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Paolo Zanzu

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Carolyn Sampson

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Anthony Gregory

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Marcus Farnsworth

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tenor

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Academy of Ancient Music

New Worlds: La Turquie

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Milton Court Concert Hall

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New worlds: La turquie: Concert Various

Amid the glitter and pomp of the French court, Lully, Rameau and their contemporaries looked East. Paolo Zanzu directs the Academy of Ancient Music, as Milton Court becomes the Palace of Versailles.

Swagger, splendour and imaginations running wild. At the court of the Sun King and his successors, no-one doubted that the world revolved around Versailles. Or that the court composers would bring all nations to pay homage – musically, at least. Lully, Rameau, Delalande and Campra evoke the world of the Ottoman Empire from a very French perspective.

The result? Well, it’s not always what you expect – and it’s not just sizzling percussion and tangy harmonies either. Lully’s score for Molière’s social-climbing comedy holds a satirical mirror to European society. Rameau, meanwhile, gives an unexpectedly positive twist to a tale of love and forgiveness in a society very different from his own – with music as spirited as it is entertaining.

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New Worlds: La Turquie by Lully, Delalande, Campra, Rameau, From (2022/2022), Conductor Paolo Zanzu, Milton Court Concert Hall, London, United Kingdom

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