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Sophisticated gentlemen and ladies of baroque France were fond of pastoral conceits. Countless late 17th- and early 18th-century songs are rhapsodic about ever balmy breezes and the warmth of mythic summers. Celebrating the temperate season, | [[Folger Consort]] performed ''Fête d’Eté: French Cantatas and Suites,'' from April 8 to April 10, 2011 in the Folger's [[Elizabethan Theatre]]. Sophisticated gentlemen and ladies of baroque France were fond of pastoral conceits. Countless late 17th- and early 18th-century songs are rhapsodic about ever balmy breezes and the warmth of mythic summers. Celebrating the temperate season, the Consort performed a collection of elegant and virtuosic instrumental music, and witty and amorous cantatas by Marais, Charpentier, and others. | ||
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Revision as of 12:58, 16 June 2014
Folger Consort performed Fête d’Eté: French Cantatas and Suites, from April 8 to April 10, 2011 in the Folger's Elizabethan Theatre. Sophisticated gentlemen and ladies of baroque France were fond of pastoral conceits. Countless late 17th- and early 18th-century songs are rhapsodic about ever balmy breezes and the warmth of mythic summers. Celebrating the temperate season, the Consort performed a collection of elegant and virtuosic instrumental music, and witty and amorous cantatas by Marais, Charpentier, and others.
Artists
Folger Consort
Artistic Director
- Robert Eisenstein: viola da gamba
Guest artists
- Krista Bennion Fenney: violin
- Joseph Gascho: harpsichord
- Jolle Greenleaf: soprano
- Colin St. Martin: transverse flute