Les gr̢ces РJune 2, 2013
Works by Corelli, Antonia Bembo, Couperin, Stuck, and others (including some arias performed by no one else in the modern world that I dug out of dusty libraries)At the turn of the 18th century, Paris went wild for anything that sounded “Italian.†Contemporaries complained that Italian-inspired genres like the sonata or cantata were literally “springing up under ones feetâ€! From imported works by actual Italians to Italian-inspired pieces by French composers, this program explores the Italian fashions that tickled Parisian ears.