LES DÉLICES' SPRING EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS FOCUS ON BAROQUE MUSIC FROM LATIN AMERICA Local chamber music powerhouse Les Délices continues to expand its educational and free community programming in 2026, with the goal of extending access to Early Music in...
Medieval music sounded remarkably modern and sophisticated in the hands of forward-thinking composers like Guillaume de Machaut, Jacob Senleches, and Johannes Suzoy. Writing in the 14th century, their music displayed unparalleled freedom of thought, fearlessly explored rhythmic complexity, and pushed...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]FREE WITH MUSEUM ADMISSION Do you know what a ground bass is? Think of the Pachelbel Canon and that cello part that goes over and over again. That’s a ground bass! Join...
Artistic Director Debra Nagy talked with us about her inspiration and hopes for LD's new Baroque-Jazz fusion program Torchsongs Transformed, with performances in Akron, Lakewood, and Shaker Heights OH, March 6-8, 2020. Torchsongs Transformed will trace the arc of a love...
Scott Metcalfe, director of Boston’s Blue Heron, was kind enough to answer some questions to give us a sneak peek behind the curtain at what goes into creating a concert like January's Lessons in Love (click here for tickets and...
LES DéLICES COMBINES FRENCH BAROQUE LOVE SONGS WITH JAZZ STANDARDS CREATING A “CONVERSATION ACROSS THE CENTURIES,” MARCH 6-8, 2020 Praise for Songs without Words “Les Délices has interwoven pop, jazz, and Baroque music in a coherent, meaningful, and dazzling fashion.” ÔÇô ClevelandClassical.com “a...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]LD Steps Out with a free family-friendly performance of medieval music presented at the Cleveland Public Library’s Main Branch. Enjoy strange and wonderful 14th-century music for voices, lute, harp recorders, and...
LES DéLICES OPENS 11TH SEASON With Mozart and Beethoven Quintets November 1-3, 2019 PROGRAM FEATURES INTERNATIONAL GUESTS AND ACCLAIMED AMERICAN FORTEPIANIST SYLVIA BERRY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 8, 2019 ÔÇô Les Délices (pronounced Lay day-lease), Cleveland’s premier early music ensemble led by artistic director Debra Nagy, opens...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Join Les Délices for a 45-minute interactive performance about Medieval Music and Dance around the year 1400! We’ll teach you a medieval dance, and introduce instruments like the medieval fiddle, gothic...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Listen and learn as we prepare for weekend concerts of Mozart & Beethoven Quintets for piano & winds. Open rehearsals break down conceptions about formality, build relationships with audience members, and banish...