Led by conductor Ruben Valenzuela, a rising star “well known for his masterful Baroque music interpretations” (The San Diego Union-Tribune), this yearly Yuletide celebration features a sleighful of new gifts to cherish—including four pieces from the Latin American Baroque, evoking the tranquil Nativity before bouncing with boundless joy.
Join us for a musical journey through the English Yuletide season, from Advent through Twelfth Night, from Gabriel’s Annunciation to the arrival of the Magi. Along the way, we present a veritable feast of musical selections from the 13th through the 16th centuries, including chant, carols, drinking songs, and courtly love songs. This joyous sojourn blends the voices and instruments of Trobár’s members with those of guest artists Allen Otte, Debra Nagy and Sian Ricketts.
Get your New Year with off to a great start with the Celebratory Inaugural Concert of the Seattle Bach Festival with all the bells and whistles: a full baroque orchestra with trumpets, timpani and winds. Bach’s Cantata 29 was written for the 1731 “Ratswechsel” in Leipzig, a lavish ceremony celebrating the inauguration of the new Leipzig Town Council and a fitting and joyful start for our Seattle Bach Festival.
Get your New Year with off to a great start with the Celebratory Inaugural Concert of the Seattle Bach Festival with all the bells and whistles: a full baroque orchestra with trumpets, timpani and winds. Bach’s Cantata 29 was written for the 1731 “Ratswechsel” in Leipzig, a lavish ceremony celebrating the inauguration of the new Leipzig Town Council and a fitting and joyful start for our Seattle Bach Festival.
Get your New Year with off to a great start with the Celebratory Inaugural Concert of the Seattle Bach Festival with all the bells and whistles: a full baroque orchestra with trumpets, timpani and winds. Bach’s Cantata 29 was written for the 1731 “Ratswechsel” in Leipzig, a lavish ceremony celebrating the inauguration of the new Leipzig Town Council and a fitting and joyful start for our Seattle Bach Festival.
Parallel lives, shared stories, and transatlantic musical traditions intertwine in this revelatory choral drama. Premiered by H+H in 2023 to sold-out houses, Crossing the Deep explores the resonances and juxtapositions between sacred music by Handel and Negro spirituals by enslaved Africans in America, written at the same time and often using the same Biblical texts. “There should be next performances and then some,” raved The Boston Globe, and we’re glad to deliver: Now, we’re inviting even more Bostonians to join us for this one-of-a-kind emotional journey.
Parallel lives, shared stories, and transatlantic musical traditions intertwine in this revelatory choral drama. Premiered by H+H in 2023 to sold-out houses, Crossing the Deep explores the resonances and juxtapositions between sacred music by Handel and Negro spirituals by enslaved Africans in America, written at the same time and often using the same Biblical texts. “There should be next performances and then some,” raved The Boston Globe, and we’re glad to deliver: Now, we’re inviting even more Bostonians to join us for this one-of-a-kind emotional journey.
Presented by Kenyon College
Rarely-heard chamber music by Czech and Moravian composers illuminates a little-known history in this program that explores the unique sound of Bohemian music for oboe, violin, viola, and cello. Fun and fascinating works by Krommer, Druschetzky, and Milicinsky are heard alongside traditional folk tunes arranged for the ensemble plus Mozart’s sublime oboe quartet, KV370.
Presented by Chamber Music Corvallis
Rarely-heard chamber music by Czech and Moravian composers illuminates a little-known history in this program that explores the unique sound of Bohemian music for oboe, violin, viola, and cello. Fun and fascinating works by Krommer, Druschetzky, and Milicinsky are heard alongside traditional folk tunes arranged for the ensemble plus Mozart’s sublime oboe quartet, KV370.
Love gone wrong has never sounded so right. From the unrequited longing of Il delirio amoroso to the breathless frisson of Tra le fiamme, Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen takes you on a thrilling tour through three pieces from Handel’s heart, music driven by passion and dramatic flair. Cohen serves as conductor, director, and storyteller all in one, working with the unmatched H+H Orchestra and audience favorite Joélle Harvey—“a singer who can turn up the power on a dime” (Boston Classical Review)—to “achieve visceral excitement” and “make the music sing” (The Arts Fuse).
Love gone wrong has never sounded so right. From the unrequited longing of Il delirio amoroso to the breathless frisson of Tra le fiamme, Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen takes you on a thrilling tour through three pieces from Handel’s heart, music driven by passion and dramatic flair. Cohen serves as conductor, director, and storyteller all in one, working with the unmatched H+H Orchestra and audience favorite Joélle Harvey—“a singer who can turn up the power on a dime” (Boston Classical Review)—to “achieve visceral excitement” and “make the music sing” (The Arts Fuse).
An artist of “consummate taste and expressivity” (Cleveland Plain Dealer), guest director and oboist Debra Nagy leads a program of captivating beauty featuring Bach, Telemann, and Vivaldi. This program celebrates the fusion of the oboe d’amore and viola d’amore - an alluring sound Leopold Mozart described as “especially charming in the stillness of the evening.” The ethereal tones of the oboe d’amore will enchant your senses while the rich resonance of the viola d’amore evokes profound emotion.
An artist of “consummate taste and expressivity” (Cleveland Plain Dealer), guest director and oboist Debra Nagy leads a program of captivating beauty featuring Bach, Telemann, and Vivaldi. This program celebrates the fusion of the oboe d’amore and viola d’amore - an alluring sound Leopold Mozart described as “especially charming in the stillness of the evening.” The ethereal tones of the oboe d’amore will enchant your senses while the rich resonance of the viola d’amore evokes profound emotion.
Acclaimed tenor Nicholas Phan joins Les Délices for A Moment’s Oblivion, pairing Baroque cantatas and instrumental works that take listeners on a journey seeking truth or resolution with a new commission from Vietnamese-American composer Viet Cuong. Based on a Confucian myth, Cuong’s A Moment’s Oblivion explores the effects of a mysterious illness, experimental treatments, and miraculous recovery on a patient and their community.
Acclaimed tenor Nicholas Phan joins Les Délices for A Moment’s Oblivion, pairing Baroque cantatas and instrumental works that take listeners on a journey seeking truth or resolution with a new commission from Vietnamese-American composer Viet Cuong. Based on a Confucian myth, Cuong’s A Moment’s Oblivion explores the effects of a mysterious illness, experimental treatments, and miraculous recovery on a patient and their community.
Presented by Chamber Music Pittsburgh
Acclaimed tenor Nicholas Phan joins Les Délices for A Moment’s Oblivion, pairing Baroque cantatas and instrumental works that take listeners on a journey seeking truth or resolution with a new commission from Vietnamese-American composer Viet Cuong. Based on a Confucian myth, Cuong’s A Moment’s Oblivion explores the effects of a mysterious illness, experimental treatments, and miraculous recovery on a patient and their community.
A new program featuring the head-spinningly complex music of the generation after Machaut – stories of mythological characters and deities set to jazzy, intoxicating polyphony.
Produced in Collaboration with Yorecraeft Productions
Get ready to set sail for an unforgettable night at this Immersive Pirate Night Party! Prepare to be enchanted by the musical magic of Les Délices and Seán Dagher, who has sailed all the way from Nova Scotia to lead us in rousing sea shanties and melodies. Come in a costume to be part of the Pirate Costume Contest! Arrive with an appetite, as we’ll have pirate-inspired drinks and a menu available for purchase separately.
Whether you’re a seasoned sailor or a landlubber, this is one night you won’t want to miss. We look forward to seeing you there, ready to embrace the pirate life! Yo ho ho and a bottle of fun!
Presented by Rocky River Public Library
Special guest folk musician and sea shanty specialist Seán Dagher joins members of Les Délices for a FREE after-hours performance for Rocky River Public Library’s Tune In River Series. Sea shanties and pirate ballads will raise your spirits and dance tunes will set your toes tapping in this program celebrating music heard aboard ships from the open oceans to the Great Lakes. Refreshments (provided by the library) will be served.
Get ready to tap your feet and belt out some sea shanties led by Canadian music powerhouse Séan Dagher with members of Les Délices and choral students from Akron’s Firestone Community Learning Center choirs. Don’t miss this special free performance and community singalong at the House 330’s historic Cabaret in Akron. Arrive early to pick up some food & drink from House 330 vendors.
Get ready to raise a glass, tap your feet, and belt out some sea shanties led by Canadian music powerhouse Séan Dagher with members of Les Délices. Including favorite traditional tunes like “Drunken Sailor,” “Blow the man down,” “Spanish Ladies,” and more. Refreshments provided.
Led by conductor Ruben Valenzuela, a rising star “well known for his masterful Baroque music interpretations” (The San Diego Union-Tribune), this yearly Yuletide celebration features a sleighful of new gifts to cherish—including four pieces from the Latin American Baroque, evoking the tranquil Nativity before bouncing with boundless joy.
Jeannette Sorrell and the acclaimed Apollo’s Singers are nationally renowned for their dramatic interpretation of Messiah. The soloists become musical storytellers, bringing spirituality and drama to Handel’s richly layered masterpiece.
Jeannette Sorrell and the acclaimed Apollo’s Singers are nationally renowned for their dramatic interpretation of Messiah. The soloists become musical storytellers, bringing spirituality and drama to Handel’s richly layered masterpiece.
Jeannette Sorrell and the acclaimed Apollo’s Singers are nationally renowned for their dramatic interpretation of Messiah. The soloists become musical storytellers, bringing spirituality and drama to Handel’s richly layered masterpiece.
Jeannette Sorrell and the acclaimed Apollo’s Singers are nationally renowned for their dramatic interpretation of Messiah. The soloists become musical storytellers, bringing spirituality and drama to Handel’s richly layered masterpiece.
For the 171st consecutive year, H+H brings Boston together with the magic of Messiah, the greatest story ever told in song.
For the 171st consecutive year, H+H brings Boston together with the magic of Messiah, the greatest story ever told in song.
For the 171st consecutive year, H+H brings Boston together with the magic of Messiah, the greatest story ever told in song.
An all-star cast brings the hypnotic complexities of 14th-century music to life!
An all-star cast brings the hypnotic complexities of 14th-century music to life!
An all-star cast brings the hypnotic complexities of 14th-century music to life!
Gather with internationally acclaimed singer Reggie Mobley, AF concertmaster Alan Choo and 8 AF friends for soulful music of Purcell and Bach, including Purcell’s O Solitude and Bach’s haunting Cantata no. 82, Ich habe genug, featuring oboist Debra Nagy. Two uplifting Southern spirituals round out this intimate evening of hope and renewal.
Gather with internationally acclaimed singer Reggie Mobley, AF concertmaster Alan Choo and 8 AF friends for soulful music of Purcell and Bach, including Purcell’s O Solitude and Bach’s haunting Cantata no. 82, Ich habe genug, featuring oboist Debra Nagy. Two uplifting Southern spirituals round out this intimate evening of hope and renewal.
Gather with internationally acclaimed singer Reggie Mobley, AF concertmaster Alan Choo and 8 AF friends for soulful music of Purcell and Bach, including Purcell’s O Solitude and Bach’s haunting Cantata no. 82, Ich habe genug, featuring oboist Debra Nagy. Two uplifting Southern spirituals round out this intimate evening of hope and renewal.
Gather with internationally acclaimed singer Reggie Mobley, AF concertmaster Alan Choo and 8 AF friends for soulful music of Purcell and Bach, including Purcell’s O Solitude and Bach’s haunting Cantata no. 82, Ich habe genug, featuring oboist Debra Nagy. Two uplifting Southern spirituals round out this intimate evening of hope and renewal.
An exciting new program of music by Handel, Rameau, and others featuring soprano Hannah De Priest. Presented by Boise Chamber Music Series.
The exhilarating Apollo’s Fire musicians revel in four of Bach’s masterful Brandenburg Concertos, plus the beloved Concerto for Oboe and Violin. Soloists include daredevil violinist Alan Choo and dazzling guest trumpeter Caleb Hudson of the Canadian Brass.
The exhilarating Apollo’s Fire musicians revel in four of Bach’s masterful Brandenburg Concertos, plus the beloved Concerto for Oboe and Violin. Soloists include daredevil violinist Alan Choo and dazzling guest trumpeter Caleb Hudson of the Canadian Brass.
An exciting new program of music by Handel, Rameau, and others featuring soprano Hannah De Priest
An exciting new program of music by Handel, Rameau, and others featuring soprano Hannah De Priest
Members of Les Delices offer a FREE full-day workshop focused on Francesco Geminiani’s Concerto Grosso “La Folia,” based on Arcangelo Corelli’s Sonata “La Folia” from Suzuki Book 6. Hosted at Cleveland's The Music Settlemetn.
North America’s finest period-instrument woodwind players unite for a revelatory all-Mozart program
North America’s finest period-instrument woodwind players unite for a revelatory all-Mozart program
Early Music in Columbus presents North America’s finest period-instrument woodwind players unite for a revelatory all-Mozart program
North America’s finest period-instrument woodwind players unite for a revelatory all-Mozart program
Magnificat in D Major
Brandenburg Concertos #4 and #5
Piéce d'orgue - Fantasie in G Major
The members of the L'Harmonie des saisons Baroque Orchestra display their virtuoso talents in this brilliant program of baroque concerto highlights.
The hits of Lennon & McCartney as arranged and recorded on ATMA Classique by Eric Milnes. The audience will be invited to join in the singing of fan favorites!
Handel originally scored this delightful, pastoral classic drama for a small ensemble of singers and instruments, intended as a light entertainment for the musical afficionados at Chandos House in the English country-side. We restore it to its intimate charm, with period instrument orchestra, internationally acclaimed vocal artists, and the Festival Singers.
Les Délices performs an instrumental version of Sounds of Sancho's London at a private residence in Coshocton, Ohio.