2025-26 Season

Illustration of a pineapple plant with spiky leaves and flower, surrounded by several insects, including beetles and dragonflies, depicted in a botanical style.
Engraving of a pineapple plant with cockroaches by Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717)

Sonata Tramontana – Earworms (and Maggots) Galore

Light-hearted English tunes

Locations

10/15 Flathead County Library, Bigfork | 10/17 Boyd House, Seeley Lake | 10/18 Montana Artists Refuge, Basin | 10/19 The Lodge, Townsend | 10/20 Park County Senior Center, Livingston

Performers

Carrie Krause, baroque violin | John Lenti, theorbo & baroque guitar

Program

Gray’s Inn – The First (1613) John Coperario (1575-1626)
Johnny Cock thy Beaver (London, 1684) Anonymous, arr. John Playford, A Scotch Tune to a Ground from The Division Violin
Chamber Air No. 4 in A minor (1735) Richard Jones (?-1744)
Airs for Autumn (London) James Oswald (1711-1769)
Lachrimae Pavan Johann Schop (1590-1667)
A Bunch of Maggots From Playford’s Dancing Master (London, 1651-1728)
Sonata No. 11 in G minor (Paris, 1720) Henry Eccles (1670-1742)
Snata No. 1 in B flat (London, 1695) Gottfried Finger (1655-1730)

 

A man in period clothing sits at a keyboard instrument, holding hands with a standing woman in a white dress; musical instruments and a dog are in the room.

Elegant couple with musical instruments in an interior, by Jan Verkolje (1650-1693)

“… With Concord of Sweet Sounds …”

Featuring two violas da gamba and music from medieval to baroque, by candelight.

Locations

11/16 Roosevelt Center, Red Lodge | 11/17 Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Billings | 11/18 Hope Lutheran Church, Bozeman | 11/19 UM School of Music, Missoula | 11/20 Coulter House, Helena

 

Performers

Matt Zucker & Eric Tinkerness, viola da gamba | Carrie Krause, baroque violin | John Lenti, theorbo & lute

Program

Trio in D Major from “Essercizi Musici” G.F. Telemann (1681-1767)
Mariam Matrem Virginem Anonymous (11th C)
Quam puchra es  John Dunstable (1390-1453)
Fortuna desperata Josquin des Prez (c. 1450-1521)
Movement for Three Viols Antoine Forqueray (1672-1745)
Sonata VI a 2 Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
Susanna Videns Adam Jarzębski (late 16th C-1648)
Sonata Terze Ph.H. Erlebach (1755-1730)
A woman in a pink skirt and white top poses with one arm raised in a snowy forest, surrounded by snow-covered trees and sunlight.

Genevieve Trygstad-Burke, photographed by Blair Speed (2024)

“I Melt Like Snow in the Sun of Your Beauty”

Featuring early Baroque music from BaMM’s second album of the same name

Locations

1/8 Coulter House, Helena | 1/9 Hope Lutheran Church, Bozeman | 1/10 Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Billings | Columbus Community Church, Columbus | 1/12 Calvary Episcopal Church, Red Lodge | 1/13 Simposn Gallagher Gallery, Cody

Performers

Arwen Myers, soprano | Nate Helgesen, dulcian | Carrie Krause, baroque violin | John Lenti, theorbo

Program

Herr, wenn ich nur dich habe Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630)
Sontata Terze á due Johann Rosenmüller (1619-1684)
Io son ferito ahi lasso Giovanni Palestrina (-1594)/Giovanni Battista Bovicelli (1550-1594)
Sonta quarta Biagio Marini (1594-1663)
La Viscontea
La Pighetta
Tarquinio Merula (1595-1665)
Capriccio Giovanni Paolo Cima (1570-1622)
Fantasia per fagotto solo Bartolomé de Selma y Salaverde (c1595-c1638)
Vieni licori
Madre d’ombre e di timori
Mitrate nel cielo notturno
Hor che l’alba hor che l’aurora
Marini
Sonata á due Johann Michael Nicolai (1629-1685)
Ed è pur dunque vero Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

 

A woman in historical clothing points at her reflection in a mirror, with a small box and an object on the table beside her.

 Girl at the Mirror, by Paulus Moreelse (1571-1638)

Gentle Plucks: Bach & Beyond

Spanish harpsichordist Ignacio Prego and violinist Carrie Krause perform J.S. Bach and more

Locations

2/24 Mammoth Chapel Gardiner | 2/25 Linda Foy Atelier Twin Bridges | 2/26 Cikan House Bozeman | 2/27 Tongue River Winery Miles City | 2/28 Held Ranch Broadus | 3/1 Kania House Shepherd

Performers

Ignacio Prego harpsichord | Carrie Krause baroque violin

Program

Sonata for violin & cembalo obbligato, Nr. 4 in c minor BWV 1017, I. Largo, II. Allegro J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Diferencias sobre el Canto del Cavallero Antonio de Cabezón (1510-1741)

Pavana con sus Glossas
Chacona Anónimo
Folías de España
Corrente Italiana

From Flores de Musica 1709
Martin i Coll

Juan Cabanilles (1644-1712)

Cantabile (from sonata for violin & cembalo obbligato, Nr. 6 in G Major BWV 1019a Bach
French Suite Nr. 4 in Eb Major BWV 815 Bach
Sonata for violin & cembalo obbligato, Nr. 4 in c minor BWV 1017 III. Adagio, IV. Allegro Bach