Saturday 5 June, 6pm & 8pm at Royal Spa
The Forest of Mythical Breezes
EVENT OVER. Mythical stories unfold to music by Charpentier, Lully, Couperin and Rameau
Date & Time: Saturday 5 June, 6pm & 8pm
Ticket price: £15, £7.50 concessions (see Ts & Cs), Free for under-12s & carers
Venue: Royal Spa
Flauguissimo Ensemble
Emily Atkinson soprano
Yu-Wei Hu flute
Magdalena Loth-Hill violin
Henrik Persson viola da gamba
Johan Löfving theorbo, guitar
with
Steven Player dance
From a forest in the Arcadian Mountains, mythical creatures of antiquity come to life through a mini ‘opera’ built of French baroque repertoire. Stories uniting gods and humans unfold to music by Charpentier, Lully, Couperin and Rameau.
Programme
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
1643–1704 From Acteon
Overture
Bruit de chasse (scene 1)
Gavotte en rondeau (scene 2)
Jean-Philippe Rameau
1683–1764 From Zaïs
Tambourin (act 3)
François Couperin
1668–1733 From Troisième livre de pièces de clavecin
Le Rossignol en Amour
Le Rossignol Vainqueur
Rameau From Les Indes Galantes
Triomphez, agréables Fleurs! (Act 3)
François Couperin Double du Rossignol en Amour
Michel Pignolet de Montéclair
1667–1737 Cantata Pan et Syrinx
Jean-Baptiste Lully
1632–1687 Entrée d’Apollon (arranged by de Visée)
Lully From Les Jeux Pithiens
Menuet de Trompette
Rameau From Les Indes Galantes
Les Sauvages, Forêts paisibles