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Björklunden, Baileys Harbor

June 2024

David Perry Leads Mendelssohn Octet—and More!

June 19, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Sponsored by Joan & Stefan Anderson Mendelssohn’s masterpiece is thrilling under David Perry’s leadership. Young Mendelssohn’s friendship with the elderly Goethe inspired this romantic triumph. It is paired with an equally impressive discovery, the Octet by Woldemar Bargiel, the brother-in-law of Clara Schumann and a composer much admired by Brahms. Be prepared … the electricity will be palpable. Repertoire Octet in C Minor, Op. 15a (1850) by Woldemar Bargiel Octet in F-flat Major, Op. 20 by Felix Mendelssohn Musicians David…

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July 2024

Bastille Day Celebration: Join the party at each concert!

July 13, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Sponsored by an anonymous donor in celebration of James Ingwersen's 95th birthday. Guest artist is Jen Polster. Join us to celebrate French independence. Each of our three works represents a different vision of France. D’Indy brings us a French postcard painted by harp, flute, and strings. Bordes uses flute (played by Heather Zinninger) and strings to transport us to the Basque region, and Claude Debussy enchants us with an impressionistic vision strait from the Louvre with his evocative String Quartet. ADDITION…

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August 2024

Romance and Rapture

August 28, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Sponsored by Karin & Scott Myers The Women’s Fund of Door County is a supporting sponsor for this program. This program is inspiring, heart-rending, vivacious, captivating, and life-affirming. Sakari Vanderveer is one of the leading female black composers of our time and an inspiring leader in bringing young children to embrace playing string instruments. Mel Bonis (who used the masculine form of her name to gain acceptance) fought great odds to become one of France’s esteemed composers alongside classmates Debussy…

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September 2024

David Perry, Jeannie Yu—Chausson Concerto!

September 2, 2024 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Labor Day Gala with storyteller emcee Geoffrey Sandler One of the most dramatic and rapturous works in the literature concludes our season. You will be swept away by Chausson’s surging and impulsive masterwork, expertly and passionately realized by our soloists, David Perry, violin, and Jeannie Yu, piano, framed by our string quartet including Ann Palen and Cole Randolph. It’s a unique work, orchestral in concept and monumental in scope. Fellow Frenchman Théodore Dubois’s Quintet, featuring oboist Lindsay Flowers, sets the…

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