July 30, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 8:45 pm – “La Magnifique” invites us into the realm of elegant and refined court music at the Palace of Versailles. Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, France was governed by music-loving rulers who assigned great importance to the role of arts in society. They promoted not only grand genres such as the ballet de cour or tragedie […]
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July 31, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 8:45 pm – “La Magnifique” invites us into the realm of elegant and refined court music at the Palace of Versailles. Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, France was governed by music-loving rulers who assigned great importance to the role of arts in society. They promoted not only grand genres such as the ballet de cour or tragedie […]
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August 1, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 8:45 pm – Musica Maestrale makes their SoHIP debut with a program of music highlighting the charming courtly songs of 17th-century France. Dating from the reigns of the French kings Louis XIII (“the Just”) and XIV (“the Sun King”), these pieces were primarily meant for private consumption by the nobility, and they display a tender, intimate side of […]
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August 5, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 8:45 pm – Throughout history, musicians have engaged with familiar and beloved music by reimagining it in their own new ways. They may use melodies as the cantus firmus for new compositions, reharmonize works, transform one style into another, ornament and embellish pieces, or arrange them for novel instrumentation, like modern cover songs. In this new program, The […]
August 6, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 8:45 pm – Throughout history, musicians have engaged with familiar and beloved music by reimagining it in their own new ways. They may use melodies as the cantus firmus for new compositions, reharmonize works, transform one style into another, ornament and embellish pieces, or arrange them for novel instrumentation, like modern cover songs. In this new program, The […]
