Le Salon: "Everything old: Baroque and Romantic treasures"

600 East Saint Mary Boulevard,Lafayette LA 70503

29 November, 2022

Description

LE SALON is back for a second season of chamber music, produced by the UL Lafayette School of Music and the UL Lafayette Alumni Association. Join us for wine, refreshments, and music in the historic and beautiful Heymann house, now Alumni Center. For our second event of the series, we will enjoy “Everything old: unexpected arrangements.” Performers will present Baroque and Romantic works on instruments other than originally intended with Drs. Catherine Roche Wallace, horn, Jeff George, guitar, and Brett Landry, percussion, plus alumni guest guitarist Jesse Hale. The evening is modeled after the French salon tradition of the 18-19th century where friends, intellectuals, poets, musicians, and philosophers were hosted by society leaders for lecture and entertainment. Music was often performed by members of the family or the composers themselves. The beautiful and historic Alumni Center, a home modeled in the French provincial architectural style and formerly owned by Maurice Heymann, acts as the perfect setting for this evening of music and refreshment. The concert will take place in the formal living room and features a specially-designed circular atrium, from which Mrs. Germain Rosenthal Heymann would play for guests on her grand piano. See you in the Salon...