THE FRENCH COURT COMES TO LIFE
Baroque Inside/Out: A Night at Versailles
SPONSORED BY BILL & LISA MOORE, RICK CHITTUM, AND CHRISTINE & MICHAEL BURCH
Baroque Inside/Out: A Night at Versailles
Friday, Aug 23, 2024 at 7:30 pm
Trinity Episcopal Church
214 W Beverley St, Staunton
$22 - $38
Discounts available for
youth, college, & military
Doors open 6:30 | Preconcert talk 6:45
All seating is reserved.
The royal court at Versailles, cultivated by Louis XIV over his long reign, offers the pinnacle of French Baroque musical culture. Enjoy selections from Rameau’s Les Boréades, chamber music by Leclair, Marais, and Lambert, and the majestic Te Deum for vocal soloists, chorus and orchestra by Jean-Baptiste Lully.
PLUS: join us in the churchyard during intermission for some non-Baroque musical surprises . . . .
Rameau’s | Selections from Les Boréades
Couperin | Concert No. 4 in E Minor
Lambert | Tout l'univers, for voices and continuo
Marais | Prelude in C Minor for gamba
Forqueray | Jupiter, for three harpsichords
Dieupart | Prelude and Gigue from Suite in G major
Balbastre | from Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major
D'ambruys | Le doux silence, for voice and lute
Lully | Te Deum for vocal soloists, chorus and orchestra
Artists involved in this event:
Balslov, Boodell, Bosworth, Burgess, Cabeza, Chartrand, Chester, Collins, Corwin, Cummings, Darling, Davids, Davis, Dietrich, DiEugenio, Eig, Fedor, Fisher, Kordes, Kress, Kwapis, Lardin, Leith, Lourensetto, Massey, Matthews, McCormack, Miller, Milly, Moody, Morton, Netter, Quinn, Raffaele, Roe, Scheid, Schmidt, Shotwell, Shuford, Shuldiner, Smith, Smucker, Steinhoff, Stenger, Stern, Tipton, Unterman, Wadsworth, Walker, Williams, Wilson, Woody, Yoshioka
