“All About My Mother”
Friday, March 17, 2023 at 7:30pm at Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, Cambridge
Saturday, March 18th, 2023 at 7pm at the Brattleboro Music Center, Brattleboro VT (tickets at bmcvt.org)
Sunday, March 19, 2023 at 3:30pm at Follen Community Church, Lexington
Where would each of us be without our mothers? Taking its title from Pedro Almodóvar’s 1999 film, this program offers a musical reflection on the many facets of motherhood, with works for string quartet and soprano by Locke, Fanny Hensel, Dvořák, Gershwin & Mahler.
Ute Gfrerer, soprano; Zenas Hsu, Amy Galluzzo, violins; Jason Fisher, viola; Jennifer Morsches, cello
Program:
Matthew Locke - Fantasy from Suite No. 2 in D major from “Consort of Fower Parts”
Dvořák - Gypsy Songs ~ Songs my Mother Taught Me
Fanny Hensel Mendelssohn- String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 277
intermission
Mahler - Kindertotenlieder (arr. for soprano and string quartet by Ivo Bauer)
Gershwin - Lullaby for string quartet
Venues:
Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church: 1555 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge MA 02138
Brattleboro Music Center: 72 Blanche Moyse Way, Brattleboro VT 05301
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.
