Synergy Series: Rococo
Synergy Series
Discover the connections between art and music in this major partnership with Orpheus Sinfonia.
Through five intimate performances filmed within the splendour of Hertford House, we invite you to explore the styles, forms and compositions that unite music – performed live in our galleries during lockdown – with paintings, decorative arts, and arms and armour.
With concise introductions from Wallace Collection Director, Dr Xavier Bray, alongside Orpheus Sinfonia’s Artistic team, Thomas Carroll and Rosemary Taylor, each premier broadcast features Orpheus Sinfonia musicians performing a specially-selected repertoire that brings the synergy of art and music into focus.
Rococo - Originally broadcast 18:00 BST 4 April 2021
Some of the most exquisite masterpieces housed in the Wallace Collection epitomise Rococo’s refined frivolity. This performance traces this ornamentation through iconic objects such as Fragonard’s The Swing and spectacular Meissen vases, alongside the spellbinding music of Rameau, Couperin and Gluck.
Rameau – Les Indes Galantes, Overture
Couperin – Selection from Les Nations – La Française, Minuet-Gavotte-Gigue
Couperin – Les Langueurs-Tendres, No.2 from Sixième Ordre
Gluck – Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orfeo ed Euridice
Orpheus Sinfonia
Pasha Mansurov – Flute
Henry Tong – Violin
Sophie Simpson – Violin
Tetsummi Nagata – Viola
Davina Shum – Cello
Peter Foggitt – Harpsichord
Joining Information and Format: Upon purchasing a ticket you will be emailed a private YouTube link to a recording of this performance.
All donations to this event will be shared equally between The Wallace Collection and Orpheus Sinfonia. We are extremely grateful for anything you are able to give.
Synergy Series
Discover the connections between art and music in this major partnership with Orpheus Sinfonia.
Through five intimate performances filmed within the splendour of Hertford House, we invite you to explore the styles, forms and compositions that unite music – performed live in our galleries during lockdown – with paintings, decorative arts, and arms and armour.
With concise introductions from Wallace Collection Director, Dr Xavier Bray, alongside Orpheus Sinfonia’s Artistic team, Thomas Carroll and Rosemary Taylor, each premier broadcast features Orpheus Sinfonia musicians performing a specially-selected repertoire that brings the synergy of art and music into focus.
Rococo - Originally broadcast 18:00 BST 4 April 2021
Some of the most exquisite masterpieces housed in the Wallace Collection epitomise Rococo’s refined frivolity. This performance traces this ornamentation through iconic objects such as Fragonard’s The Swing and spectacular Meissen vases, alongside the spellbinding music of Rameau, Couperin and Gluck.
Rameau – Les Indes Galantes, Overture
Couperin – Selection from Les Nations – La Française, Minuet-Gavotte-Gigue
Couperin – Les Langueurs-Tendres, No.2 from Sixième Ordre
Gluck – Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orfeo ed Euridice
Orpheus Sinfonia
Pasha Mansurov – Flute
Henry Tong – Violin
Sophie Simpson – Violin
Tetsummi Nagata – Viola
Davina Shum – Cello
Peter Foggitt – Harpsichord
Joining Information and Format: Upon purchasing a ticket you will be emailed a private YouTube link to a recording of this performance.
All donations to this event will be shared equally between The Wallace Collection and Orpheus Sinfonia. We are extremely grateful for anything you are able to give.
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