Lessons for a King - Boston
| Dates: | Friday, June 26, 2026 - Friday, June 26, 2026 |
| Hours: | 7:30 pm |
| Ages: | Teens, Adults |
| In/Outdoor: | Indoor |
| Cost: | $ see below |
| Category: | Music & Concerts |
French composers of the late 17th and early 18th centuries—and their English counterparts across the Channel—addressed the crushing authority and repression of their time through music.
These humble and most obedient musical servants (as they were obliged to designate themselves on their publications’ title pages) wove cautionary tales and reflection into their work, implicitly reminding rulers of their own fragility, moral responsibility, and temporal existence.
The works of Clérambault, Rameau, Rebel, Barriere, Purcell, and Locke draw on mythology and rhetoric to navigate an environment of social hegemony.
Hidden within these gorgeous pieces, we find cryptic warnings to rulers on the dangers of hubris and greed, as well as messages of hope that humanity will triumph over cruelty.
Silentwoods Collective:
• Howell Petty, soprano
• Danilo Bonina & Nelli Herskovitz-Jabotinsky, violins
• Andrew Koutroubas, cello
• John McKean, harpsichord
• Luce Burrell, theorbo
| COST | ↑ top |
$5 - $35
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15 Newbury St, Boston, MA, 02116 map
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