SARATOGA SPRINGS— Saratoga Performing Arts Center announces that in honor of Earth Day, it will present Here on Earth with trailblazing pianist, speaker and activist Lara Downes and celebrated chamber ensemble Miró Quartet.
Slated for April 21 at 3 p.m. at the Spa Little Theater, the special project was developed at SPAC and is presented in partnership with the Skidmore College Department of Music.
“Bringing this important project, which was incubated in our very own Park, is part of our commitment to providing experiences of wonder and awe in our community year-round,” Elizabeth Sobol, SPAC’s President & CEO said, in a statement. “We are proud to support and commission the creation of new works by these artists who harness their talents to make the world a better place.”
The program features musical depictions of our planet earth, its evolution, and the lives of its inhabitants, expressed through music. The afternoon will span centuries, from Haydn’s Sunrise Quartet to Darius Milhaud’s La Création du Monde (composed in 1923) and Clarice Assad’s A World Of Change, newly commissioned in 2023. Traveling through time and space, the program telescopes in to celebrate the beauties of the natural world, while also exploring our evolving relationship with our ever-changing planet.
Tickets for Here on Earth cost $38-$68. Visit spac.org for details.
