Welcome to our March Newsletter!
"Native Realm” — a Necessary Listen for Today!
Don’t miss the chance to encounter both toe-tapping and profoundly poignant music from Poland in Sarasa’s latest program, “Native Realm,” performed live on March 5th at Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church in Cambridge. Streaming for free on www.sarasamusic.org from Thursday, March 17th for two months! The program starts at 7:30pm.
So many audience members from our performances in Brattleboro, VT, Cambridge and Lexington, MA have expressed to us what an incredibly moving experience it was to hear this music, especially in the context of the devastating conflict taking place in Ukraine right now.
Featuring Jesse Irons, Miranda Fulleylove, violins; Jason Fisher, viola; Jennifer Morsches, cello (pictured below)
Sarasa Outreach Update
We were really pleased to be able to return to our regular outreach work at youth detention centers, most recently presenting excerpts from our Polish-inspired program in Westborough, MA. The feedback from the teenagers leaves no doubt as to the power and necessity of music in our daily lives:
Maple Syrup Season in Full Blast
For Sarasa’s Founding Director,Tim Merton, March means Maple Syrup! Tim is busy keeping track of the weather, gathering sap, putting it through a reverse osmosis machine, boiling it to a perfect consistency to produce that liquid gold we all love and enjoy on our pancakes, waffles, French toast, or in coffee, salad dressings, marinades, soups and baked goods. Have you ever wondered how it works? Here’s a quick video he filmed, explaining it in a nutshell. The Town Diner in Watertown or Zoe’s in Cambridge proudly serve his syrup! Watch video here:
Mark your Calendars!
We will celebrate the final concert of the 2021-22 season, Scènes pastorales ~ Pastoral scenes, with Schubert’s wonderfully ebullient “Trout" Quintet on May 14th at 7:30pm in Cambridge and May 15th at 3:30pm in Lexington. Other works include a delightful string trio by Schubert’s good friend, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, in which he quotes familiar tunes from Mozart’s popular Singspiel, The Magic Flute in the last movement. Other pastoral-inspired music includes works by 17th-century violin virtuoso Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber and one of the most singular 20th-century composers, Erik Satie. With Maggie Cole on fortepiano— not to be missed!
No fishing here, please!
