Spitalfields festival review: Rare baroque cantatas by Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre beautifully revived
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Clive Paget
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A review of a Spitalfields music festival concert featuring rare baroque cantatas by Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, a pioneering female composer favored by Louis XIV. The concert, originally not the festival opener, became the first event of the 50th anniversary season after the scheduled opener was canceled due to extreme heat. The performance is praised for its stylish singing and dramatic revival of Jacquet de La Guerre's works.
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bskySpitalfields festival review: Rare baroque cantatas by Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre beautifully revivedtheguardian.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledÉlisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre was quite a player at the court of Louis XIV.
Singled out by the Sun King aged five, she went on to become the first French woman to write an opera, and her works were both published and widely performed.
With temperatures at Shoreditch Town Hall reaching a sweltering 41 degrees, Spitalfields music festival was forced to cancel the first event of its 50th anniversary season.
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