2 August 2025 – Public Trust Hall – an evening of Love and Wine (and, of course, dancing!), presented in collaboration with Black and Gold, as a part of Visa Wellington on a Plate

Amour n’est ce point / Quatres parties de monde – from Ballet Royale de Flore – JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY

Aimez, aimez, belle bergere – from L’Europe Galante – ANDRÉ CAMPRA

Entrée de Mars et des Amours – from Le Triomphe de l’Amour – JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY

Passe-pied et deux nymphes – from Céphale et Procris – ELISABETH JACQUET DE LA GUERRE

Chaconne from Phaeton (JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY) / Amis le verre en main – from Nouvelles Parodies Bachiques (collected and published by CHRISTOPHE BALLARD)

La Marche des trompettes du sacrifice – from Thesée – JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY / Laquais verse-moy du vin – from Nouvelles Parodies Bachiques – collected and published by CHRISTOPHE BALLARD

Overture from Concert d’Esculape – MICHEL-RICHARD DE LALANDE

Quel bruit se répand dans les airs – from Ariane et Bacchus – MARIN MARAIS

Venez tous à l’envy seconder nôtre ardeur – from Achille et Polixène – PASCAL COLLASSE

Que les soins, les regards, les soûpirs et les larmes – from Les Amours de Momus – HENRI DESMARESTS

Suivons l’Amour and Chaconne – from Cadmus et Hermione – JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY / Suivons Bacchus – from Nouvelles Parodies Bachiques – collected and published by CHRISTOPHE BALLARD

Chaconne from Les Fontaines de Versailles – MICHEL-RICHARD DE LALANDE

Simphonie from Te Deum – MICHEL-RICHARD DE LALANDE

Finissons nos debats – from Ballet de la Jeunesse – MICHEL-RICHARD DE LALANDE

Concert de trompettes – from Simphonies de souper du Roy – MICHEL-RICHARD DE LALANDE

Satires et Bacchantes – from Les Festes de l’Amour et de Bacchus – JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY

Act III Chaconne from Roland (abridged) – JEAN BAPTISTE LULLY

Performers:

  • Artistic & Musical Director – Gordon Lehany
  • Venus – Barbara Graham
  • Bacchus – Mark Bobb
  • Trumpets – Gordon Lehany, Chris Woolley, Andrew Weir
  • Timpani & Percussion – Larry Reese, Ben Whitton
  • Violins – Gordon Lehany, Henry Nicholson, Sára Kadas
  • Violas – Miru Shimaoka, Sam Berkahn
  • Cello – Tomos Christie
  • Hoboys – Sharon Lehany, Rebecca Grimwood
  • Tenor hoboy – Luka Reardon
  • Recorders – Luka Reardon, Peter Maunder
  • Harpsichord – Jonathan Berkahn
  • Guitar – Peter Maunder
  • Dancing-Master – Sharon Lehany