CYCLES

154 West Main Street,Stoughton WI 53589

19 August, 2022

Description

We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. T. S. Eliot Opening the 2022 Stoughton Chamber Music Festival, CYCLES carries the listener through one ceaseless loop — gradually shifting between stillness and motion, calm and distress, harmony and discord. Taking a cyclical form, the audience will sit in a circle around the musicians and experience a gradual shift into an unpredictable soundscape before returning to a place of calm & harmony. With music spanning nearly 350 years, CYCLES presents works by Wynton Marsalis, Caroline Shaw, and others, and features the world premiere of two new compositions by SCMF Composer-in-Residence Micah Behr. Length: 1 hour, no intermission Repertoire Eric Satie - Gymnopedie no. 1, arr. Behr Heinrich Biber - Battaglia (selections), arr. Behr Johann Fux - Sonata for 3 violins Alfred Schnittke - Andante, from the 3rd string quartet Shulamit Ran - Menace, from the 3rd string quartet Wynton Marsalis - Blue Lights on the Bayou, from the 1st string quartet Kaija Saariaho - Cloud Trio Caroline Shaw - Punctum Peter Maxwell Davies - Farewell to Stromness, arr. Behr Micah Behr - New Works for string ensemble Artists Violin - Jennifer M, Alex Norris, Teddy Wiggins, Madlen Breckbill Viola - Micah Behr, Laila Zakzook Cello - Phillip Bergman, Zou Zou Robidoux