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April 2019
The Elements
Les Délices completes their 10th Anniversary season with ground-breaking music from the 18th and 21st centuries that depicts the chaos of creation and the four elements of water, fire, earth, and wind. The program pairs Les Délices’ own arrangement of Jean-Féry Rebel’s The Elements with a newly commissioned, nature-inspired work for period instruments by young composer Theo Chandler.
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Les Délices completes their 10th Anniversary season with ground-breaking music from the 18th and 21st centuries that depicts the chaos of creation and the four elements of water, fire, earth, and wind. The program pairs Les Délices’ own arrangement of Jean-Féry Rebel’s The Elements with a newly commissioned, nature-inspired work for period instruments by young composer Theo Chandler.
Find out more »June 2019
Test Event
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Find out more »July 2019
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 »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.…
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