Perfect Harmony: Music of the “Fête galante”
Schedule
Sun Oct 03 2021 at 04:00 pm
Location
Alaska Center for the Performing Arts | Anchorage, AK
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Guest artists soprano Victoria Fraser and renowned harpsichordist Jonathan Salzedo Anchorage Festival of Music’s baroque ensemble for an afternoon of French baroque music performed on period instruments. This is a rare opportunity to hear and see TWO beautiful double-manual harpsichords!The fête galante was an early 18th-century movement in the French visual arts designed to stir emotions through familiar but idealized pastoral scenes of elegantly dressed people at leisure or play. The concert’s title borrows from L'Accord Parfait (“Perfect harmony”), a painting by the style’s creator, Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684–1721). The program will feature the works of Jean-Philippe Rameau, François Couperin, and Jean-Marie Leclair who translated the fête galante into music. Their songlike melodies and chordal harmonies directly engage the listener’s heart with images of nature, shepherds, and toe-tapping country dances.
The concert will be video recorded for later release online, and AFM is limiting seating for the live performance. This small studio audience will not only experience behind-the-scenes production of a virtual concert, but will also have a rare chance to hear and see two full-sized double manual harpsichords––a scene worthy of a fête galante painting! Generously supported by the Atwood Foundation.
Featuring:
Jonathan Salzedo, harpsichord
Susan Wingrove-Reed, harpsichord
Victoria Fraser, soprano
AFM Baroque orchestra:
Laura Koenig, baroque flute
Dawn Lindsay, violin
John Lutterman, cello
Linda Ottum, cello
Adults $35 Seniors $25 Students/Youth $15
Tickets will be available soon through CenterTix.
Masks and proof of vaccination or negative test required for this event.
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Where is it happening?
Alaska Center for the Performing Arts, 621 W 6th Ave, Anchorage, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
