ONLINE: Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society
Bruce Crownover
Stephanie Jutt and Stas Venglevski recording a segment of the Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society concert "The Master and Margarita."
“Brave New World” is an on-point title for the 2021 concert series by Madison-based chamber musicians Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society. Each concert (also individually named for iconic books) will premiere on Saturdays, June 12-July 3, and remain available on demand through Sept. 1. The Russian-themed June 26 concert, “The Master and Margarita,” features works by Lera Auerbach, Modest Mussorgsky and Dmitri Shostakovich. For more information on performers and repertoire, visit bachdancing.org, where you can also find information on one-on-one concerts/talks on Zoom with BDDS performers.
VIRTUAL CONCERTS are $15 each. Tickets on sale 3/22.
press release: BDDS is back! The challenges of 2020 strengthened our resolve to share our passion for chamber music to you. We are responding boldly and creatively to the realities we face with a 2021 season entitled Brave New World, featuring four kinds of musical experiences.
SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 7:30 PM: The Sun Also Rises; a program of American music named for one of Hemingway’s great novels.
Axel Strauss, violin; Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello; Stas Venglevski, bayan; Stephanie Jutt, flute; Jeffrey Sykes, piano
David Baker: Roots II for violin, cello and piano
Eve Beglarian: I will not be sad in this world for flute and electronics
Margaret Bonds: The Negro Speaks of Rivers for baritone and piano, poem by Langston Hughes
Zez Confrey, arr. Holcombe: Dizzy Fingers for flute and piano
Astor Piazzolla: The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires for flute, bayan, and piano trio
SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 7:30 PM: Great Expectations; named for Charles Dickens’ novel of promises both fulfilled and unfulfilled.
Timothy Jones, bass-baritone; Axel Strauss, violin; Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello; Stephanie Jutt, flute; Jeffrey Sykes, piano
Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Sonata in E-flat Major for flute and piano
Margaret Bonds: Three Dream Portraits, poems of Langston Hughes
Jessie Montgomery: Peace (2020) for violin and piano
Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio in G Major for violin, cello and piano, op. 1, no. 2
SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 7:30 PM: The Master and Margarita; named for one of the greatest novels of Soviet-era Russia.
Timothy Jones, bass-baritone; Axel Strauss, violin; Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello; Stas Venglevski, bayan; Stephanie Jutt, flute; Jeffrey Sykes, piano
Sofia Gubaidulina: Allegro rustico and Sounds of the Forest for flute and piano
Modest Mussorgsky: Songs & Dances of Death for baritone and piano
Dmitri Shostakovich: Trio No. 2 in E minor for violin, cello and piano, op. 67
Stas Venglevski: Eastern European originals for flute and Bayan
SATURDAY, JULY 3, 7:30 PM: Stranger in a Strange Land, named for Robert Heinlein’s 1961 science-fiction novel.
Timothy Jones, bass-baritone; Axel Strauss, violin; Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello; Stas Venglevski, bayan; Stephanie Jutt, flute; Jeffrey Sykes, piano
Kenneth Laufer: Scars and Scrapes Forever for flute/piccolo and piano
Leonard Bernstein: Overture to Candide arr. BDDS, for flute, cello and piano
Robert Owens: Borderline for baritone and piano, poems by Langston Hughes
Rebecca Clarke: Trio for violin, cello and piano
Astor Piazzolla: Le grand tango for piano trio and other arrangements for ensemble
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