Le Poème Harmonique: EML 16 October

[doversoul1]

Elin Manahan Thomas transports us to Versailles in the seventeenth century, with a concert given earlier this year in Brussels by Le Poème Harmonique conducted by Vincent Dumestre.

Music includes
Jean-Baptiste Lully - Choeur des Quatre Parties du Monde, from 'Ballet de Flore'
Jean-Baptiste Lully - extracts from 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme', 'Ballet de l'Impatience' and 'Ballet des Muses'
Charles Tessier - Chansons Suisses, from 'Airs de cour'; Airs Turquestes
Etienne Moulinié - Air du Juif Errant, from 'Airs de Cour'
Joseph-Marie Amiot - See hoang sien Tsou Yo Ling yu Tien, from 'Hymne en l'honneur des ancêtres'.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07z72jp

[doversoul1]

Around the World in French Baroque way. Some fascinating works including a Chinese piece by a French composer. It sounds pretty authentic to me (if there were authentic Chinese Baroque music, that is).

[Serial_Apologist]

Around the World in French Baroque way. Some fascinating works including a Chinese piece by a French composer. It sounds pretty authentic to me (if there were authentic Chinese Baroque music, that is).

... if it were all played on the black keys!