14. Concert: The Fancies of the Sun King

Sun, June 15th at 13

The Gymnastics Hall of the Lauttasaari Church

The Sun King is famously a lover of luxury, but he is also temperamental and demanding. A recipe for drama!

The Fancies of the Sun King is a dramatized and dynamic performance. It shares amusing, peculiar, and intriguing true stories about the life of Louis XIV, the Sun King who ruled France in the 17th century, accompanied by baroque music composed for the court of Versailles.

The court of the capricious and demanding Sun King, who adored art and luxury, becomes a setting for conflicts that draw the audience into absurd events. These stories also invite reflection on themes like maintaining appearances, the exercise of power, and the realization of social equality.

Performers:
Anni Elonen, baroque violin
Hanna Haapamäki, recorders and traverso
Tatu Ahola, baroque cello
Mikko Ikäheimo, baroque guitar and lute

Script and musical design by Anni Elonen and Hanna Haapamäki.
Directed by Eveliina Heinonen.

Program:

Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–1687): Overture from opera Armide (1686)
Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (1674–1763): Troisiéme Suite, 3. Rondeau “Le Pleintif “ (1708)
Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (1665–1729): Sonata no. 1 D minor for violin and continuo, 4. Presto (1707)
Jean-Baptiste Lully: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme – Chaconne des Scaramouches, Trivelins et Arlequin (1670)
Robert de Visée (1650–1725): Muzette
Jean-Féry Rebel (1666–1747): Les Élémens, 9. Caprice (1739)
Jacques-Martin Hotteterre: Troisiéme suite, 1. Allemande ”La Cascade de St Cloud”
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704) & Jean-Baptiste Lully: Te Deum -alkusoitot (arr. Anni Elonen)
Björn Ulvaeus (1945–) & Benny Andersson (1946–): Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) -overture (1979)
Jean-Baptiste Lully: Alcidiane et Polexandre: Petite chaconne
Johan Helmich Roman (1694–1758): Drottningholmsmusiken, 23. Vivace (1744)

Family ticket 25 € (2 adults + 1-4 children), other tickets 15 € + fees from 1,5 €

Free admission for children under 7 year old .

Photo: Jaakko Paarvala