Ars Lyrica 2019/20 Season: National Treasures
Dancing at the Palais: Full Program
Suites from Hésione by André Campra (1660–1744)
Suite III
Tempeste
Premier Air des Vents
Second Air des Vents
Second Air des Ombres des Amants fortunes*
danced by Carly Fox & Alexis Silver
Marche du Triomphe
Air des Romaines
Air des Sarmates
[Second] Air des Romaines
Troisieme Air: Rondeau*
danced by Alexis Silver & Matthew Ting
Suite I
Ouverture
Les Jeux séculaires
Air des Saliens*
danced by Carly Fox & Julian Donahue
Premier & Second Menuets
Symphonie
Air des Graces*
danced by Julia Bengtsson & Brynt Beitman
Passacaille
Suite II
Prélude
Air des Troyens
Air pour les Prêtresses de Junon
Premier & Second Passepieds
*Original choreography by Guillaume-Louis Pécour, reconstructed by the performers from his dance notation and coached by Caroline Copeland and Catherine Turocy.
Intermission
Suites from Les Indes Galantes by Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)
Second Concert (cont’d)
Air tendre pour la Rose
Gavotte pour les Fleurs
Air pour Borée et la Rose
Premier Air pour Zéphire
Air vif pour Zéphire et la Rose
Gavotte vive pour les Fleurs
Marche
Entrée les Sauvages
Brynt Beitman as Adario, the First Nation chief
Carly Fox as Zima, The First Nation princess
Julian Donahue, French nation
Matthew Ting, Spanish nation
Julia Bengtsson and Alexis Silver, women of the tribe
Danse du grand calumet de Paix†
Menuets I & II†
Chaconne†
Premier Concert
Ouverture
Entrée des quatre Nations dans la cour d’Hébé†
danced by the Company
Air Polonois†
danced by Julia Bengtsson & Brynt Beitman
Menuets I & II†
danced by Julian Donahue & Alexis Silver
Musette en rondeau†
danced by Carly Fox & Matthew Ting
Second Concert
Air pour les Guerriers
Air pour les amants qui suivent Bellone
Premier Air pour les Bostangis
Deuxième Air pour les Bostangis
Premier Air des fleurs
†Theatrical choreography by Catherine Turocy.
New York Baroque Dance Company
Catherine Turocy, Artistic Director
Brynt Beitman
Julia Bengtsson
Julian Donahue
Carly Fox
Alexis Silver
Matthew Ting
Costumes from the NYBDC stock designed by Marie Anne Chiment and Marilyn Skow.
Ars Lyrica Houston Orchestral Personnel
traverso Colin St-Martin, Alaina Diehl
Baroque oboe & recorder Kathryn Montoya, Pablo Moreno
Baroque bassoon Benjamin Kamins
natural trumpet Wes Miller
timpani Craig Hauschildt
violins Elizabeth Blumenstock*
Maria Lin
Oleg Sulyga
Alan Austin
Hae-a Lee
Kana Kimura
violas Erika Lawson
Stephanie Raby
Yvonne Smith
Miguel Cantu
cellos Barrett Sills, Eric Smith
violone Deborah Dunham
theorbo & Baroque guitar Richard Savino
conductor & harpsichord Matthew Dirst
*concertmaster
Special thanks to John S. Powell, Professor of Music at the University of Tulsa, for providing the score and orchestral parts from his edition of Campra’s Hésione. Thanks also to St Philip Presbyterian Church for providing rehearsal space for this program and for the use of its harpsichord.