Music: Purcell, Songs and dances

8 Place Oscar Niemeyer, Le Volcan

The Musicians of Saint-Julien join contralto Reginald Mobley and offer a mostly secular programme dedicated to Henry Purcell. This revisited vast opus by the 17th-century composer gently highlights about twenty instrumental pieces (O Solitude, my sweetest choice, Stricke the Viol, Chaconne…). After Ireland and Scotland, the early music ensemble thus explores another facet of the UK map: England. As virtuoso François Lazarevitch handles the flutes and guides the musicians with the precision of his playing…