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2018-07-18 12:12:00
[…] "Riez sans cesse!" with its jolly chorus, the orchestra singing along, repeating the melody, followed by a more decorous trio "du quel nouveaux concerts". where the woodwind consort sounds delightfully archaic. Swiftly the mood changes back to more typical adventures in classical antiquity. Les Arts Florissantes combine the well-known "Quel doux concerts" from Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie (1733) (which Christie conducted at Glyndebourne), with "Quelle voix suspend mes alarmes" from Hercules mourant (1761) by Antoine Dauvergne. This latter is lyrical yet elegaic, the strings in the orchestra sweeping gracefully decorated by woodwinds. Religion allegory and comedy ! The miniature Cantate rein de tout (the Cantata of Nothing at all" by Nicholas Racot de Grandval pits mock elegance with wit. The singer duets with flutes "Quoi!" she shouts then bursts into laughter and changes her tune (literally) into dance accompanied by bells like the bells on the shoes of a […]
2016-10-08 03:05:28
[…] Adlgasser (Oct 1, 1729) was an organist and composer at Salzburg Cathedral and court. Pierre Marie François de Sales Baillot (Oct 1, 1771) was a violinist and composer . Paul Abraham Dukas (Oct 1, 1865) is probably best remembered work is The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Ödön Pártos (Oct 1, 1907) was a violist and composer. Herman Koppel (Oct 1, 1908) was a composer and pianist who fled the Nazis in 1943. Antoine Dauvergne (Oct 3, 1713) was the composer of Les troqueurs, which influenced the development of opéra comique. Woldemar Bargiel (Oct 3, 1828) was a composer, and half brother of Clara Schumann . Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (Oct 9, 1835) was a Romantic era composer, organist, and pianist. Karol Szymanowski (Oct 6, 1882) was a celebrated Polish composer in the early 20th century. William Billings (Oct 7, 1746) is considered the first American choral […]
2016-05-26 00:52:13
Ambitious classical music program at the heart of Spoleto Festival USA - Charleston Post Courier (press release)
If avant-garde classical music isn't your thing, consider “La Double Coquette,” a baroque opera by Antoine Dauvergne about a double-crossing cross-dresser. But even this production has its creative modern touches. The story is brought into the 21st ...
2016-05-26 00:52:13
Ambitious classical music program at the heart of Spoleto Festival USA - Charleston Post Courier (press release)
If avant-garde classical music isn't your thing, consider “La Double Coquette,” a baroque opera by Antoine Dauvergne about a double-crossing cross-dresser. But even this production has its creative modern touches. The story is brought into the 21st ...
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