"As one has come to expect, Sarasa mirrored not only music history but also their own history of careful, nuanced programming and delightful performance."
— The Boston Musical Intelligencer
SARASA ENSEMBLE’S 2024-25 CONCERT SEASON:
Voyages in music
Click below for more information about each upcoming program.
The Silver Swan
September 27, 2024 at 7pm - Brattleboro, VT
September 28, 2024 at 7pm - Cambridge
September 29, 2024 at 3:30pm - Lexington
Vocal and instrumental music by Henry Purcell, John Blow, Vaughan Williams, Gerald Finzi, John Tavener, and including a new work for string quintet by Robert Merfeld, inspired by Orlando Gibbons’ famous madrigal, The Silver Swan.
East-West
November 15, 2024 at 7pm - Brattleboro, VT
November 16, 2024 at 7pm - Cambridge
November 17, 2024 at 3:30pm - Lexington
A program that traces some of those Eastern traditions influencing a wide swathe of Europe in a potpourri of Baroque and 20th-century music. Works by Lully, Rameau, Biber, Vivaldi, Bartók, Kodály, & Ali Ufkî Bey.
Color Burst
January 10, 2025 at 7pm - Brattleboro, VT
January 11, 2025 at 7pm - Cambridge
January 12, 2025 at 3:30pm - Lexington
Warmth, beauty, humour, and pathos from Haydn and Boccherini, including rarely-heard music by 18th-century Moravian composer Pavel Vranicky.
Night at the Opera
March 7, 2025 at 7pm - Brattleboro, VT
March 8, 2025 at 7pm - Cambridge
March 9, 2025 at 3:30pm - Lexington
Mozart and two contemporaries who also introduce dramatis personae in their instrumental music, including Carlo Monza’s rarely performed “The rival lovers” for string quartet.
The Muse
May 16, 2025 at 7pm - Brattleboro VT
May 17, 2025 at 7pm - Cambridge
May 18, 2025 at 3:30pm - Lexington
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, Philip Glass, John Tavener & Emilie Mayer.
Venues:
Brattleboro Music Center: 72 Blanche Moyse Way, Brattleboro VT 05301
Friends Meeting House, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge MA 02138
Follen Community Church: 755 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington MA 02420
Ticket Prices:
Sarasa offers Subscription packages of 2, 3, 4, or 5 concerts each season for Cambridge & Lexington performances only. Subscription sales for the 2024-25 Concert Season have ended. Please check back in Spring 2025 for our 2025-26 Concert Season Subscription information.
Tickets to Cambridge and Lexington concerts when purchased ahead are $25 for adults and $20 for seniors. At the door, tickets are $30 for adults and $25 for seniors. Tickets may be purchased ahead online or by check by contacting General Manager Sarah Vandewalle at sarah@sarasamusic.org or 978-766-9408.
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.
Discounts:
Students & Under 35: tickets are $10 for students with a college ID, and for patrons under 35 years old!
Children under 18 are always free.
Sarasa Ensemble is pleased to participate in the Card to Culture Program by extending discounts to EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare cardholders. Cardholders may purchase $5 tickets at the door or online by using the promo code attached to their card type:
EBT Cardholders use promo code EBTCARD
WIC Cardholders use promo code WICCARD
ConnectorCare cardholders use CONNECTORCARECARD
This program is run in partnership with the Mass Cultural Council, the Executive Office of Health and Human Services' Department of Transitional Assistance and Public Health (WIC), and the Massachusetts Health Connector. See the full list of participating organizations offering EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare discounts.
