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March 2020
Songs without Words
“This unusual program is new, innovative, and exploratory…with aspects of improvisation and creativity that is sometimes missing from stage.“ – Laura SanBoeuf, Renaissance & Baroque Society Pittsburgh Based on the ensemble's acclaimed 4th CD dubbed "successful, risk-taking music" (TheWholeNote.com), Songs without Words takes the adaptation of 17th Century airs for instruments as its point of departure and brings the concept into…
Find out more »Caractères de la danse
Presented by Hudson Library & Historical Society. An essential element in the ballroom and on the theater stage, music for dancing is at the heart of French baroque style. Les Délices’ program includes Rebel’s brilliant Caractères de la Danse (a fantasia choreographed for a single virtuoso dancer), a scene from Rameau’s Pigmalion, solo suites for oboe and viol by Philidor…
Find out more »Caractères de la danse
Presented by Academy of Early Music. An essential element in the ballroom and on the theater stage, music for dancing is at the heart of French baroque style. Les Délices’ program includes Rebel’s brilliant Caractères de la Danse (a fantasia choreographed for a single virtuoso dancer), a scene from Rameau’s Pigmalion, solo suites for oboe and viol by Philidor and…
Find out more »April 2020
Into the Labyrinth
“as if a spell were cast... the world around us was changed.” - audience member Music by Marais, Clérambault, Couperin and Biber animates Aesop’s Fables and provides a soundtrack for the Countess D’Aulnoy’s 17th-Century feminist fairy tale The White Cat. This multi-media performance combining Baroque music with live puppetry and gorgeous visuals will evoke the experience of visiting Louis XIV’s…
Find out more »Family Program: The White Cat
Special Family-Friendly Version of Into the Labyrinth – Kids 17 and under FREE with accompanying adult! Discover a little-known version of a beloved fairy tale at this 45-minute family-oriented performance that combines Baroque music with live puppetry and gorgeous visuals. Unlike the wily, manipulative feline hero of Puss in Boots, the Countess D’Aulnoy’s The White Cat Celebrates generosity, ingenuity, and…
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