Madison Bach Musicians

Madison Bach Musicians kicks off their 20th season of concerts with “Vivaldi’s Venice,” a program built around concertos by Vivaldi and including other period works by Albinoni, Galuppi, Legrenzi and Hasse. Axelrod String Quartet violinist Marc Destrubé will join the MBM as featured soloist. Concerts take place at 8 p.m. on Oct. 7 and 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 8, with introductory lectures 45 minutes prior to each.

$38 adv.; livestream also available, $20.

media release: Vivaldi's Venice, with Marc Destrubé, violin

Holy Wisdom Monastery, Middleton, Oct. 7, Saturday: 7:15 pm lecture/8 pm concert; Oct. 8, Sunday: 2:45 pm lecture/3:30 pm concert

Our 20th season begins with a return to Italian Baroque masterworks amidst the beauty of the autumn prairie at Holy Wisdom Monastery. The Vivaldi’s Venice project celebrates the magnificence of instrumental music in Venice during the 17th and 18th centuries. With the incomparable energy and elan of Antonio Vivaldi’s (1678-1741) concertos serving as a pivot point, this program explores works by composers who lived either just before, during, or after Vivaldi’s lifetime and who either lived in or visited Venice. The first half of the program features sinfonias, concertos, and sonatas by Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751), Baldassare Galuppi (1706-1785), Giovanni Legrenzi (1626-1690), and Johann A. Hasse (1699-1783). These composers will set the stage for three of Vivaldi’s groundbreaking and dazzling concertos, all prefaced by his somber Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro. NB—J. S. Bach studied Vivaldi’s concertos quite closely; at the MBM concert, it will be fun to spot moments in Vivaldi concertos that anticipate Bach.

MBM is delighted that internationally renowned Baroque violinist Marc Destrubé will be our featured soloist and will lead the MBM ensemble for this exciting program. Mr. Destrubé is first violinist in the Axelrod String Quartet—quartet-in- residence at the Smithsonian Institution—and is currently the concertmaster of the Oregon Bach Festival and co-concertmaster of the Orchestra of the 18th Century. He was concertmaster of the CBC Radio Orchestra from 1996 to 2002 and has played as concertmaster under Sir Simon Rattle, Kent Nagano, Helmuth Rilling, Christopher Hogwood, Philippe Herreweghe, Gustav Leonhardt, and Frans Brüggen.

Marc Destrubé, Kangwon Kim, Nathan Giglierano, Lee Joiner, Leanne Kelso, Ben Lenzmeier & Mary Perkinson–VIOLINS, Micah Behr & Madlen Breckbill–VIOLAS, James Waldo & Anton TenWolde–CELLOS, Trevor Stephenson–HARPSICHORD

“Madison audiences are fortunate to have the opportunity to experience early music performed with scholarly acumen, on period instruments, with precision, and with passion.” —Drew Collins

n-person tickets (including on-demand access to the concert recording through October 22)

$38 — In-person concert attendance purchased in advance; seniors at the door

$40 — In-person general concert attendance purchased at the door

$10 — Student rush in-person attendance purchased at the door, if available

Livestream only tickets — $25 (available on-demand through October 22)

Purchase tickets online, at the door, and at Willy Street Co-ops and Orange Tree Imports.