A classical ode to multiculturalism
Tafelmusik are pros of period performance, but the ensemble’s technological know-how isn’t stuck in the baroque era. Safe Haven is their latest dazzling multimedia spectacle, conceived and scripted by double bass player Alison Mackay, with a theme ripped from the headlines: immigration and the plight of refugees. The program pulls works—by Lully, Hume, Corelli, Vivaldi and Bach—from 18th-century Europe, where the cross-pollination caused by immigration enriched the continent’s musical life.