La Nuova Musica: Leçons des ténèbres

Village Underground, 54 Holywell Lane, Shoreditch, London
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This event ended on Monday 8th of June 2015
Admission
£15 unreserved
Venue Information
Village Underground
Holywell Lane, EC2A 3PQ
Nearest Tube/Rail Stations
Shoreditch High Street 0.09 miles

Lucy Crowe, soprano
Elizabeth Watts, soprano
La Nuova Musica
David Bates, conductor

Couperin - Leçons des ténèbres

Originally presented in a Parisian abbey by the operatic stars of the day, Couperin’s Leçons des ténèbres (Lessons from Tenebrae) fused the dramatic and the devotional. Wild and emotive biblical texts mingled with sumptuous harmonies, while the abbey was gradually submerged into darkness. In this late-evening performance Associate Artists La Nuova Musica are joined by renowned sopranos Lucy Crowe and Elizabeth Watts for a sensitive and intimate performance in a candlelit Village Underground.

“If anyone can be relied on to make baroque music sound newly hatched, it’s the aptly named ensemble La Nuova Musica.”
The Times

Post-concert meet the artists:
Free to concert ticket holders
With director David Bates, Lucy Crowe and Elizabeth Watts.

Supported by a syndicate of individual donors, Geoffrey Collens, Arts Council England, Angus Allnatt Charitable Foundation and Fidelio Charitable Trust

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