March 5, 2026 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Apollo’s Fire visits the palace of Louis XIV – the Sun King, who was known to dress as our muse Apollo. The gorgeous music of Lully, Marais, and Rameau shows the orchestra at its finest. Flutes, oboes, and theorbos join the strings in the sumptuous program full of the majesty of 17th-century France. On Thursday […]
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March 6, 2026 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – The Viola d’Amore was an instrument unique in timbre and resonance that evoked special emotions in operas and cantatas of the finest Baroque composers. With no uniform tuning or construction, surviving examples use anywhere from four to seven strings, with as many as 21 “sympathetic strings.” Two distinct versions of the instrument existed, one with […]
Metal and Gut: Two “Violas of Love” Read More »
March 6, 2026 @ 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm – Relic accompanies Odysseus on his dangerous trek homeward with a program featuring works by Handel, Monteverdi, Rameau, and others. From Cyclopes to Circe to the Sirens, follow Odysseus’s dangerous trek homeward as he faces every peril and temptation. Relic brings this epic adventure to life in a program featuring works by Handel, Monteverdi, Rameau, and […]
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March 6, 2026 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Apollo’s Fire visits the palace of Louis XIV – the Sun King, who was known to dress as our muse Apollo. The gorgeous music of Lully, Marais, and Rameau shows the orchestra at its finest. Flutes, oboes, and theorbos join the strings in the sumptuous program full of the majesty of 17th-century France.
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March 6, 2026 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – It’s a tale as old as time – 2 lovers meet in secret in the dark of night, bathed in starlight….only to be interrupted by an astrologer who insists that they must consult with the stars before embarking upon their tryst. Is the moon in the sign of the Bull? In that case – a […]
Alkemie presents “What’s Your Sign?” Read More »
