B a r o q u e
TUESDAY, MARCH 16 AT 7:30 PM
at La Maison Française
Admission
- General: $20
- Student w/ID: $15
Tickets: www.instantseats.com
Les Folies Françoises
Patrick Cohën-Akenine, violin
Béatrice Martin, harpsichord
Francois Polly, cello
A reception to meet the artists will follow the concert.
Program
Works by:
- François COUPERIN (1668-1733)
- Jean-Philippe RAMEAU (1683-1764)
- Louis Nicolas CLERAMBAULT (1676-1749)
As they earned considerable experience with great baroque formations and won major prizes both in France and abroad, these young French-trained musicians, decide to form Les Folies Françoises in 2000. The ensemble, which is able to shift from a chamber ensemble to an orchestra according to the opus, is conducted by violinist Patrick Cohën-Akenine.
The group explores the vast instrumental and vocal répertoire of the 17th and 18th centuries and performs in the same spirit of freedom, plurality and creativity as the musicians of the grand siècle. In the way of François Couperin's Treizième ordre, which gave its name to the ensemble, Les Folies Françoises aims to express the full palette of colors and feelings that characterizes the musical tastes of the period.
Les Folies Françoises has performed in France at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, the Théâtre du Châtelet, the Cité de la musique, the Théâtre de la ville in Paris, the Arsenal de Metz, the Chapelle royale, the Royal Opera of Versailles, the operas of Lausanne, Montpellier, Avignon and Nantes, the Théâtre du jeu de paume in Aix-en-Provence, the Théâtre de Nîmes, the Carré Saint-Vincent (Scène nationale d’Orléans), as well as throughout Europe.
Official website:
- www.foliesfrancoises.com
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Patrick Cohën-Akenine
Béatrice Martin