program

we call the Dynamite Factory.

They’ll perform with us our

first week and will be featured

in our free family concert

on Saturday, June 10, in

The Playhouse.

At BDDS, we explore not just the standard chamber music masterpieces, but neglected gems of

the repertoire and new music hot off the press. In our first week, we pair two feel-good favorites––

Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence and the Brahms A Major Piano Quartet––with Britten’s Cello

Sonata, Prokofiev’s F Minor Violin Sonata, and Gideon Klein’s String Trio––gut-wrenching pieces

that, though much less familiar, will still rock your world. In our second week, not just beautiful

piano trios of Brahms and Mozart, but a thrilling, accessible new work by Kevin Puts (you might

recall that we premiered Kevin’s extraordinary song cycle In At The Eye last year). In our third week,

not just the epic Brahms Piano Quintet, but Paul Moravec’s jazzy Cool Fire for flute, piano, and

strings, and a virtuosic sonata for piano four-hands by Carl Czerny. For the four-hand piece, we’ll

aim a camera at the keyboard and project the image on a screen for a bird’s-eye view of how the

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!

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In January, my neighbor came up to me and said, “Do you know you have birds living in your house?” Well, of course, the answer was obviously NO. And wouldn’t you know it, that night I dreamed that there was not only a flock of birds but also a herd of elephants and rats the size of fat squirrels living up there, just inside a medieval-looking door that doesn’t exist at my house. You see where this is going.

In planning a BDDS season, it doesn’t take much to get Jeffrey and me started: one tiny idea turns into a torrent if you let it. Take this season, for example, which we’re calling Guilty as Charged. Doesn’t that title conjure up all kinds of delicious images? We've learned: once we give our audience a whiff of something, you go crazy yourselves and start helping us with interesting stories about the music and the composers, literary references, historical context, ideas for wacky door prizes – the works.

Jeffrey and I have always felt that we’ve stepped off the beaten track with Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, seeing our audience as precious friends to share a meaningful moment with, and wanting our concerts to feel more like a party than a starchy church service. Our BDDS audience – and pardon me if I brag a little bit about you – is one of the smartest and most ebullient anywhere. We are amazed and grateful that you willingly jump down the rabbit hole with us every summer. You go through big doors that may look a little forbidding, and then find the musical moments that touch your heart forever.

This season is going to be absolutely spectacular, with seven new artists as well as returning favorites, including Emily Birsan, Timothy Jones, and Axel Strauss. We’ll be gearing up for our 2016 Kevin Puts commission by playing his Seven Seascapes, and you'll hear the music of Venezuelan composer Paul Desenne in his brilliant baroque send-up, Haydn Tuyero. Continuing our exploration of works of John Harbison, we’ll perform Songs America Loves to Sing, and we'll feature one of our favorite composers, Paul Schoenfeld, with a pair of violin virtuoso numbers I’ve been begging to program for years. Our beautiful

“evergreens” will also be in full force: the Beethoven Septet in its trio version, the Schubert Octet, the Brahms B Major Trio, and of course, plenty of J.S. Bach.

So, beg, borrow, or steal your “Get Out of Jail Free” card, and we’ll see you this summer— maybe I’ll get those elephants out of my attic by June!

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Stephanie Jutt, artistic director of BDDS.

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FAN THE FLAMES ($2,000 AND ABOVE)Dan BaumannLinda & Keith CliffordJames Dahlberg & Elsebet LundMary & Carl Gulbrandsen

David Myers, in memory of DanPat Powers & Tom Wolfe Miriam Simmons & Jim Cain

Sarah Siskind & Joel Rogers Norma & Elliott SoberFamily of John Stoelting, in loving memory Wiley & Virginia Sykes

Anne & Peter WadsackEllen White & Eric SutterM. J. Wiseman

PYROTECHNICS ($1,000-$1,999)Larry Bechler, in loving memory of Patty StruckMichael Bridgeman & Jack HolzhueterMartha & Charles Casey

Rosemary JohnsonBill Kraus & Toni SikesEd Krinsky & Mary Jane Armstrong

Carla & Dick LoveKatherine Naherny & Roger GanserJoan Daniels Pedro & David Carpenter

Vicki & Jerry StewartDaphne Webb

THE DYNAMITE CLUB ($500-$999)Sandra & Luis FernandezZorko Greblo & Linda Clauder

Alexandra & William DoveTerry HallerDon & Toni Richards

Orange & Dean SchroederDon & Carolyn ShelpJake Stockinger

Frances WeinsteinPaul Wilhite

SKYROCKETS ($200-$499)Alan Attie & Jean FeracaDon & Carola BreckbillWilliam & Mary FoltzSheila & Carl GettoPatricia Henson

Karen Koch & Don McCarty, in honor of Sue Cleary KochRona MalofskyPamela Mather & Lili Kelly

William & Jeanne RayneJames SamsalJohn & Sarah SchafferJoAnn SixBob & Suzanne Smith

Don & Joanna ThompsonLynne & Peter WeilArlene Zaucha & Sue Goldwomon

FIRECRACKERS ($100-$199)AnonymousRozan & Brian AndersonDaniel & Karen AtwoodJean Bae & Gregg KisselChuck Bauer & Chuck BeckwithSusan & Ellis BaumanRobert Blitzke & Jane GroganJosh ChoverMary Day & John HimmelfarbLinda Donnelly

Jane EisnerLaurie Elwell & Richard NiessKristine Euclide & Doug SteegeRenée & Tim FarleyHeidi & Marshall FieldsRobert & Linda GraebnerThomas HaigHarriet IrwinMonica JaehnigRoberta JohnsonRosemary & Lee Jones

Charles & Susan KernatsJudith KlehrPerri Liebl & Mark BarnesLeon LindbergRichard & Louise MillerElizabeth & John MooreRenate & Dietrich MullerRuth & Seymour ParterReynold PetersonKaren & Stewart PragerJohn Rinehart & Barbara ConleyRichard & Barbara Roe

Patricia Sanford & John StottRichard & Ruth SchauerChristine Schelshorn & James DankyShelagh ThomeeRussell & Karen TomarMary & Jerry TuckerKatie & Ellis WallerLedell Zellers & Simon AndersonDorothy & George Zografi

SUSAN B. HORWITZ MEMORIAL FUND

James & Eugenia BeecherJan & Dennis BlakesleeCharles Block & Kate NettlemanAnn BoyerNancy DastKaren Shevet Dinah

Rosemary DorneyBen Green & Emely Verba GreenSheila HarrschStefanie JacobDave & Jean JohnsenAlan Kay

Michelle MartinAlinda NelsonBetty ScottAlex & Amy SquitieriElaine StrassburgVicki & Jerry Stewart in memory of Patty Struck

TheodoreMarcia TopelJulie WeiskircherRobin Whyte

We lovingly remember Susan as a friend, board member, and 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

CORPORATE, FOUNDATION, AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORT The BaskervilleDane Arts, with additional support from the Evjue Foundation, the charitable arm of The Capital TimesMadison Arts CommissionVenture Investors LLCWisconsin Arts Board, with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts

IN-KIND Ainsworth & Partners, Inc.Audio for the ArtsDriftless DepotKris Knight/WellAware Life Enhancement CenterThe Livingston InnMurphy Desmond S.C., LawyersSmart Motors

MEDIA SPONSORS Cricket Design Works

ARTISTIC DIRECTORSStephanie JuttJeffrey Sykes

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORSamantha Crownover

BOARD OF DIRECTORSLarry BechlerMichael BridgemanBarbara JohnsonOrange SchroederMiriam SimmonsSarah SiskindNorma SoberVicki StewartTeri VenkerAnne 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.

SPARKLERS ($1-$99)

Gifts and other support received from June 1, 2016 through February 15, 2017FRIENDS OF THE BACH DANCING & DYNAMITE SOCIETY ALPHABET SOUP | 2017 PROGRAM

WEEK ONE | JUNE 9, 10, 11

Stephanie Jutt, fluteJeffrey Sykes, piano

Carmit Zori, violin Sponsored by the family of John Stoelting, in loving memory

Sally Chisholm, viola Sponsored by Sarah Siskind & Joel Rogers

Joseph Johnson, cello Sponsored by Dan Baumann

Anthony Bracewell, violin Dynamite Factory artist

Jeremy Kienbaum, viola Dynamite Factory artist

Trace Johnson, cello Dynamite Factory artist

PB & JPhilippe Gaubert: Médailles antiques for flute, violin, and pianoGideon Klein: String TrioSergei Prokofiev: Sonata in F Minor, op. 80, for violin and pianoJohannes Brahms: Piano Quartet in A Major, op. 26 –– Sponsored by Michael Bridgeman & Jack Holzhueter

Stoughton Opera House Friday, June 9, 7:30 pm

Hillside Theater, Taliesin, Spring GreenSunday, June 11, 2:30 pm

BLTJoseph Haydn: Symphony no. 104 in D Major, “London,” arr. Salomon Benjamin Britten: Sonata in C, op. 65, for cello and pianoPeter Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence, op. 70, for string sextet

The Playhouse, Overture Center, MadisonSaturday, June 10, 7:30 pm

Hillside Theater, Taliesin, Spring GreenSunday, June 11, 6:30 pm

WEEK TWO | JUNE 16, 17, 18

Stephanie Jutt, fluteJeffrey Sykes, pianoAxel Strauss, violin

Sponsored by James Dahlberg & Elsebet Lund

Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello Sponsored by James Dahlberg & Elsebet Lund

Alan Kay, clarinet Sponsored by Norma & Elliott Sober

Emily Birsan, sopranoChristopher Taylor, piano

TWO BS OR NOT TWO BS Camille Saint-Saëns: Tarantelle, op. 6, for flute, clarinet, and pianoMaurice Ravel: “La flûte enchantée” from Shéhérazade for soprano, flute, and pianoMaurice Ravel: Chansons madécasses for soprano, flute, cello, and pianoBéla Bartók: Contrasts for clarinet, violin, and pianoBenjamin Britten, William Bolcom, and Arnold Schoenberg: Selected Cabaret Songs for soprano and pianoJohannes Brahms: Piano Trio in C major, op. 87

The Playhouse, Overture Center, MadisonFriday, June 16, 7:30pm

Hillside Theater, Taliesin, Spring GreenSunday, June 18, 2:30pm

SPECIAL KWolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Trio in E Major, K. 542 Jules Mouquet: La flûte de Pan, op. 15, for flute and pianoFranz 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 pianoErich Wolfgang Korngold: Three Songs, op. 22, for soprano and pianoKevin Puts: Living Frescoes for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano

The Playhouse, Overture Center, MadisonSaturday, June 17, 7:30pm

Hillside Theater, Taliesin, Spring GreenSunday, June 18, 6:30pm

WEEK THREE | JUNE 23, 24, 25

Stephanie Jutt, fluteJeffrey Sykes, pianoHye-Jin Kim, violin

Soh-Hyun Park Altino, violinAra Gregorian, viola

Sponsored by M.J. Wiseman

Parry Karp, cello Sponsored by Sue Cleary Koch

Timothy Jones, baritoneRandall Hodgkinson, piano

Sponsored by Anne & Peter Wadsack

CS THE DAY Gerald Finzi: Let Us Garlands Bring for baritone and pianoWolfgang 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, MadisonFriday, June 23, 7:30pm

Hillside Theater, Taliesin, Spring GreenSunday, June 25, 2:30pm

R & BFranz Doppler: Fantaisie Pastorale Hongroise, op. 26, for flute and pianoNed Rorem: Santa Fe Songs for baritone and piano quartetLuigi Boccherini: Quintet in G minor, op. 19, no. 2, for flute and stringsKevin Puts: Rounds for Robin for flute and pianoJohannes Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, op. 34

The Playhouse, Overture Center, MadisonSaturday, June 24, 7:30pm

Hillside Theater, Taliesin, Spring GreenSunday, June 25, 6:30pm

Programs are subject to change.

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.

TICKETING NEWSBETTER 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. P.O. Box 2348

Madison, WI 53701-2348608.255.9866

www.bachdancinganddynamite.org

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