News
Les Arts Florissants delight audiences in Latin America
Les Arts Florissants, acting as global ambassadors of French music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, recently toured Latin America with “L’air français, un art intime”, a program of airs by Couperin, Campra, Bernier, Clérembault and Montéclair.
William Christie at the harpsichord, accompanied by two former winners of Le Jardin des Voix, Élodie Fonnard and Marc Mauillon, and by musicians of Les Arts Florissants — Florence Malgoire, Catherine Girard, Myriam Rignol, and Thomas Dunford — captivated audiences in:
- São Paulo : Museu de Arte
- Rio de Janeiro : Sala Cecília Meireles
- Santiago du Chili : Teatro Municipal
- Bogotá : Teatro Mayor
- Guanajuato : Festival Cervantino – Iglesia de la Valenciana
- Mexico City : Palacio de Bellas Artes
“William Christie faz pulsar como nova una música de séculos” Cultura Música
Album Photo of the tour
Les Arts Florissants’ Latin American tour was generously sponsored by the Institut Français
Paul Agnew conducts an amateur choir
Curtain up on Les Arts Florissants’ teaching activities: Paul Agnew conducts an amateur choir.
A new Handel CD has just been released
William Christie and Les Arts Florissants have recorded works composed by Handel for the grand ceremonies that marked Queen Caroline’s life. Together these pieces form a musical tribute to the extraordinary friendship between the composer an [...]
