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Leeds Baroque present A Portraite of Jean-Phillipe Rameau
Choral and Orchestral Music by Handel and Bach's greatest French contemporary.
Add to my Calendar 04-03-2018 15:00 04-03-2018 17:00 36 Leeds Baroque present A Portraite of Jean-Phillipe Rameau The period instrument ensemble Leeds Baroque, with director Peter Holman are joined by Nicholas Sales haute-contre - the characteristically French type of high tenor for a programme of richly varied repertoire from arguably Frances greatest 18th century composer. The programme opens with one of only three surviving “Grand Motet”, a setting of Psalm 84 ‘Quam dilecta’ . Lest you fear for the length of the performance, the rest of the concert consists of extracts from Rameau’s theatrical music, depicting typically colourful scenes; from the sounds of the sculptor at work in the overture to Pygmalion to the melodrama of the earthquakes and volcanic eruptions featured in scenes from Les Incas de Perou. The concert will be introduced by Prof. Graham Sadler at 2:15pm in a pre-concert talk entitled "Rameau and his world" This event is free to ticket holders. Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, Leeds DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
The School of Music
University of Leeds
Leeds
LS2 9JT
England
Programme
Jean-Philippe Rameau – Les fêtes de Ramire
Jean-Philippe Rameau – Quam dilecta tabernacula
Jean-Philippe Rameau – Pigmalion
Jean-Philippe Rameau – Castor et Pollux
Jean-Philippe Rameau – Dardanus
Jean-Philippe Rameau – Les Indes galantes
Performers
Nicholas Sales – Tenor
Peter Holman MBE – director / harpsichord
Graham Sadler – Speaker
Leeds Baroque Choir and Orchestra
Programme Note
The period instrument ensemble Leeds Baroque, with director Peter Holman are joined by Nicholas Sales haute-contre - the characteristically French type of high tenor for a programme of richly varied repertoire from arguably Frances greatest 18th century composer. The programme opens with one of only three surviving “Grand Motet”, a setting of Psalm 84 ‘Quam dilecta’ . Lest you fear for the length of the performance, the rest of the concert consists of extracts from Rameau’s theatrical music, depicting typically colourful scenes; from the sounds of the sculptor at work in the overture to Pygmalion to the melodrama of the earthquakes and volcanic eruptions featured in scenes from Les Incas de Perou.
The concert will be introduced by Prof. Graham Sadler at 2:15pm in a pre-concert talk entitled "Rameau and his world" This event is free to ticket holders.
