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Fame...or Fortune? Beethoven’s 250th BDDS Performs in Collins Director Co-artistic Sykes, Jeffrey Spring Green: We’re not House Session in Madison Birthday Binge Recital Hall totally abandoning you! The San Francisco Piano Trio will give an BDDS will perform all nine of Ludwig van Because the Hillside Theater at Taliesin bachdancing.org up-close-and-personal House Session Beethoven’s immortal piano trios this is under restoration, BDDS will perform Spinning Straw into Gold: at the Capitol Point home of our patron season. On June 7, we’ll pair his very three concerts at the Mead Witter School BANG! A WITH 608.255.9866 Thomas Terry on Thursday, June 18, at 6 first published trio (Op. 1, no. 1) with of Music’s new Collins Hall (740 University House Session in Spring Green Madison, WI 53701-2348 WI Madison, pm (music starts at 7 pm). There’s no the legendary “Archduke” trio, his last Ave.) If you usually grab dinner downtown Because the Hillside Theater at Taliesin indeed. wealth PO Box 2348 Box PO more meaningful experience in chamber multi-movement trio, in the elegant new beforehand, it’s only a 15-minute walk from will be closed this summer for restoration, music than seeing the performers from Collins Hall. At this one-time performance, the Capitol Square, or hop on the #2 or #14 is that Now us! left have they riches what and had, have must we’re getting creative! Catch the San four feet away––almost like you’re playing the concert will be accompanied by bus for a quick ride down State Street. they lives inner rich what But life. his of end the at rags than more Francisco Piano Trio in an intimate House the piece yourself! Attendance is $125 and extensive live program notes, readings afford barely could Joplin Scott music, his of popularity the and Session at the home of Daniel and Linda is limited to 30 guests. To be part of this from Beethoven’s letters and diaries, and Marquardt, literally across the street intimate musical evening, complete with anecdotes from Beethoven’s life by Jeffrey genius his Despite bills. his paying about worrying apartment his Baroque but Happy around wandering rags, in clothed composer the found sometimes from the Hillside Theater, on Thursday, refreshments, please email crownover@ Sykes. Then we’ll perform the remaining June 11, at 6 pm (music starts at 7 pm). bachdancinganddymamite.org. trios, along with other music, over the House Session Beethoven visited who People money. with struggled has musicians Refreshments will be served. Attendance course of the next two weekends, June Join us for a House Session featuring of extraordinary most the even exception, without Almost fame. is $75 and is limited to 25 guests. 13-14 and June 20-21, in The Playhouse baroque masterpieces by Stephanie to lead may that cases rare those in even fortune, to path quick a To reserve, please email crownover@ at Overture Center. The trios were among and Jeffrey (on harpsichord). March been never has composer, or performer as either music, in career A bachdancinganddymamite.org. The Smile of Fortune: Beethoven’s best-selling works during 7, 2:30pm - $65. Email crownover@ Young Professionals’ Night his lifetime, but they’re rarely heard as a bachdancinganddymamite.org. world. the in orchestra Join our board member Sarah Best (from cycle. You won’t want to miss any of them! chamber ragtime leading the is ensemble the Jutt, Stephanie Concerts at Slowpoke’s Sarah Best Strategy) and other young flutist members, original its of one by recently reconstituted and professionals for a pre-concert mixer 1970s early the in Schuller Gunther by Formed achievement. Back by popular demand: it’s Stas in Promenade Lounge on Saturday, musical American monumental this showcasing programs two Venglevski and his Russian accordion! June 13, from 6:15 to 7:15 pm. Then present to Ensemble Ragtime England New the invited We’ve A master at his art and utterly charming, attend the concert “For Love and 1800s. the of end very the at composers African-American by he’ll perform with flutist Stephanie Jutt as Money”downstairs in The Playhouse, at pioneered genre great the ragtime, due: its gotten never still has the Stasera Duo at Slowpoke’s Lounge & Overture Center. We’ll provide apps; cash that rich equally something different, very something celebrate Cabaret on Main Street in Spring Green, bar. To reserve, please email crownover@ Friday, June 12, at 7:30 pm. Tickets we’ll concerts of weekend fourth our in see, You it. against decided bachdancinganddymamite.org. (Concert are $12 in advance or $15 at the door. bachdancing but Beethoven” on “Binge season our calling considered We starts at 7:30 pm. Tickets at overture.org) Limited to 100 guests. To reserve, visit dynabach slowpokelounge.com/events. succession. close in trios nine all be undervalued and underperformed today, and rarely do you hear hear you do rarely and today, underperformed and undervalued be opus 1 (1795) to his opus 121a (1824). Despite this, they tend to to tend they this, Despite (1824). 121a opus his to (1795) 1 opus his from ranging symphonies, or quartets, sonatas, his than his lifetime. They span a greater portion of his composing career career composing his of portion greater a span They lifetime. his musically rich, were among Beethoven’s best-selling works during during works best-selling Beethoven’s among were rich, musically JUNE 7-28, 2020 7-28, JUNE FESTIVAL that give deep insight into his life. The trios, each of which is is which of each trios, The life. his into insight deep give that pairing the trios with readings from Beethoven’s letters and diaries diaries and letters Beethoven’s from readings with trios the pairing MUSIC Beethoven’s piano trios scattered across five programs. We’re We’re programs. five across scattered trios piano Beethoven’s are stretching our season by a week in order to perform all of of all perform to order in week a by season our stretching are and symphonies. BDDS is celebrating, too, but with a twist: we we twist: a with but too, celebrating, is BDDS symphonies. and CHAMBER of his most famous works: the piano sonatas, string quartets, quartets, string sonatas, piano the works: famous most his of Beethoven’s 250th birthday by programming complete cycles cycles complete programming by birthday 250th Beethoven’s This year, concert societies around the world will celebrate celebrate will world the around societies concert year, This achievements warranted. achievements of Beethoven, certainly not the level of success that their artistic artistic their that success of level the not certainly Beethoven, of example—never enjoyed even a fraction of the financial success success financial the of fraction a even enjoyed example—never American—Scott Joplin, James Scott, and Jelly Roll Morton, for for Morton, Roll Jelly and Scott, James Joplin, American—Scott composers of ragtime and early jazz, most of whom were African- were whom of most jazz, early and ragtime of composers world, he had serious money problems his whole life. The great great The life. whole his problems money serious had he world, position. But the truth is that despite the musical wealth he left the the left he wealth musical the despite that is truth the But position. composer who was “successful” despite lacking a church or court court or church a lacking despite “successful” was who composer and his contemporaries. Beethoven is considered to be the first first the be to considered is Beethoven contemporaries. his and Beethoven’s piano trios and ends with the great rags of Scott Joplin Joplin Scott of rags great the with ends and trios piano Beethoven’s BDDS’s 29th season, “Riches to Rags,” starts with the riches of of riches the with starts Rags,” to “Riches season, 29th BDDS’s MADISON, WI MADISON, what we refuse.” – EMERSON – refuse.” we what MADISON, WI 53701-2348 WI MADISON, PERMIT NO 953 NO PERMIT “We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through only poor and give, we what through only rich are “We PAID PO BOX 2348 BOX PO JEFFREY SAYS JEFFREY WITH A BANG! A WITH U.S. POSTAGE U.S. CHAMBER MUSIC CHAMBER NON PROFIT ORG PROFIT NON SPRING SPRING 2020 2020 41 ISSUE WEEK 1 | JUNE 7 WEEK 2 | JUNE 13-14 WEEK 3 | JUNE 20-21 WEEK 4 | JUNE 26-28 The New England Ragtime Ensemble Axel Strauss, violin Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello Jeffrey Sykes, piano Axel Strauss, violin Stas Venglevski, accordian Jeffrey Sykes, piano Axel Strauss, violin Emily Birsan, soprano Jeffrey Sykes, piano Cyrus Stevens, violin Laura Medisky, oboe Robert Carriker, tuba Sprs: Elsebet Lund & Spr: Thomas Terry Sprs: Ellen White & Eric Sutter Sprs: Elsebet Lund & Sprs: Linda & Keith Clifford Sprs: Ellen White & Eric Sutter Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello Sprs: Martha & Charles Casey Sprs: Ellen White & Eric Sutter Leanne League, violin Bruce Creditor, oboe John West, piano James Dahlberg James Dahlberg Stephanie Jutt, flute Lisa A. Frank, visual artist Stephanie Jutt, flute Lisa A. Frank, visual artist Sprs: Sandy & Jun Lee Sprs: Mary & Carl Gulbrandsen Spr: The family of Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello Spr: Virginia Sykes Sprs: Paula & David Kraemer Spr: Virginia Sykes Sprs: Paula & David Kraemer Katrin Talbot, viola Cynthia Cameron-Fix, bassoon Louise O’Donnell Miller, SOW’S EAR, SILK PURSE Spr: Thomas Terry Spr: MJ Wiseman Linda Kimball, horn in loving memory Collins Recital Hall Freya Samuels, cello Sprs: Anne & Peter Wadsack Jeffrey Sykes, piano Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in E-flat Major, Hamel Music Center, Madison FOR LOVE AND MONEY CASH COW Dick Sarpola, bass Bo Winiker, trumpet Mark Belair, percussion op.