MARCH 14 & 15, 2026
Saturday AT 5:00PM | Sunday AT 3:00PM
In March, we presented a program called the Sacred and the Profane which traced a compelling arc across centuries, exploring the tension between devotion and desire, ritual and rebellion, light and darkness. Joining Lark were program curator and harpist Bridget Kibbey, violinist Chad Hoopes, violist Matthew Lipman, and cellist Mihai Marica, an ensemble renowned for both virtuosity and deep musical rapport.
Highlights included Debussy’s luminous Danses sacrée et profane, Bach’s iconic Toccata and Fugue in D minor in a riveting arrangement for solo harp, Britten’s introspective Lachrymae, and John Dowland’s timeless lament Flow My Tears. The program also featured works by Henriette Renié and Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, alongside Bridget Kibbey’s own Bards and Griots.
The concert concluded with André Caplet’s The Mask of the Red Death, inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, bringing dramatic intensity and theatrical color to a program that invited listeners to confront music’s most profound emotional contrasts.
Bridget Kibbey, harp
Chad Hoopes, violin
Matthew Lipman, viola
Mihai Marica, cello
Tessa Lark, violin
THE SACRED AND THE PROFANE
Claude Debussy: Danses sacrée et profane
J.S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (arr. for solo harp, B. Kibbey)
Benjamin Britten: Lachrymae
John Dowland: Flow my Tears
Bridget Kibbey: Bards and Griots
Henriette Renié: Pièce symphonique
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Preludium from Rosary Sonata, The Annunciation
CPE Bach: Violin Sonata in G minor, H. 542.5
André Caplet: The Mask of the Red Death, after Edgar Allen Poe
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