BRATTLEBORO — The Sarasa Ensemble returns to the Brattleboro Music Center Saturday, March 18.
The 7 p.m. performance, part of the BMC Season Guest Concert Series, is “All About My Mother.” Taking its title from Pedro Almodóvar's 1999 film, this program offers a musical reflection on the many facets of motherhood and the impact of her presence during life's various celebrations, rituals, and trials.
The program will include Matthew Locke's “Fantasy” from Suite No. 5 in G minor from “Consort of Four Parts”; Dvořák's “Songs My Mother Taught Me” from Gypsy Songs; (1)Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's String Quartet in E flat major, Op. 277; Mahler's Kindertotenlieder (arranged for soprano and string quartet by Ivo Bauer); and Gershwin's Lullaby for string quartet.
Performers will include Ute Gfrerer, soprano; Zenas Hsu and Amy Galluzzo, violins; Jason Fisher, viola; and Jennifer Morsches, cello.
The Sarasa Ensemble is a collective group of international instrumentalists and vocalists who perform classical music of outstanding quality spanning the 17th to the 21st centuries on both period and modern instruments and bring this music to diverse communities. Through the ensemble's outreach program in adolescent detention facilities, it is dedicated to bridging cultural, aesthetic, and economic barriers and providing incarcerated teenagers with opportunities for growth, self-expression, and enrichment through music.
Advance tickets are $20 general admission, and $25 at the door. For tickets or more information, contact the BMC at 802-257-4523, email info@bmcvt.org or visit the BMC website at bmcvt.org. Please note BMC concert attendance requires masking for all attendees.