Going for baroque at the Freer
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The Four Nations Ensemble programmed an unusual assortment of baroque and rococo chamber music by composers largely unfamiliar to most audiences on Thursday at the Freer Gallery.
Two were Italian missionaries: Teodorico Pedrini (in China) and Domenico Zipoli (in South America). Jean-Marie Leclair, Jean Philippe Rameau and Francois Couperin dazzled the musical scene at French courts. Raynor Taylor and Benjamin Carr were part of Philadelphia's rich cultural life in the late 18th century. All of Thursday's music was intended not for today's public concert hall but for the intimate spheres of the royal apartment, the aristocratic salon, or a cardinal's parlor. Much was sheer entertainment music geared to delight the senses.
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