As the season of Nutcrackers, Messiahs, Scrooges and Santas begins, here are some novel ways to enjoy the holidays, including a poetry weekend and a Coltrane tribute. By Erik Piepenburg William ...

American conductor William Christie has a unique relationship with the music of Marc-Antoine Charpentier. His period-instrument ensemble, Les Arts Florissants, is named after a Charpentier opera, and ...

With its 2018-2019, 40th-anniversary season on the horizon, Les Arts Florissants begins 2018 celebrating signal achievements for the organization and founder-conductor William Christie. On January 29, ...

"Serious Airs and Drinking Songs" at the Boston Early Music Festival this April (Courtesy Philippe Grollier) Conductor William Christie and Les Arts Florissants, the Baroque music group he founded in ...

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One of the finest 20th and 21st century Franco-American cultural ventures must be Les Arts Florissants, a baroque music ensemble begun by William Christie in 1979. Under Christie, and more recently, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORRS — The Baroque ensemble Les Arts Florissants will join young violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte on stage at the Jorgensen ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. Les Arts Florissants performed with energy. For all the earnest research on the authentic manner of performing Baroque music, perhaps we ...

Welcome to the Arcadian World where shepherds and shepherdesses are engaged in amorous pursuits against an idyllic pastoral backdrop. The pastoral cantata Aminta and Fillide: a story about the love of ...

Would William Christie's ensemble, Les Arts Florissants, have come to be what it is today had it carried on under the name L'Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental Baroque de l'Ile de France? Fortunately, ...

Conductor and harpsichordist William Christie named Les Arts Florissants, his troupe of singers and period instrumentalists, after a short opera by 17th-century French composer Marc-Antoine ...