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Baroque ensemble Ars Lyrica Houston presents the dance movements from François Couperin's "L’Impériale."
23/24 Season: Visions & Reveries
Saturday, March 16, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Zilkha Hall, The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
Purchase a digital replay pass to the whole concert and learn more at our website: arslyricahouston.org/visionsandreveries
0:00 Rondeau
2:41 Sarabande
4:55 Bourrée
5:43 Chaconne
Featuring:
Colin St Martin, traverso
Manami Mizumoto, violin
Maria Lin, violin
Eric Taeyang Mun, cello
Deborah Dunham, violone
Richard Savino, theorbo & guitar
Matthew Dirst, harpsichord & artistic director
Video and audio by BEND Productions, LLC
Program Notes by Matthew Dirst:
François Couperin's dance movements embrace the French tradition, which by the 1720s could encompass everything from a chirpy Bourrée to a tender Sarabande. The Chaconne, freed from its usual role of accompanying a theatrical spectacle, becomes in Couperin’s supple hands something else entirely. The highpoint of this suite, this movement offers numerous surprises, with new melodic ideas at virtually every repetition of the prevailing harmonic pattern and consequential shifts from the major to the minor mode and back again.
About Ars Lyrica Houston:
Founded in 1998 by harpsichordist and conductor Matthew Dirst, Ars Lyrica Houston presents a diverse array of music in its original context while creating connections to contemporary life. Imaginative programming features neglected gems alongside familiar masterworks, and extracts the dramatic potential, emotional resonance, and expressive power of music. Its local subscription series, according to the Houston Chronicle, “sets the agenda” for early music in Houston. Ars Lyrica appears regularly at international festivals and conferences because of its distinctive focus, and its pioneering efforts in the field of authentic performance have won international acclaim.
arslyricahouston.org/visionsandreveries
Baroque ensemble Ars Lyrica Houston presents the dance movements from François Couperin's "L’Impériale."
23/24 Season: Visions & Reveries
Saturday, March 16, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Zilkha Hall, The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
Purchase a digital replay pass to the whole concert and learn more at our website: arslyricahouston.org/visionsandreveries
0:00 Rondeau
2:41 Sarabande
4:55 Bourrée
5:43 Chaconne
Featuring:
Colin St Martin, traverso
Manami Mizumoto, violin
Maria Lin, violin
Eric Taeyang Mun, cello
Deborah Dunham, violone
Richard Savino, theorbo & guitar
Matthew Dirst, harpsichord & artistic director
Video and audio by BEND Productions, LLC
Program Notes by Matthew Dirst:
François Couperin's dance movements embrace the French tradition, which by the 1720s could encompass everything from a chirpy Bourrée to a tender Sarabande. The Chaconne, freed from its usual role of accompanying a theatrical spectacle, becomes in Couperin’s supple hands something else entirely. The highpoint of this suite, this movement offers numerous surprises, with new melodic ideas at virtually every repetition of the prevailing harmonic pattern and consequential shifts from the major to the minor mode and back again.
About Ars Lyrica Houston:
Founded in 1998 by harpsichordist and conductor Matthew Dirst, Ars Lyrica Houston presents a diverse array of music in its original context while creating connections to contemporary life. Imaginative programming features neglected gems alongside familiar masterworks, and extracts the dramatic potential, emotional resonance, and expressive power of music. Its local subscription series, according to the Houston Chronicle, “sets the agenda” for early music in Houston. Ars Lyrica appears regularly at international festivals and conferences because of its distinctive focus, and its pioneering efforts in the field of authentic performance have won international acclaim.
arslyricahouston.org/visionsandreveries
