A Far Cry: Feeling New Strength

MUSIC
SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2021
2:00 PM

A Far Cry Live Stream

$8-$40
https://afarcry.org/all/feeling-new-strength

The Boston contemporary classical ensemble A Far Cry constructs a program around Beethoven's 15th Sting Quartet, written in a spirit of thanksgiving after the composer had recovered from an intestinal illness (I'll point out for younger readers that that's no small deal). It's being the year after 2020, the theme A Far Cry draws from this is strength through struggle (although the more conventional "healing" theme is becoming more and more on-point every day, I say hopefully). Other composers include Josquin, Caroline Shaw, Jesse Montgomery (exploring Black music of the civil rights era), and Revueltas: excellent stuff. As a hide-bound Boston-disliking Brooklyn chauvinist, I do have to point out that Brooklyn Rider did a Heiliger Dankgesang-derived program a few years ago, though.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Another good thing from Boston, the Ward Eight: pour 2 oz. Rye, 3/4 oz. each of lemon juice and orange, and 1 teaspoon of Grenadine, into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe.