Organization

Conductor

Christophe Rousset

Singer

Jacob Ashworth

Violin

Bass-baritone

Jonathan Woody

Harpsichord

Opera Lafayette

Couperin le Grand

New York City

United States

The Kosciuszko Foundation

Washington D.C.

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Terrace Theater

Couperin le Grand: Concert Various

Public

Concert

Approved

This chamber music concert is devoted to the work of François Couperin (1668-1773) and his contemporaries who were influential in the time of Madame de Maintenon. The concert will feature the acclaimed harpsichordist and conductor Christophe Rousset (founder and director of one of France's most distinguished early music ensembles, Les Talens Lyriques) making his Opera Lafayette harpsichord debut in a concert including Opera Lafayette Artistic Associates violinist Jacob Ashworth and bass baritone Jonathan Woody. The repertoire will include Ariane consolée par Bacchus, a Couperin cantata recently discovered by Rousset, in addition to works by Mouret, Montêclair, and Clérambault.

English

Couperin le Grand by Various, From (2023/2023), Conductor Christophe Rousset, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C., United States

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