A publication of Thursday Musical JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2016
VOLUME XXVIII, NO. 3
President’s Letter
Liz Nordling, President
CONTENTS President’s Letter
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Artist Series
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Home Programs
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Young Artist Prgm
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Community Concerts 4 Auditions
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Membership
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Events of Note
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Ah – the winter doldrums. It’s cold outside and there’s snow and ice to deal with. It’s so easy to stay in your house and hibernate. But if you do that you will miss out on some terrific Thursday Musical concerts. The coffee is on before every concert. Enjoy a hot cuppa and a donut and mingle with friends – both old and new – and then enjoy one of our fantastic concerts. The variety and musicianship displayed at our Artist Series concerts are truly exceptional. Your fellow musicians will be happy that you are supporting them by attending, and you’ll hear some great music. And after our all-Bach program on January 21, why don’t you plan to stay for our Bach’s Lunch? Additional information on page 3. So – to paraphrase some lyrics from that old standard “Let it Snow!” (with apologies to lyricist Sammy Cahn): Oh the weather outside is frightful, but the music is so delightful; So instead of staying at home, come to a Thursday Musical concert! Oops – that doesn’t rhyme, but it does convey my message! Liz Nordling President
Thursday Morning Artist Series Features Living Concert Notes and Bach Concert Like father, like son? Not so much if you are talking about the musical styles of two particular members of the Bach family.
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Johann Sebastian Bach is famous for his love of form and complicated counterpoint. In sharp contrast, his son, Johann Christian, wrote in the Galant style. The Galant style emphasized melody and accompaniment without much contrapuntal complexity. One of the reasons their styles are so dissimilar may be that JC Bach was Bach’s youngest surviving son and was born when Bach was 50 years old. Though JS Bach was his son’s first teacher of composition, the younger Bach was more influenced by his older half-brother Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, with whom he studied after JS Bach's death when JC was just 15 years old. The bulk of JC’s compositions occurred during the classical period. JC was often referred to as “the London Bach” because in 1762 he travelled to London where he premiered three operas and established his reputation in England. Interestingly enough, Mozart met JC Bach in London when he was only eight years old and became an admirer of his music. Later in his life Mozart “often acknowledged the artistic debt he owed” to Johann Christian Bach. On January 21 we will have the opportunity to hear Bach to Bach examples of these contrasting musical styles. On the harpsichord, Gail Olszewski will be performing two of Johann Sebastian Bach’s seven keyboard cantatas. These represent some of his earliest keyboard works. These cantatas include alternating improvisatory and fugal sections and each ends with a fugue. Cellist Tim Perry will represent the younger Bach and will perform a cello concerto by JC Bach. Soprano Jennifer Sylvester will perform JS Bach’s Cantata No. 51, Jauchzet Gott in Allen Landen, a four-movement cantata for soprano and trumpet. Jennifer will be joined by trumpeter David Whitney Wall and accompanied by a string ensemble and harpsichord. Continued on page 2
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Volume XXVIII, No. 3 January/February 2016 A publication of Thursday Musical 906 West 44th St #1 Minneapolis, MN 55409 612-333-0313 thursdaymusical.org Editor Amy Morris Graphic Design Vanessa Voskuil
Board of Directors Executive Committee Elizabeth Nordling President Monica Murray Ingrid Koller Vice Presidents, Artist Series Michael Davis Vice President, Auditions Sylvia Wilson Russell Dedrick Judy Blomgren Vice Presidents, Student Section Michael Santoro Treasurer Beth Blackledge Recording Secretary
Members may advertise free of charge in a classified ad format with a five-line maximum. For more information info@thursdaymusical.org 612-333-0313
Don’t miss this All-Bach Concert, as we will round out the morning with a “Bach’s Lunch” following the program (catered by D’Amico!) For $15, a reservation for the “Bach’s Lunch” can be made online at thursdaymusical.org/lunch or by phone with a credit card at 612-333-0313. In February we have two more reasons to brave the Minnesota winter. On February 4, please join us for another Living Concert Notes program. On this program, moderated by composer Libby Larsen, you can hear the Semada Trio with Dana Donnay, oboe, Matthew Bertrand, bassoon, and Seth Engelby, piano. Also on the February 4 concert are Nicola Melville, piano, and Charles Wazanowski, tuba. The February 18 concert will include Young Artist Scholarship Competition Winner and violist Arjun Ganguly, soprano Debra Gilroy, pianist Megan Wallace and the Northern Lights String Quartet with Kathryn Christie and Carolyn Liptak, violins, Jennifer Thomas, viola, and David Holmes, cello. Ingrid Koller Co-Vice President, Artist Series
Composer Libby Larsen moderates the Living Concert Notes on February 4
Student Competition
Home Programs
Young Artist recitals will be held in late January and early February for applicants in the Scholarship competition. These recitals are a requirement in order for applicants to participate in the competition. The official competition for all applicants will be held Saturday March 5, 2016 at St. Catherine University in St. Paul. Thursday Musical awards approximately $20,000 in scholarships to winners in this competition. The first and second place winners are notified of their placement by Sunday, March 6. All first place winners are recognized with a featured concert performance on March 31, 2016 at MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis. The Thursday Musical organization would like to thank all students and their private instructors for participating in this advancement opportunity.
There is a small change to the April 21, 2016 Home Programs roster. The Ariel Trio will switch places with pianist Megan Wallace. All three home programs include the piano. One program has a piano duo, another has a piano trio (which is not three pianos, but rather piano, violin, and cello), and for hard core piano-lovers, the program at Greg and Lisa Buck's house will showcase the talents of three pianists. There are also sopranos and wind players to round out the fun! Home programs are a wonderful way to experience chamber music in an intimate setting, but space is limited. Reservations are required; members may secure a spot by visiting thursdaymusical.org or by calling 612-3330313.
Judy Blomgren Co-Vice President, Student Section
Kathryn Christie Co-chair, Home Programs
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Join us on January 21 for an all-Bach Thursday Morning Artist Series program and Bach's lunch! After the concert, lunch will be served in the upstairs lobby. You can choose from an executive boxed lunch or gourmet salad from the D’Amico ACE catering menu priced at $15. (Tables and chairs will be set up for your dining comfort.) Wonderful music followed by a gourmet Bach’s lunch---don’t miss this event!
Reservations, with payment, must be made by Sunday, January 17 at thursdaymusical.org/lunch or 612-333-0313.
Auditions to be a performing member of Thursday Musical will be held on March 19, 2016 between 9:00 am and 11:30 am at MacPhail Center for Music. Performing members are offered performance opportunities on the Thursday Morning Artist Series, Community Concerts, and Home Programs, and teaching opportunities through the educational outreach program Music In Our Schools. The audition application fee of $25 goes towards the first year's membership at a prorated amount of $50. New performing members are given priority of programming for the upcoming concert season and featured in Uptempo. A small honorarium is offered for each concert performance. Applications available at thursdaymusical.org.
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2015-2016 Our 30th Season! All concerts at 8 p.m. Sundin Music Hall, Hamline University Campus 1531 Hewitt Avenue, St Paul, 55104 Saturday, October 24 - Martha Masters, classical guitar Saturday, November 14 - Eduardo Fernandez, classical guitar Saturday, December 5 - Acoustic Jazz Guitarathon Saturday, January 23 - Ekachai Jearakul, classical guitar Saturday, February 20 - John Rankin & Don Vappie, - Music from New Orleans Saturday, March 26 - Brasil Guitar Duo, classical guitar duo Saturday, April 23 - Ian O'Sullivan, Hawaiian classical guitar Saturday, June 4 - Classical Guitarathon Tickets can be purchased at the door
or online at mnguitar.org
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Thursday Musical Welcomes 2016 with Many Community Concerts THURSDAY MUSICAL
Thursday Musical salutes the new year with two Community Concerts in early January. On January 12, baritone Mark Countryman will be singing English folk songs, Romantic Art songs and selections from Broadway for a new audience at the Kenwood Isles Condominiums in Minneapolis. The next day, January 13, will bring the piano duet team of Ann Mishler and Monica Allen to Boutwell’s Landing in Stillwater, performing the Fantasie in F minor by Franz Schubert. José Zayas-Cabán will also appear on that program, warming up the audience with Cuban music for saxophone. On January 20, Thursday Musical returns to Walker Place in Minneapolis, presenting sopranos Judy Olson and Monica Murray with Thomas Bartsch at the piano. The three will
Soprano Monica Murray on the January 20 Community Concert at Walker Place with Judy Olson, soprano, and Thomas Bartsch, piano
perform Antonín Dvořák’s Moravian Duets, delightful pieces that capture a natural folk-like simplicity. Rounding out this program will be David Holmes, cello and Marianne Bryan, piano. The duo will play Beethoven’s first piano/cello sonata, along with the imaginative and heartfelt Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73, by Robert Schumann. The end of January is heralded on January 28 with a concert at Struthers Parkinsons Center in Golden Valley featuring love songs sung by two distinct voices. Soprano Heidi Ziman will perform with Thursday Musical pianist Jill Schendel, presenting both standard and modern settings of the art form, and tenor Jason Hernandez will sing the entire An die ferne Geliebte by Beethoven. This enthralling work is considered
to be the first song cycle - a continuous seventeen-minute love letter to a faraway flame. Thursday Musical celebrates Groundhog Day on February 2 at Loren on Park, with performances that will bring the audience out into the sunshine! Bass clarinetist Paul Schulz will bring a varied and entertaining program of soulful melodies and hot Latin rhythms, while Mark Bussey will calm things down a little with the mellow sounds of classical guitar. On February 6, Augustana Apartments in Minneapolis will be the venue for Peggy Doerrie’s flute quartet, FluteSpiration. Along with flutists Trudi Anderson, Mark Brudevold and Sandra Sheih, Peggy will perform Children of the Wind by Catherine McMichael, selections from Carmen by Georges Bizet, and Harmony in Blue and Gold by Eric Ewazen. February 14 is the date of a Community Concert open to the public at Woodbury Peaceful Grove United Methodist Church. In keeping with the Valentine’s Day holiday, soprano Ilah Raleigh will sing Enrique Granados' Canciones amatorias (Romantic Songs), settings of Spanish love poetry. Pianist Ann DuHamel will take a different turn, centering her program on the theme "Bach and Brahms Reimagined." The performance will feature pieces by contemporary American and British composers who have transformed works of Bach and Brahms for solo piano. Works will include portions of Variations for Judith (a set of variations by different composers on Bach's theme "Bist du bei mir") by Judith Weir, Richard Rodney Bennett, Tarik O'Regan and Jonathan Dove, and selections from Four Etudes on Brahms Songs by Lowell Liebermann. Thursday Musical’s partnership with Walker Place continues on February 17 with a concert featuring works of Mozart, Schubert and Irving Berlin. Esther Wang and Nicola Melville will collaborate to present Mozart’s Piano Sonata for Four Hands in C major, K. 521. This sonata dates from 1787, the year Mozart wrote Don Giovanni, and his inimitable operatic and string chamber music styles shine throughout the work. Mezzo-soprano Mary Kirchner will team up with pianist Jim Reilly, performing five Schubert songs which will include such favorites as “An die Musik,” “Die Forelle,” and “Der Wanderer,” and filling out the program with three songs by Irving Berlin. Looking ahead to March, Nancee Soteroplos, soprano, will appear at Friendship Village in Bloomington on March 3, along with pianist Lawrence Henry. Together the two will perform a mini-history of the Cabaret, exploring songs from Paris, Germany and the U.S. by such composers as Erik Satie, Kurt Weill and William Bolcom. Nina Olsen will lend her silky clarinet sound to round out this concert. The following evening, on March 4, Thursday Musical returns to Carondelet Village, featuring Nancy Paddleford playing a rich and varied program of piano works by Enrique Granados, Claude Debussy, Frédéric Chopin and Sergei Rachmaninoff. Flutist Beth Blackledge is planning to play the challenging and enchanting Sonatine by Henri Dutilleux to complete the program. Mary Goetz Co-chair, Community Concerts
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Events of Note A - Thursday Morning Artist Series C - Community Concerts (C) Tuesday, January 12, 7:15 PM Kenwood Isles Condominiums 1425 W 28th St, Minneapolis Mark Countryman, baritone (C) Wednesday, January 13, 1:30 PM Boutwells Landing 5600 Norwich Parkway, Stillwater Ann Mishler and Monica Allen, piano four-hands José Zayas-Cabán, saxophone and Casey D. Rafn, piano (C) Wednesday, January 20, 2:30 PM Walker Place 3701 Bryant Ave S, Minneapolis Monica Murray and Judy Olson, sopranos Thomas Bartsch, Piano (A) Thursday, January 21, 10:30 AM MacPhail Center for Music 501 S. 2nd St., Minneapolis Bach Concert Timothy Perry, cello - Gail Olszewski, harpsichord - Jennifer Sylvester, soprano
(C) Thursday, January 21, 2:30 PM Golden Living Center – Lakeridge 2727 Victoria St N, Roseville Nickolai Kolarov, cello - Mary Goetz, piano
(C) Sunday, February 14, 2:00 PM Woodbury Methodist Church 7465 Steepleview Rd, Woodbury Ann DuHamel, piano - Ilah Raleigh, soprano
(C) Thursday, January 28, 1:00 PM Struthers Parkinson's Center, Park Nicollet 6701 Country Club Dr, Golden Valley Jason Hernandez, tenor - Jill Schendel, piano and Heidi Ziman, soprano
(C) Wednesday, February 17, 2:30 PM Walker Place 3701 Bryant Ave S, Minneapolis Mary Kirchner, mezzo-soprano and Jim Reilly, piano - Esther Wang and Nicola Melville, piano four-hands
(C) Tuesday, February 2, 10:00 AM Loren on Park 2625 Park Ave S, Minneapolis Paul Schulz, bass clarinet - Mark Bussey, guitar (A) Thursday, February 4, 10:30 AM MacPhail Center for Music 501 S. 2nd St., Minneapolis Living Concert Notes with Moderator Libby Larsen, composer Semada Trio (Dana Donnay, oboe, Matthew Bertrand, bassoon and Seth Engelby, piano) - Nicolla Melville, piano - Charles Wazanowski, tuba (C) Saturday, February 6, 7:00 PM Augustana Apartments 15090 10th Ave, Minneapolis Peggy Doerrie, flute quartet
(C) Sunday, February 21, 4:00 PM Hazel Park Congregational Church 1831 Minnehaha Ave E, St. Paul Annette Baltes, soprano - Greg Membrez, piano (A) Thursday, March 3, 10:30 AM MacPhail Center for Music 501 S. 2nd St., Minneapolis Amanda Chan, piano (Young Artist Scholarship Competition Winner 2015) - Beth Winterfeldt, piano - The Bishop String Trio (Meredith Vaughan, violin, Katie Ekberg, viola and Carlynn Savot, cello) - Karen Rognsvoog, music and film (has cancelled)