Rinaldo Alessandrini – January 15, 2020 Bourgie Hall LiveEvents January 6, 2020 1409 RINALDO ALESSANDRINI, HARPSICHORD In the 17th century, the rise of instrumental music emancipated from vocal models caused an irrepressible outpouring of ornamentation. The stylus phantasticus of which Rinaldo...
Clavecin en Concert – October 27, 2019 Bourgie Hall LiveEvents October 21, 2019 3029 CLAVECIN EN CONCERT The Arte Musica Foundation continues its complete concert presentation of the sacred cantatas of J. S. Bach, one of the world’s most universally admired composers. In keeping with the litur...
Ensemble Alia Mens – March 29, Bourgie Hall LiveEvents March 20, 2019 1764 ENSEMBLE ALIA MENS Only a small number of concertos by Bach have survived. Originally composed for the court of Anhalt-Köthen around 1720, thankfully several of them were repurposed for weekly concerts Bach or...
Harpsichord Celebration – February 28, Bourgie Hall LiveEvents February 21, 2019 1370 A HARPSICHORD CELEBRATION! Christoph Graupner’s first harpsichord book remains one of the most engaging collections of 18th-century harpsichord works. This marathon concert celebrates 300 years since it first ...
Danced Recital – October 21, 2018, Bourgie Hall LiveEvents October 16, 2018 1777 DANCED RECITAL Although they were not destined for the concert hall, and like virtually all music of the time, these pieces and dances are fundamentally gestural, referring to movements of the body. In this...
Christophe Rousset – Shadows & Light – October 20, Bourgie Hall LiveEvents October 13, 2018 1754 LES TALENS LYRIQUES CHRISTOPHE ROUSSET Christophe Rousset beckons us on an enchanting journey to the world of François Couperin, where darkness and light dwell in equal measure. Shadows characterizes the ...
Sylvain Caron – October 19, 2018, Bourgie Hall LiveEvents October 11, 2018 1647 SYLVAIN CARON - FRANÇOIS COUPERIN ET L'ART DU TABLEAU MUSICAL Couperin Days Couperin knew how to set to music the stylistic traits of his contemporaries, such as the painter Watteau, and the themes that wer...
