ClevelandClassical.com's Mike Telin spoke with Shannon Mercer in anticipation of her debut with Les Délices for Folly of Youth: “As an audience member, I can tell if a performer is or is not connecting to the text,” said Mercer. “And composers like Handel wanted the text to reach the people, so they could identify it with their own experiences. To do...
Thematically cohesive and stocked with immaculate performances, the brief program did more than just relate the legends of Icarus and Phaeton and how they were doomed by their ambitions. It reminded listeners of the ongoing success that Les Delices represents in the world of Baroque music. Also on display: the group's knack for picking great guests. In Canadian soprano Shannon Mercer, the...
Recitals that feature duo-harpsichordists are rare enough treats, but the program of French baroque music that Michael Sponseller and Jacob Street played on Les Délices’ series at The Galleries at Cleveland State University on Saturday evening, January 16, was an extraordinary tasting menu of twenty opera-related delights. These ranged from the ancien cuisine music of Jean-Baptiste Lully and Marin Marais to...
By MARK SATOLA SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio -- The intricate web of sound that can be achieved when two harpsichords combine was on display Sunday afternoon at Plymouth Church in Shaker Heights, when harpsichordists Michael Sponseller and Jacob Street performed a program fancifully titled "The Imaginary Orchestra."...
Galante Experiments: Les Délices in “The Age of Indulgence” at Plymouth Church (Nov. 8) Les Délices continues to explore French Rococo music in two “Age of Indulgence” concerts French dances and more: “Toutes Suites” with Les Délices on LCCC Signature Series (September 24) Les Délices to open the LCCC Signature Series on September 24 Les Délices’s “The Angel and the Devil” at Plymouth Church...
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