Sarasa Ensemble: Sweet Sleep

The Sarasa Ensemble presents “Sweet Sleep,” Friday, November 14 at the BMC. Coinciding with Nature’s annual moment of repose, the ensemble will explore music inspired by the many states of everlasting sleep.

The concert is scheduled for 7 p.m. and include works for soprano, strings, lute and organ.  It will feature Georg Muffat’s gorgeous Concerto grosso No. 4 in G minor Dulce somnium, which inspired the program title.

“Some of us sleep deeply, some of us lightly, some need nighttime tea to help fall asleep, some a book or a podcast or listening to music,” explains Sarasa co-founder Jennifer Morsches. “Some of us have recurring dreams, some unwanted nightmares, and many need something repetitive to help ease us to slumber, such as a lullaby, perhaps counting sheep, or the lull of water or waves on a beach. And then, for all of us, there is the inevitability of eternal rest.”

The ensemble will include Kristen Watson, soprano; Elizabeth Blumenstock and Rebecca Nelson, violins; Jenny Stirling, viola; Jennifer Morsches and Timothy Merton, cellos; Michael Leopold, lute/theorbo; and Michael Beattie, organ.

The Sarasa Ensemble is a collective of extraordinary international instrumentalists and vocalists who perform classical music of outstanding quality, spanning the 17th to the 21st centuries, on both period and modern instruments, and bring this music to diverse communities.