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July 2019
Characters of the Dance
An essential element in the ballroom and on the theater stage, music for dancing is at the heart of French baroque style. Join us for a fun summer romp - presented al fresco - that includes Rebel’s brilliant Caractères de la Danse (a fantasia choreographed for a single virtuoso dancer), a scene from Rameau’s Pigmalion, solos oboe and viola da…
Find out more »September 2019
LD@Work Open Rehearsal
Open rehearsals break down conceptions about formality, build relationships with audience members, and banish preconceptions about what artistic “work” is. Audience members will be able to come in, listen, and learn about Les Délices’ working process at these events, while the ensemble prepares for upcoming concerts. Repeated listening also provides additional insight into the music. Drop-in to a rehearsal between…
Find out more »LD Steps Out: Akron-Summit County Public Library Norton Branch
Les Délices, acclaimed early music ensemble based in Cleveland, will present a special program for the Norton Branch community as part of their LD Steps Out series. From The Ground Up explores the founding principle of Baroque music that is - at its essence - a melody plus a bass line; any other parts simply fill out the implied harmonies. Join us…
Find out more »LD@Play From the Ground Up!
Do you know what a ground bass is? Think of the Pachelbel Canon and that cello part that goes over and over again. That’s a ground bass! Join us for a guided tour of the kind of music that we play where we'll introduce you and your kids to our instruments and create toe-tapping variations over a ground bass. Arrive…
Find out more »All the Pleasures Benefit
Join us for All the Pleasures--Les Délices’ annual Benefit featuring a specially-curated menu of decadent amuses bouches (hors d’oeuvres) and wine paired with French chamber music. Indulge the senses in this unique twilight affair at the Shaker Country Club--the perfect setting for an intimate concert immersing in the pleasures of music, late-summer gardens, and gustatory delights. Take in sweeping views…
Find out more »Delights & Diversions
18th Century France set the global standards for luxury and leisure. This program is inspired by their grand feasts, extraordinary gardens, glittering ballrooms, and delectable desserts - complete with sung recipes, odes to champagne, solos for viola da gamba by Marin Marais, excerpts from Charpentier’s Plaisirs de Versailles, and more. Presented by First Lutheran Church of Lorain's First-music Concert Series.…
Find out more »October 2019
Intimate Recital at Terminal Tower
ONLY A FEW TICKETS REMAIN! International guest bassoonist Wouter Verschuren joins Artistic director Debra Nagy and harpsichordist Mark Edwards for an intimate recital on the 42nd floor Observation Deck of Cleveland's iconic Terminal Tower. Don't miss this extraordinary opportunity to experience the beauty of Les Délices' music while enjoying a 360-degree view of Cleveland and the lakefront! Only 50 guests…
Find out more »LD@Work: Mozart & Beethoven
Listen and learn as we prepare for weekend concerts of Mozart & Beethoven Quintets for piano & winds. Open rehearsals break down conceptions about formality, build relationships with audience members, and banish preconceptions about what artistic “work” is. Audience members will be able to come in, listen, and learn about Les Délices’ working process at these events, while the ensemble…
Find out more »November 2019
Mozart & Beethoven Quintets
Not long after its 1784 premiere, Mozart called his Quintet K.452 for piano “the best thing I have written in my life.” Don’t miss this rare opportunity to hear masterpieces for piano and winds by Mozart and Beethoven performed by all-star period-instrument artists from the U.S. and Europe including fortepianist Sylvia Berry, Dutch bassoonist Wouter Verschuren, British clarinetist Colin Lawson,…
Find out more »Intoxicating
Les Délices is inspired by heady perfumes and strong elixirs in this program of strange and wonderful Medieval music from the Ars Subtilior. Singers Elena Mullins and Jason McStoots perform works by Machaut, Solage and others, accompanied by harp, lute, recorder and medieval fiddle. Elena Mullins, soprano Jason McStoots, tenor Debra Nagy, medieval winds and voice Scott Metcalfe, vielle and…
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