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• Friday, September 12, 2025 at 7pm at Brattleboro Music Center, Brattleboro VT (tickets at bmcvt.org)

• Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 7pm at Church of the Good Shepherd, Watertown

• Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 3:30pm at Follen Community Church, Lexington

“Do not neglect your music,” Thomas Jefferson wrote his daughter. “It will be a companion which will sweeten many hours of life to you.” Works that would have been heard in 1775 across four capital cities. Composers include Billings, Arne, JC Bach, Barsanti, Cervetto, Baltzar, Lanzetti, Haydn, & Mozart.

With Carley DeFranco, soprano; Susanna Ogata, violin; Jennifer Morsches, Timothy Merton, cellos; Andrus Madsen, fortepiano 

Program:

“When Jesus Wept” (hymn)

Pièces for Violoncello
Grave
Allegro

“Mary’s Dream” (Scottish song)

A Collection of Old Scots Tunes
The Lass of Peatie’s Mill
Ettrick Banks
Pinkie House

De quels tourmens

Sonata No 1 in C major, K. 6 for keyboard & violin

intermission

“Nothing New”

Duo in G minor for 2 cellos

“Johnny Come Kiss Me Now”
from John Playford’s Division for Violin

Variations on ‘God Save the King’ (‘My Country Tis of Thee’)
from Concerto No. 6, Op. 1

“I am the Rose of Sharon” (hymn)

Ticket Prices:

Tickets purchased in person:
(at the door by cash, credit card, or check)


Adult: $30
Senior: $25
Student/Under 35: $10
Under 18: free

Tickets to Brattleboro concerts at the Brattleboro Music Center are available for $20 in advance at their website www.bmcvt.org, or $25 at the door.

Venues:

Brattleboro Music Center: 72 Blanche Moyse Way, Brattleboro VT 05301
Church of the Good Shepherd, 9 Russell Ave, Watertown MA 02472
Follen Community Church: 755 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington MA 02420

Tickets for Sarasa Ensemble concerts in Brattleboro VT are available at the Brattleboro Music Center’s website, https://bmcvt.org.