Welcome to our December Newsletter!
Stars come in all sizes! (What an amazing cactus flower on display at Huntington Gardens, Pasadena CA.)
Happy holidays!
detail from Winter Scene on a Frozen Canal (ca. 1620) by Hendrick Avercamp
Sarasa wishes each and every one of you a very festive and bright holiday season! Who knows how much snow/ice/sleet we might experience in the New England area this winter? If you prefer to sit by the fireside, rather than pursue outdoor winter activities, you can still listen to our most recent November concert-set, featuring Brahms and Beethoven piano trios with clarinet & cello in “His dear nightingale.” We also discuss our most recent, very moving outreach presentation for incarcerated teens at the RFK School in Middleton, MA. Watch here for a limited time!
Interested in viewing all our past concert videos? Check out our Concert Video Catalogue, available for purchase or as part of your subscription package!
'Tis the Season of Giving!
Sarasa is a dedicated and unique ensemble, performing chamber music at the highest level while simultaneously providing inspiration and solace for hundreds of incarcerated teens across Massachusetts through our award-winning outreach program. With the holiday season upon us and the rest of our 2022-23 season just around the corner, we hope you will consider including Sarasa in your end-of-year giving. Thank you!
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Zas (“Snow” in Navajo)
The snow begins to fall once more.
Drifting against the windows,
Politely begging entrance,
And then falling with disappointment,
to the ground.
Endlessly,
A heavy blanket on the outdoors.
Floating down on the silent Earth and covered
All around and silenced all trace of the world
I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields?
That it kisses them so gently and then it covers them up, snug, you know?
With a white quilt and perhaps it says "Go to sleep... Until the spring comes.”
~ Mikayla J. McRoye (Navajo/Hopi)
Up next January 13-15, 2023: “Music of the Madonna"
Sarasa explores heavenly (and secular) music inspired by the life of the Madonna, highlighting two gorgeous Marian cantatas by G.F. Händel and a solo motet by Isabella Leonarda with the wonderful mezzo-soprano, Meg Bragle.
Please note the different Cambridge venue* and start times!**
Friday, January 13th, 2023 at 7pm at Brattleboro Music Center, Brattleboro VT (tickets at bmcvt.org)
Saturday, January 14th, 2023 at 8pm** at Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music* in Cambridge
Sunday, January 15th, 2023 at 7pm** at Follen Community Church in Lexington
Featuring Meg Bragle, mezzo-soprano; Elizabeth Blumenstock, Christina Day Martinson, Jesse Irons, violins; Jenny Stirling, viola; Jennifer Morsches, Timothy Merton, cellos; Michael Beattie, organ
Program:
G.F. Händel - Concerto Grosso No. 2 in F major, HWV320
G.F. Händel - Haec est Regina virginum, HWV 235
Arcangelo Corelli - Concerto grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8 (Christmas Concerto)
Isabella Leonarda - “O Maria”
Rosenmüller Sonata No. 9 (nona) à 5 in D major
Giovanni Battista Ferrandini Il pianto di Maria: “Giunta l’ora fatal” HWV 234 (attr. Händel)
