Richard Strauss’s
Der Rosenkavalier. Vladimir Jurowski conducts Barrie Kosky’s new staging with Marlis Petersen (Die Marschallin), Samantha Hankey (Octavian), Katharina Konradi (Sophie), Christof Fischesser (Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau), and Johannes Martin Kränzle (Herr von Faninal). The new production will be performed in the arrangement by Eberhard Kloke which transcribes the score to match the orchestration of Strauss’s opera
Ariadne auf Naxos. View here.
12 pm ET: IDAGIO Global Concert Hall presents
Ex Cathedra: Baroque Passion. Jeffrey Skidmore and his choir Ex Cathedra present a program of passionate Lenten music by Kuhnau, Lotti, Monteverdi, and Purcell. It’s poignant music that yearns for resolution heart-rending as Mary weeps at the foot of the cross in Scarlatti’s
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7:30 pm ET: SalonEra presents
Women in Music. Women’s History Month is marked with instrumental and vocal music by Maddalena Sirmen, Barbara Strozzi, Isabella Leonarda, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, and Clara Schumann. Featured guests include harpsichordist Byron Schenkman, violinist Shelby Yamin, and soprano Michele Kennedy, who share a commitment to researching, performing, and recording music by women composers. View here.
8 pm ET: EnsembleNEWSRQ presents
Nightfall! The ensemble performs Gerard Grisey’s
Stelé for two percussionists, David Maric’s
Nascent Forms for mallet quartet, and David T. Little’s
Haunt of Last Nightfall for percussion quartet and electronics. View here.
Where exactly the Caribbean region begins and ends is somewhat flexible, with political, cultural and musical ties extended beyond the range of the Caribbean Sea.
The region includes some 7,000 islands, islets and reefs, though fewer than 10% are inhabited. In fact, more than three quarters of the region s population live on just two islands: Cuba, and its south-eastern neighbour Hispaniola which is home to both Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Cuban composer Tania León captures all the energy of Afro-Cuban percussion and vocal techniques in her work
Batéy.
Any journey to the Caribbean highlights the cultural diversity of the region, with a plethora of different languages mingling in the streets. Cuisine varies across the region as well, boasting a fusion of African, Creole, Cajun, Amerindian, European, Latin American, South Asian, Middle Eastern and Chinese. Yet there are also signature dishes specific to an island or area. Montserrat s official national dish is a local ver