AGAVE with Michele Kennedy – In Her Hands
$30 ($10 ages 20 & under)
- AGAVE
- Michele Kennedy, soprano
Margaret Bonds — Selected works
Dora Pejačević — Selected works
Pauline Viardot — Der Sterne
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel — String Quartet in E-flat major
Clara Schumann — Selected works
Join the Bay Area's Grammy-nominated sensation AGAVE and soprano Michele Kennedy as they explore images of motherhood and the Feminine Divine through the ages and across continents, as told through the voices of female composers. Delve into the intersections of spirituality and incarnation, grief and hope, and, ultimately, transformation. From 17th-century Italian convents to Viennese salons to the Underground Railroad and the legacy of slavery in the American South, this program presents a powerful and vivid journey into the heights and depths of the human experience.
About AGAVE
GRAMMY® nominated ensemble AGAVE is "an energized, free-spirited group" (EMAg, Fall 2014), based in the San Francisco Bay Area, and specializing in string chamber music of the seventeenth through twentieth centuries. Agave has received numerous awards and accolades and gained local and national attention for its "rapturous music," "brilliant... profound playing" (EMAg), and growing discography. Now in its fourteenth season, Agave continues its fruitful affiliations with star countertenor Reginald Mobley and InterMusic SF, and continues to be a unique and innovative voice in the chamber music community nationally.
http://www.agavebaroque.org/