Il Festino and French Court Music

A concert of French court music for King Louis XIV.

Programme: – Michel Lambert, Marin Marais, Sébastien le Camus, Louis Couperin, Louis de Mollier, Robert de Visée

Founded in 2009, the French ensemble Il Festino specialises on the music of the 17th century. At about the same time, the mezzo-soprano Dagmar Šašková travelled to France to study French court music of the period, and stayed on to establish herself as a performer of this same repertoire. Together, here they will present a programme of works composed at the royal court of Louis XIV, including hitherto unknown works by Louis de Mollier, uniquely preserved in Brno.