Never mind the bollocks, here's Les Ordinaires performing chamber music at the Culbertson Mansion.

Les Ordinaires will be performing selections from the group's first CD (to be released in 2018).

Les Ordinaires first CD, Inner Chambers - Royal Court Music of Louis XIV, will feature music that explores the depths of human emotion couched within the formal and mannered style of the French Baroque period. Life at court was filled with strict hierarchies and social structures, lavish display of ornaments and affluence, love of allegory, and an affected nostalgia for the pastoral life and antiquity. At the same time, art sought to express human emotion in all its many shades and subtleties. All of these qualities merge in the music that Louis XIV enjoyed in the evenings in his inner chambers.

There were many fine musicians who played for the king's private enjoyment, known as les ordinaires du Roi, but it was the softly expressive combination of the traverso, viola da gamba and theorbo, called the Royal Trio, that accompanied the king's retirement to bed. Although there are many written accounts from the diaries of courtiers describing these evenings, few recordings exist that try to capture the intimate spirit of these royal trio concerts. Repertoire on this CD includes pieces by Hotteterre, Couperin, Montéclair, Marais and Lully.

The Culbertson Mansion State Historic Site provides information about the show.

‎A Royal Occasion - Chamber Music at the Culbertson Mansion

We continue the Culbertson tradition of fine musical entertainment with:

A Royal Occasion
Chamber Music from the courts of Hentry VIII to Louis XIV.

The acoustics of the Culbertson Mansion formal parlor provides the perfect atmosphere to take off your wigs, sit back, and let the music tantalize the senses, sooth conflicting emotions and uplift your spirit.

Admission for the concert is $10 and may be paid in advance or at the door. A cash bar will also be provided.

The evening begins at 7:00pm and includes a brief lecture, as well as an intermission when the mansion will be open for guests to take a self-guided tour.

Please call 812.944.9600 for more information or to RSVP