Sarasa Ensemble retraces the Bach family tree in ‘All in the Family’ program May 8-10, 2026
“Johann Sebastian Bach belongs to a family that seems to have received a love and aptitude for music as a gift of Nature to all its members in common.” ~ Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, 1754
Sarasa Chamber Music Ensemble performs the final concert-set of its 2025-26 Concert Series “Connection” with a concert featuring the extended Bach family and its many musical talents on the weekend of May 8-10, 2026. All in the Family highlights works for oboe, strings and continuo by sons Wilhelm Friedemann and Carl Philipp Emanuel, cousin Johann Bernhard, wife Anna Magdalena & the master himself, Johann Sebastian Bach. Sarasa will present All in the Family at three public performances, as well as to incarcerated teens at Massachusetts’ Department of Youth Services facilities as part of Sarasa’s award-winning ‘Music Unlocked’ program.
Concert Information:
All in the Family
With Daniel Bates, oboe; Christina Day Martinson, Rebecca Nelson, Danilo Bonina, violins; Anna Griffis, viola; Jennifer Morsches, Timothy Merton, cellos; John McKean, harpsichord
- Friday, May 8, 2026 at 7pm at Brattleboro Music Center, Brattleboro VT (tickets at bmcvt.org)
- Saturday, May 9, 2026 at 7pm at Friends Meeting House, Cambridge
- Sunday, May 10, 2026 at 3:30pm at Follen Church, Lexington
Tickets: $30 at the door: student and senior discounts available, children under 18 are free, and discounted tickets may be purchased ahead online. Tickets to Cambridge & Lexington performances available here, Brattleboro tickets here.
More info at www.sarasamusic.org, admin@sarasamusic.org, or (978) 766-9408
All concerts will be available to stream free 10 days later on the Sarasa website and YouTube channel.
Program:
Johann Bernhard Bach – Ouverture-Suite No. 2 in G major
Anna Magdalena Bach (as copyist) – solo harpsichord piece from Clavierbüchlein anno 1725
Anna Magdalena Bach (as copyist) – So oft ich meine Tobackspfeife, BWV 515
Johann Sebastian Bach – Sinfonia from Cantata Ich steh mit einem Fuß in Grabe, BWV 156
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – String Symphony in B minor, Wq. 182/5
intermission
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach – Sinfonia in F major ‘Dissonant,’ F. 67
Johann Sebastian Bach – Double Concerto in D minor, BWV 1060R for oboe & violin, strings and basso continuo
