2018-19 Season

Young Man in a Study, Adriaen van Gaesbeeck, 1640-1650.

Youthful Splendor: Concertos from the Baroque

Outstanding young violinists are featured as concerto soloists in celebrated works by Bach, Vivaldi, and Leclair, delivering vivacious interpretations. The young artists are accompanied by an orchestra of professionals players, led by violinist Carrie Krause.

Location

4/27/2019 Hope Lutheran Church – Bozeman

Performers

Violin soloists:  Dylan and Derek Wonenberg | Ian Novak | Grace Rembert | Daniel Gao | Cade Fiddaman

Orchestra: Carrie Krause and Pico Alt, Violin | Angella Ahn, Viola | Julia Slovarp, Cello | Jon Ford, Bass | Julie Gosswiller, Harpsichord | 

Program

Horses of Saint Mark. Bronze. Attributed to the Greek sculptor Lysippos, 4th century B.C. Venice, Basilica of St. Mark.

Dark Horse Consort: Ye Old Song and Dance

The early music ensemble Dark Horse Consort is dedicated to unearthing the majestic late renaissance and early baroque repertoire for brass instruments. Inspired by the bronze horse statues in Venice’s famed St. Mark’s Basilica, the ensemble attempts to recreate the glorious sounds of composers such as Giovanni Gabrieli, Claudio Monteverdi and Heinrich Schütz. Dark Horse often expands to include vocalists and strings, which when combined recreates the rapturous kaleidoscope that was the sound of the early 17th century instrumental ensemble.

Locations

6/26/2019 Kania House – Shepherd | 6/27/2019 Sheridan College – Sheridan, Wyoming | 6/28/2019 Cikan House – Bozeman | 6/29/2019 Bitterroot Public Library – Hamilton | 6/30/2019 Toepffer-Schwer House – Big Sky

Performers

Kiri Tollaksen, cornetto | Greg Ingles, sackbut | Eric Schmatz, sackbut | Carrie Krause, baroque violin | John Lenti, theorbo

Program

The Apple Seller, Pietro Longhi (1701-1785)

The Stradella Incident: Stradella, Lully, Bononcini and Venetian Songsters

As Stradella stayed just one step ahead of the assassins that pursued him most of his days, he lived a thrilling paradox. He was the most famous musician in Italy while a fugitive, living in the shadows when not entertaining Popes and princes. After a narrow escape from death at the hands of one jealous husband’s hitmen, the head of the house of Savoy enlisted her nephew, Louis XIV, to punish the goons. Divine art from a diabolic source makes for a compelling story, and we’ll illustrate one of the more exciting episodes in music history with Stradella’s incomparable and thrilling chamber music, alongside some thrilling theatrical bits of Lully. It’s the seventeenth century as you’ve never heard it before! 

Locations

8/21/2019 Hearst Free Library – Anaconda | 8/22/2019 Arts Council series – Salmon, Idaho | 8/23/2019 Beehler House – Bozeman | 8/24/2019 Reidar’s Red Barn – White Sulphur Springs | 8/25/2019 Coulter House – Helena

Performers

Carrie Krause, Baroque violin | Adriane Post, Baroque violin | Annabeth Shirley, Baroque cello | Nate Helgesen, Baroque bassoon | John Lenti, Theorbo

Program

Detail from Portrait of a Lady with an Ostrich-Feather Fan, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1656/1658.

The Age of Ornaments

From delicate French trills to German divisions to wild Italian esclamatione! , this program explores ornaments from the baroque featuring Bozeman’s Julia Slovarp on cello and Colorado’s Erin Hanke on BaMM’s beautiful harpsichord, on generous loan from the Young family.

Locations

2/8/2019 Hope Lutheran Church – Bozeman | 2/9/2019 Vorachek home – Red Lodge | 2/10/2019 Losekamp Auditorium, Rocky Mountain College – Billings

Performers

Carrie Krause, Baroque Violin | Julia Slovarp, Cello | Erin Hanke, Harpsichord

Program

Detail from Portrait of a Lady with an Ostrich-Feather Fan, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1656/1658.

The Age of Ornaments

From delicate French trills to German divisions to wild Italian esclamatione! , this program explores ornaments from the baroque featuring Bozeman’s Julia Slovarp on cello and Colorado’s Erin Hanke on BaMM’s beautiful harpsichord, on generous loan from the Young family.

Locations

2/8/2019 Hope Lutheran Church – Bozeman | 2/9/2019 Vorachek home – Red Lodge | 2/10/2019 Losekamp Auditorium, Rocky Mountain College – Billings

Performers

Carrie Krause, Baroque Violin | Julia Slovarp, Cello | Erin Hanke, Harpsichord

Program

Little Girl with Basket, Helena van der Schalcke, Gerard ter Borch (II), c. 1648

The Mystical Violin and Courteous Lute

Seventeenth Century Sonatas. This program spins historic tales and sublime tunes including Greensleeves, the metric shifting Pandolfi Romanesca, and the Brade Chorale Variations – the earliest piece written for violin in England. Additional works by Albertini, Boddecker, Locke, Matteis, Rebel.

Locations

11/8/2018 Columbus Community Congregational Church – Columbus | 11/9/2018 Reynolds Recital Hall – Bozeman | 11/10/2018 Elling House – Virginia City | 11/11/2018 Coulter House –Helena | 11/18/2018 Columbus High School Outreach – Columbus

Performers

Carrie Krause, Baroque Violin | John Lenti, Lute

Program

Boy with Sausages and Dog, Pieter Snyers (1681‑1752)

A Bunch of Baloney!

Roma became Rome. Venezia became Venice. Firenze became Florence. But somehow Balogna never became Baloney, except in sandwiches. We ladle on the Balognese sauce with choice cuts by Corelli, Cazzati, Vitali, Caldara, Granata, and Gabrieli

Locations

8/27/2018 Neighborhood outreach, Krause House – Bozeman | 8/28/2018 Eagle Valley Ranch, home of Nikos Monoyios and Valerie Brackett – Salmon, Idaho | 8/29/2018 Columbus Community Congregational Church – Columbus | Kania House – Shepherd | Beehler House – Bozeman

Performers

Adriane Post and Carrie Krause, Baroque Violins | Paul Dwyer, Baroque Cello | John Lenti, Theorbo |

Program

A wreath of fruit, with birds, suspended from a cord, Frans Snyders (1579-1657)

Fair Ayres of the British Isles

Consort and folk repertoire from the British Isles including works by Purcell, Matteis, Jenkins, Blow, Locke, and Neal Gow.

Locations

6/20/2018 Kania House – Shepherd | 6/21/2018 Cikan House – Bozeman | 6/22/2018 First Church of Christ, Scientist – Missoula | 6/23/2018 Hamilton | 6/24/2018 Coulter Home – Helena | 6/25/2018 Toepffer-Schwerr Home – Big Sky

Performers

Ingrid Matthews and Carrie Krause, Baroque Violins | Joanna Blendulf, Viola da Gamba | John Lenti, Theorbo

Program

Nate Helgesen, Davina Clarke, John Lenti, Carrie Krause.

Cosmopolitans – Telemann and Leclair

Locations

1/4/2018 Bozeman High School Outreach – Bozeman | 1/4/2018 Belgrade Library Outreach – Belgrade | 1/5/2018 Vorachek House – Red Lodge | 1/6/2018 Columbus Community Church – Columbus | 1/6/2018 Kania House – Shepherd | 1/7/2018 Krause House – Helena | 1/8/2018 Cikan House – Bozeman | 1/9/2018 Big Sky Chapel – Big Sky

Performers

Davina Clarke and Carrie Krause, Baroque Violins | Nate Helgeson, Baroque Bassoon | John Lenti, Theorbo and Baroque Guitar

Program