Sarasota Music Festival: Tessa Lark Returns

Twentieth-century Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos grew up amidst the sounds of the street musicians of Rio de Janeiro. In her Festival debut, the versatile flutist Alex Sopp brings her talents to Villa-Lobos´ popular Assiobio a Játo (The Jet Whistle). Michi Wiancko reflects on her musical experiences with her mother in the nostalgic Fantasia for Tomorrow. Tessa Lark, Mike Block, and Jeffrey Kahane reprise their 2024 Festival’s triumph of improvisation, this time using an Old English folk song. The program ends with a gorgeous Piano Trio by Rebecca Clarke.