The 麻豆传媒官网 Great Performance Series will feature Le Consort, a baroque chamber ensemble from France, on Thursday, Oct. 17, at 7:30 p.m. in the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts.
BBC Music Magazine has called the highly regarded young ensemble 鈥淩avishing, exhilarating, and uniquely beautiful.鈥�
Le Consort consists of four musicians who interpret the trio sonata repertoire with enthusiasm, sincerity and modernity. The dialogue between the two violins and the basso continuo (harpsichord and cello) displays a wealth of contrasts between vocality, sensuality and virtuosity.
鈥淏rilliant throughout, daring, sensual, Le Consort delights us,鈥� Diapason has said.
The ensemble鈥檚 performance at 麻豆传媒官网 will explore the subtleties of the English baroque as influenced by Italian virtuosity. Three composers will be under the limelight: Henry Purcell; Nicolas Matteis; and Miss Philharmonica, a mysterious female composer who published her sonatas in 1715. The performance also includes some of the most popular works of Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach and Arcangelo Corelli.
The overall musical journey aims to delight and surprise by offering familiar music alongside some genuine discoveries.
Tickets are $29 for regular admission, $25 for senior citizens, and $15 for children 18 and under, and are available at the Events and Conferences Office located downtown in the Anderson-Werkman Financial Center (100 E. 8th St.). The office is open for ticket sales on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and can be called at (616) 395-7890. Tickets may also be purchased online at .
To inquire about accessibility or if you need accommodations to fully participate in the event, please email accommodations@hope.edu. Updates related to events are posted when available at hope.edu/calendar in the individual listings.
The Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts is located at 221 Columbia Ave., between Ninth and 10th streets.