Enchanted Island
february 24-25-26
Soprano Sherezade Panthaki makes her Les Délices debut in this program of French baroque cantatas celebrating the sensuous abundance of nature.
Upcoming Events
Friends of Mozart
February 3, 2023 @ 7:30 pm at Christ & St. Stephen’s Episcopal ChurchChamber Music for Winds and Strings by Mozart and His Contemporaries
Winds of Change
February 5, 2023 @ 4:00 pm at Corpus Christi ChurchMusic before 1800 presents Les Délices’ acclaimed concert Winds of Change, featuring virtuoso flutist Emi Ferguson. Join Les Délices for this all-instrumental program of riveting chamber works from the eve of the French and Haitian Revolutions. Inspired by philosophical ideals of liberty and equality and early abolitionist writing, we pair Classical Era works by Joseph Bologne Chevalier de St. Georges and Luigi Boccherini with Haitian composer Sydney Guillaume’s commission A Journey to Fre...
SalonEra: Finding Lisette
February 13, 2023 @ 7:30 pmIn recent years, the Haitian Creole song ““Lisette quitté la plaine” has become a major part of baritone/scholar Jean-Bernard Cerin’s professional life. In this episode of SalonEra, Jean-Bernard traces the history of this song text and explores how the song shifts in meaning as it travels around the globe and is transformed by different musical communities. Through Jean-Bernard, “Lisette” becomes a lens through which we can explore the dynamic, fraught history of Haiti and its oc...