1. 1.Ayre

   February 4

   Dawn Upshaw performs songs written for her, in Spanish, Hebrew, and Arabic, from the lovely new CD of the same name. The Kronos Quartet—known for its Golijov expertise— also plays.

2. 2. Yiddishbbuk and The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind

   February 8

   The excellent St. Lawrence String Quartet performs these early Golijov successes, heavily influenced by Jewish folk and liturgical music.

3. 3. La Pasión Según San Marcos

   February 20 and 21

   The acclaimed 2000 oratorio, set in contemporary Latin America, draws on texts from the Gospels, the Kaddish, and Galician poems, as well as the music of Bahia and Cuba.

4. 4. Discussion with Gustavo Santaolalla

   February 22

   Golijov, who’s scoring a new Francis Ford Coppola film, chats with the Brokeback Mountain composer about film music.

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• Articles by Alicia Zuckerman
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