22. Coffee Concert

22. Coffee Concert

French cantatas from the 18th century are -unlike their German counterparts from the same period- profane works that one could consider musical short stories. Composed for one or more voices accompanied by a basso continuo, we can consider them real chamber operas. This program brings cantatas for one voice written by a rather unknown composer who however was a master in this genre during the Age of Enlightenment : Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, alongside one trio sonata by genius female composer Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, known for having played for king Louis XIV at the age of five.