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April 2017
Baroque Dance Workshop with live music
Children (8+) and Adults can come and learn the basics of baroque dance – including how to do a minuet step – in this free workshop led by baroque dancer expert & violinist Julie Andrijeski. Live Music! Space is limited – pre-registration is recommended.
Find out more »Fated Lovers
Featuring Clara Rottsolk, soprano & Jason McStoots, tenor Works by Clérambault, Rameau, and more. Just as in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, true love sometimes ends with the ultimate sacrifice. Two evocative cantatas by Clérambault (Pyrame et Thisbé and Héro et Leandre) plus excerpts from Rameau’s groundbreaking opera Hippolyte et Aricie relate the timeless tales of star-crossed lovers in this new program featuring acclaimed soprano Clara Rottsolk…
Find out more »Fated Lovers
Featuring Clara Rottsolk, soprano & Jason McStoots, tenor Works by Clérambault, Rameau, and more. Just as in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, true love sometimes ends with the ultimate sacrifice. Two evocative cantatas by Clérambault (Pyrame et Thisbé and Héro et Leandre) plus excerpts from Rameau’s groundbreaking opera Hippolyte et Aricie relate the timeless tales of star-crossed lovers in this new program featuring acclaimed soprano Clara…
Find out more »September 2017
LD@Work: Baroque-Jazz Crossover
The LD@Work series provides a fresh perspective on creative artists’ process: people can simply drop in to these informal, working rehearsals as we prepare for public concerts. Repeated listening also provides additional insight into the music.
Find out more »Songs without Words
Les Délices presents their popular Baroque-Jazz Crossover program Songs without Words on Lake Erie College's new Performing Arts Series. Songs without Words takes the adaptation of 17th Century songs for instruments as its point of departure and brings the concept into the 20th Century with torch songs and jazz standards arranged and improvised by the ensemble. Music by baroque composers…
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Les Délices presents their popular Baroque-Jazz Crossover program Songs without Words for Pittsburgh's Renaissance & Baroque Society. Songs without Words takes the adaptation of 17th Century songs for instruments as its point of departure and brings the concept into the 20th Century with torch songs and jazz standards arranged and improvised by the ensemble. Music by baroque composers Lambert, Lully, and…
Find out more »Jazz Brunch @ NightTown
Join us for a fun and fabulous Jazz Brunch at Cleveland's beloved NightTown! Tickets will include a delicious brunch plus live music from our popular Baroque-Jazz crossover program Songs without Words. Songs without Words takes the adaptation of 17th Century songs for instruments as its point of departure and brings the concept into the 20th Century with torch songs and jazz…
Find out more »October 2017
LD@Work: Virtuoso Music for Baroque violin
The LD@Work series provides a fresh perspective on creative artists’ process: people can simply drop in to these informal, working rehearsals as we prepare for public concerts. Repeated listening also provides additional insight into the music.
Find out more »LD Steps Out: Sterling Branch Library
LD Steps Out with a free, all-ages program at the Sterling Branch Library. Listen to some fresh, new-to-you Baroque music and learn about our instruments - baroque violin, baroque oboe, viola da gamba, and harpsichord - as we perform and talk about music from our upcoming program, Inspired by Italy. Presented in partnership with Cleveland Public Library.LD Steps Out
Find out more »Inspired by Italy
In 1700, superstar violinist Arcangelo Corelli published twelve violin sonatas that sparked “Corelli-Mania” all over Europe. In Louis XIV’s France, though, the craze for passionate Italian-style music had to stay under the radar. Les Délices explores the vogue for all things Italian with dazzling, new-to-you music featuring Cleveland’s favorite violinist, Julie Andrijeski. .
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