Les Arts Florissants

May 19-21, 2025

Participation fee: 700 €, including tuition fees, accommodation in a single room, meals and transfers from the nearest train station.

Over 3 days of practice, Thomas Dunford, lutenist and loyal collaborator of Les Arts Florissants, invites singers and instrumentalists to focus on the work of plucked string instruments and continuo. Improvisation will be explored, as will the interpretation of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas.

Who is it for?

Professional musicians or young graduates of a music college:

Instrumentalists mastering one or more instruments:

- 2 violins

- 1 viola

- 1 cello

- 1 double bass

- 1 recorder (optional)

- Continuo: harpsichords, lutes, harps

- Soloists :

Dido: mezzo-soprano

Belinda: soprano

Aeneas: baryton

Sorceress: alto

Spirit : tenor or alto

Witch 1: soprano

Witch 2: soprano

Sailor: tenor

- 4-tessitura choir:

Soprano

Alto

Tenor

Bass

Learning outcomes:

- Learn to explore the instrumental possibilities of lute, guitar and plucked string instruments

- For instrumentalists: exploring the possibilities of the continuo

- For singers and instrumentalists: work on interpreting Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas

- Public concert at the end of the masterclass

Further information: https://www.arts-florissants.org/en/masterclasses/luth-continuo-improvisation-et-interpretation-avec-thomas-dunford

Application form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/15bY3YHFVmrvy7WYRTpeKdw736gaadI7oPcAknuHulrk/viewform?edit_requested=true