Le Roi Soleil: the King dances
Wednesday 17 April, 7.30pm at West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, CB3 9DP
The Sun King dances: Academy of Ancient Music and baroque dance experts Mary Collins and Steve Player recreate the sounds and sights of the court of Louis XIV of France.
Versailles, 1700: where all arts revolved in brilliantly choreographed splendour around the monarch they called The Sun King. Historical dance experts Mary Collins and Steve Player join Academy of Ancient Music to pay homage to Louis XIV of France, a king for whom music and political power were all part of the same resplendent dance.
Jean-Baptiste Lully – Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Overture and Marche pour la Cérémonie des Turcs
Jean-Baptiste Lully – Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Chaconne for Harlequin
André Campra – L’Europe galante
Michel Richard Delalande – Symphonies pour les soupers du Roy: Excerpts
Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre – Céphale et Procris: Suite
Marin Marais – Les folies d’Espagne
Jean-Féry Rebel – Les caractères de la danse