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‘Tis nature’s voice: Les Élémens

Academy of Ancient Music

,Milton Court Concert Hall
Photo of a frog on a tree trunk

Cuckoos, nightingales, flood tides and a big bang, as Laurence Cummings conducts the Academy of Ancient Music in a virtuosic celebration of nature and music – baroque style. 

For the composers of the 18th century, nature wasn’t an optional extra: it was an everyday reality. So of course, it found its way into their music too, and this delightful concert finds frogs and toads invading a concerto, wind instruments turning into songbirds (both caged and wild) and composers in Venice and Hamburg putting to sea on the tides of harmony. 

In short, all of nature is here, in music that’s alternately playful, touching and elemental in its ingenuity and power. Laurence Cummings directs soloists from within the AAM, and begins with arguably the most astonishing natural wonder in all baroque music: the ear-tingling chaos with which Jean-Féry Rebel opens his suite Les Élémens. Music that was ahead of its time then – and more timely than ever today. 

Tagged with: Classical music Academy of Ancient Music AAM 2022-23

This performance will end at approximately 9.30pm, including an interval.

Programme

Jean-Féry Rebel Les Élémens
Georg Philipp Telemann Violin Concerto in A Major, The Toad
Antonio Vivaldi Flute Concerto in D Major, The Goldfinch
Violin Concerto in E-flat Major, The Storm at Sea
George Frideric Handel Organ Concerto in F Major, ‘The Cuckoo and the Nightingale’
Georg Philipp Telemann Overture in C Major, Ebb and Flow

Performers

Academy of Ancient Music
Laurence Cummings director & harpsichord

Digital Programme

Download the free digital programme via the AAM website here. Physical programmes will be available for purchase at the concert.

Pre-concert talk

6.30pm, Milton Court Concert Hall

Free

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