Beautiful Music in Difficult Times January 6, 2022

Le Passage de la Mer Rouge (The Passages of the Red Sea) is a 1708 Cantata by Elizabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre. This performance of her Beautiful Music is given by Le Tendre Amour: Luanda Siqueira, soprano – Adriana Alcaide, violin – Kathryn Elkin, oboe – Sébastien Perrin, traverso – Sofie Vanden Eynde, théorbe – Maria Sanchez, bass violin – Esteban Mazer, harpsichord.  You can also read more about the composer, who was born into a well-off family of musicians and master instrument-makers in Paris, and who wowed King Louis as a harpsichord-playing toddler.

Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre cantate le passage de la mer Rouge – YouTube

Elisabeth Jacquet De La Guerre Biography – Facts, Childhood, Family Life & Achievements (thefamouspeople.com)

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