CONCERTS 2010
FEBRUARY 2010
LONDON, Sat 20th, Afternoon
LIVING ARTS PROJECT - A Celebration of Louis XV, Campra and Feuillet.
Three short performances of a dance programme set to music by Campra, under Louis XV and workshops with country dances by Feuillet during the afternoon as part of the Wallace Collection\'s \'18th Century Day\'.
Performances: 12 noon, 1.30pm and 3pm
Open workshops: 12.30pm, 2pm and 3.30pm
The Great Gallery
The Wallace Collection, Hertford House, Manchester Square,
W1U 3BN
Telephone: 020 7563 9500
Free admission
MARCH 2010
LONDON, Fri 12th, 7.30pm
Purcell\'s Dioclesian with the Baroque orchestra of the
Royal College of Music, directed by Ashley Solomon.
Dancers of Mercurius Company performing new choreographies by Ricardo Barros and Madeleine Inglehearn.
Concert Hall
Royal College of Music, Prince Consort Road,
SW7 2BS
Telephone: 020 7589 3643
Admission £5, £10, £15
APRIL 2010
LONDON, Fri 9th, 7pm
LIVING ARTS PROJECT - Concert Spirituel.
A Concert inspired by the 18th century Concerts Spirituels, the first series of public concerts in Paris mixing sacred vocal music and instrumental pieces. Mercurius Company in collaboration with Trio Spirituoso (ensemble in residence at Handel House Museum 2009-10).
In the programme works by Campra, Couperin and Rameau.
St. James\'s Piccadilly Church
197 Piccadilly, London
W1J 9LL
Telephone bookings: 020 7381 0441
Centre nave reserved:£15 and £12 (concessions)
Side nave unreserved:£10 and £8 (concessions)
COURSES
WORKSHOPS
FEBRUARY 2010
LONDON, Sat 20th, Afternoon
LIVING ARTS PROJECT - A Celebration of Louis XV, Campra and Feuillet.
Following performances by Mercurius Company, open workshops marking the 300th anniversary of Raoul-Auger Feuillet\'s death, focusing on country dances such as La Gasconne and others.
Open workshops: 12.30pm, 2pm and 3.30pm
The Wallace Collection
(See above in Concert listings for details)
APRIL 2010
LONDON
LIVING ARTS PROJECT - A Celebration of Feuillet and Pécour
Ricardo Barros runs an intensive workshop aimed at dance students or professionals who wish to become familiar with or further develop Baroque Dance skills.
The progressive workshop will run over a whole weekend, in a total of 13 hours. A wide collection of original 17th and 18th-century books, treatises and choreographies will be used. The workshop will focus on works by choreographer Raoul-Auger Feuillet, whose 300th anniversary of death is marked in 2010, and Louis-Guillaume Pécour, renowned choreographer for the Académie Royale de Musique.
Choreographies:
~ Feuillet\'s Gigue a Deux (1700), de Roland
~ Feuillet\'s Folie d\'Espagne pour femme (1700) [excerpts]
~ Pécour\'s Menuet a quatre (c.1713)
Dates and times:
~ Friday 16th: 7-10pm
~ Saturday 17th: 1-4pm & 5-8pm
~ Sunday 18th: 5-9pm
Venue:
Academy Sport - Westminster Academy
The Naim Dangoor Centre
255 Harrow Road, London W2 5EZ
Telephone: 020 7121 0642
Total of 20 places. Fee for whole weekend: £45
Prolific castanet players (or those interested in developing this skill) feel free to bring castanets for the Folie d\'Espagne.
APRIL 2010
SCHWETZINGEN (Germany), Dates TBC
Baroque dance workshop hosted by \'I Davisatori Palatini\'
Germany
EVENT
MARCH 2010
LONDON, Sat 27, 6pm
Educational project and concert with Spirituoso
Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street,
W1U 2BP
Telephone: 020 7935 2141
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