News of a most welcome event at Zellerbach Hall, University of California, Berkley.
Les Violons du Roy
May 3rd is the big day when Alexander Weimann will be performing Bach: Contrapunctus I, IV, and XIV from The Art of Fugue · Concerto for Harpsichord in D Minor · Sinfonia from Cantata, BWV 42 · Orchestral Suite No. 1. This offering follows the May 1st concert program of works by Handel, Gasparini, Caldara, Geminiani, Vivaldi, and Boyce with Ian Bostridge, tenor. The concerts will be performed under the direction of the Quebecois conductor Bernard Labadie. The Canadian baroque music ensemble Les Violons du Roy takes its name from the renowned string orchestra of the court of the French kings and will give performances worthy of a royal audience.
Contact: University of California
Zellerbach Hall
Berkley, CA, 94720-4800
Tel: 510 642 9988
For more information about Les Violons du Roy visit the website http://www.violonsduroy.com/en