BRATTLEBORO, Vt. – With a tip of our hat to Dave Brubeck’s famous ground-breaking hit, “Take Five,” Sarasa brings the lush sound of the cello to the fore in music arranged and written for four cellos. A wide range of … Continued
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. – The “nouvelle vague” of French Baroque music heralded a wealth of chamber music from the likes of Couperin, Jacquet de la Guerre, Mondonville, and others. Telemann caught the wave with great panache, resulting in his gorgeous set … Continued
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. – A sunny program of secular and sacred Baroque music from the missions of Bolivia at the Brattleboro Music Center, with an undeniable impulse from the folk element of its indigenous people. Featuring anonymous indigenous composers. With Carley … Continued
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. – J.S. Bach owed part of his creative inspiration to the 17th-century’s stylus phantasticus, a method that sought freedom of form and expression, especially in instrumental works. This program explores several composers who embraced this approach. With a … Continued
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. – “Clarity, brilliance, tenderness, and strangeness,” these are the words that Benjamin Britten used to describe Henry Purcell’s music. They also express that very distinct English school of composition explored by John Blow, and revisited later in the … Continued
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. – Composers of the West gladly soaked up the sounds of the near East, adding extra spice and depth of flavor to their musical concoctions. A program that looks at those Eastern traditions influencing a wide swathe of … Continued
