Sarband and Fadia El-Hage
An 18th Century Middle Eastern musician visits Leipzig; Emily Jane Brontë in the 19th, finishing with music of the present.
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Some of our recent programs:
No. 18
A tribute to the darling buds of May and one of Christopher Marlowe’s (d/b/a Shakespeare) finest sonnets, No. 18.
Songs of Spring
A wide sampling of songs of April and springtime from the medieval to the present day.
Aguas de Março, Part I
An exploration of the finest celebration of spring, Aguas de Março, and the unparalleled artistry of Antonio Carlos Jobim.
Carnival
Mardi Gras, and an hour of samba and Brazilian music in general. Get out your feathered headdress, it’s Carnival!
Köln Concert
The turbulent story of the Köln Concert, a landmark in contemporary music that came within a hair’s breadth of not happening.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Music of Zbigniew Preisner, Alberto Iglesias, James Horner, and a tribute to the courage of Martin Luther King Jr.
Winter Nights
As humans have since earliest times, we gather to pass the dark hours with stories, ballads and epic tales–Arachne, The Lady of Shallot, The Walrus and the Carpenter, with music throughout.
Mysterium
With the depths of winter approaching, a sampling of the music of Vasks, Pärt, Arnalds, and Silvestrov.
Light in the Land of Plenty
Music to bury the dying year in the west and birth the next rolling in from the east.
Solstitium
A brief foray into the arcana of the period and then a full array of music of the holidays and the sun.