Baroque France
From Discord to Unity Under the Sun King

Saturday September 14th | 7:30PM

Early Music Hawaii presents the first concert of the 2024–2025 season with a program fit for the grand courts and cathedrals of baroque France. An ensemble of ten voices and five-part string consort will be joined by recorders, harpsichord, organ, and baroque guitar, presenting both the sacred and secular from early Huguenot (Protestant) psalms in French to the grand Latin motets of DuMont and Charpentier. 

Louis XIV “The Sun King” and his favorite composer Jean-Baptiste Lully commanded the magnificent musical resources of 17th century Catholic France. The passion of the French for dance and stage will be displayed in the extravagant Prologue to Lully’s finest opera-ballet “Armide” and in the captivating art songs of Boesset and Lambert, complete with dancers from Honolulu-based dance school Prisma Dance. 

Early Music Hawaii offers historically-informed performances of rarely-heard music from Medieval times to the early Baroque. Join us in exploring this world of music and culture from centuries past.

General Admission: $30.00
Students with ID: $10.00