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| | Sarasa Ensemble:
The Silver Swan
“Clarity, brilliance, tenderness, and strangeness” - words that Benjamin Britten used to describe Henry Purcell’s music. They also express that very distinct English school of composition explored by John Blow, and revistited later in the 20th century by Vaughan Williams, Gerald Finzi, and John Tavener.
Including a new work for string quintet by Robert Merfeld, inspired by Orlando Gibbons’ famous madrigal, The Silver Swan.
Jason McStoots, tenor;
Jesse Irons, Megumi Stohs Lewis, violins;
Anna Griffis, viola;
Jennifer Morsches, Timothy Merton, cellos;
Daniel Padgett, keyboard
Friday, September 27, 7:00 pm
Brattleboro Music Center
Tickets:
General Admission
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| | Palaver Strings:
Dancing Home
Centered around a new commission for Palaver entitled ḥawwāsh, written by Kareem Roustom, Dancing Home explores the interconnected nature of dance music to cultural heritage, our sense of belonging, and what it means to make your home in a new place.
Dabke (2013) - Kareem Roustom (b. 1971)
Romanian Folk Dances (1915) - Bela Bartok (1881-1945) arr. Alexander Goodin
Syrian Dances (commissioned by Palaver Strings, 2023) - Kinan Azmeh (b. 1976)
ḥawwāsh (commissioned by Palaver Strings, 2024) - Kareem Roustom (b. 1971)
moth (commissioned by Palaver Strings, 2024) - Maya French (b 1993)/Jamie Oshima (b. 1997)
Tiffany Chang, Bree Fotheringham, Maya French, Grant Houston, Jesse MacDonald, Yulia Price, Violin
Brianna Fischler, Lysander Jaffe, Elizabeth Moore, Viola
Adalus Low Mansini, Nathaniel Taylor, Kamyron Williams, Cello
Maggie Cox, Bass
Sunday, September 29, 4:00 pm
Brattleboro Music Center
Tickets:
General Admission
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| | Juno Orchestra: Bach!
Zon Eastes, Music Director
G.P. Telemann - Burlesque de Don Quixote
CPE Bach - Sinfonia in A Major, Wq. 182, No. 4
G.F. Handel - Selected arias
Junko Watanabe, soprano
J.S Bach - Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Kathy Andrew and Ryan Shannon, violins
Sunday, October 13, 2:30 pm
Persons Auditorium, Marlboro VT
Tickets:
Bach! Circle: $50
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| | In Stile Moderno
Delights of the French Baroque
Enjoy Courtly airs and secular pieces by Étienne Moulinié, Sébastien le Camus, Joseph Chabanceau de La Barre, and others.
Agnes Coakley Cox, soprano; Corey Shotwell, tenor and Nathaniel Cox, theorbo and lute
Friday, October 18, 7:00 pm
Brattleboro Music Center
Tickets:
General Admission:
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| | Faculty Recital:
Chonghyo Shin
B.Mus. and M. Mus. New England Conservatory; private studies with Nadia Reisenberg and Stell Andersen. A former teacher at the Preparatory Division of the New England Conservatory and at Keene State College, Chonghyo now teaches at Amherst College and the Brattleboro Music Center.
Mrs. Shin will be playing works by Bach, Schubert, Chopin, Albeniz, Granados and Debussy.
Sunday, October 20, 2:00 pm
Brattleboro Music Center
Tickets:
By Donation, to benefit the BMC Scholarship Fund
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| | Zara Bode's Little Big Band
Zara Bode’s Little Big Band performs classic American swing to delight the ears, eyes and feet. Inspired by the American radio hits of the 30's and 40’s, the Little Big Band features top shelf chanteuse Zara Bode (of Signature Sounds artists The Sweetback Sisters) and a sizzling horn section led by clarinetist and arranger Anna Patton. Over the last four years the Little Big Band has become a local favorite, digging into the classics with aplomb and affection. For their October program, the band will delve into the spooky, startling, and sometimes absurd side of the Big Band tradition, inspired by the strange drama of some of Duke Ellington’s later concert pieces and film and theater scores by the likes of Henry Mancini.
Performers:
Zara Bode, vocals, ukulele
Anna Patton, clarinet
Ron Kelly, tenor sax
Don Anderson, trumpet
Tyler Gibbons, bass
Alton Lathrop, guitar
Stefan Amidon, drums
Saturday, October 26, 7:00 pm
Brattleboro Music Center
Tickets:
General Admission:
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| | Duo Balalaika
Celebrating cross-cultural creativity, and exploring the range of possibilities for balalaika, piano and voice.
Robert Spano, Music Director, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra writes, “With music of élan, finesse and passion so virtuosically rendered, this duo’s performances are irresistible.”
Come see for yourself!
Oleg Kruglyakov, balalaika; Terry Boyarski, piano
Sunday, November 10, 4:00 pm
Brattleboro Music Center
Tickets:
General - $20 In Advance, $25 at the Door | Buy Tickets | |
| | Sarasa Ensemble
East-West
Composers of the Occident gladly soaked up the sounds of the near Orient, adding extra spice and depth of flavor to their musical concoctions. A program that looks at those Eastern traditions influencing a wide swathe of Europe in a potpourri of Baroque and 20th-century music. Works by Lully, Rameau, Ali Ufkî Bey, Biber, Bartók, Kodály, and Vivaldi.
Elicia Silverstein, Rebecca Nelson, Danilo Bonina, violins; Jenny Stirling, viola; Jennifer Morsches, Timothy Merton, cellos; John McKean, harpsichord
Friday, November 15, 7:00 pm
Brattleboro Music Center
Tickets:
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| | Sarasa Ensemble:
Color Burst
Warmth, beauty, humour, and pathos from Haydn and Boccherini, including rarely-heard music by 18th-century Moravian composer Pavel Vranicky, adding to a gorgeous palette of colors in this program for string quartet and cello quintet.
Elizabeth Blumenstock, Jesse Irons, violins; Jason Fisher, viola; Timothy Merton, Jennifer Morsches, cellos.
Friday, January 10, 7:00 pm
Brattleboro Music Center
Tickets:
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| | Sarasa Ensemble:
Night at the Opera
Mozart’s uncanny ability to etch out human nature in his music is everywhere apparent in his string quartets as much as in his operas. This program features two contemporaries who also introduce dramatic personae in their instrumental music, including Carlo Monza’s rarely-performed “The rival lovers.”
Works by Hyacinthe Jadin, Carlo Monza & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Julia Glenn, Susanna Ogata, violins; Anna Griffis, viola; Jennifer Morsches, cello.
Friday, March 7, 7:00 pm
Brattleboro Music Center
Tickets:
General Admission
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| | Sarasa Ensemble:
The Muse
Inspired by literary giants Anna Akhmatova and Yukio Mishima, our final program is a grand voyage of wonderfully contrasting soundscapes, featuring works by Florence Price, John Tavener, Philip Glass & Emilie Mayer.
Corinne Byrne, soprano; Elise Kuder, Amy Galluzzo, violins; Mike Kelley, viola; Jennifer Morsches, Timothy Merton, cellos.
Friday, May 16, 7:00 pm
Brattleboro Music Center
Tickets:
General Admission
$20 In Advance, $25 at the Door
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