Les Délices

Our 2020 Festival was to have included two events showcasing the Ohio-based chamber ensemble, Les Délices. We’re delighted that they’ll be able to grace our stage in 2021 and offer the programs they’d planned for this June: a ‘show and tell’ workshop/demonstration of their instruments and a concert of dance music, including Rebel’s brilliant Caractères de la Danse (a fantasia choreographed for a single virtuoso dancer), a scene from Rameau’s Pigmalion, solo suites for oboe and viol by Philidor and Marais, the earthy, rollicking dances of Boismortier’s Ballets de Village, and Rebel’s trio, La Terpsichore.

At right, a personal message from the group’s founder, Debra Nagy, followed by a selection of their performances.