(Photo: Clemens Manser) One of the highlights of this year’s Bayreuth Baroque Festival was a concert entitled “Terra Mater,” directed and designed by Christina Pluhar, featuring the L’Arpeggiata ensemble and mezzo-soprano Malena Ernman. The concert was an exploration of 17th and 18th century musical representations of nature in its many forms, interpreted from a 21st century perspective by the performers. {…}