Rameau: Les Sauvages et Les Incas

Join us for an enchanting evening with Musica Antica as they perform two captivating entrées from Jean-Philippe Rameau's Les Indes Galantes (1735 & 1736): 🦅 Les Sauvages (The Savages) and 🌄 Les Incas du Perou (The Incas of Peru).

Les Sauvages draws inspiration from a remarkable performance by two Native Americans in Paris back in 1725, and has since become one of Rameau’s celebrated pieces. Set against the backdrop of idyllic, pre-colonial North America, it explores the clash between cunning French and Spanish explorers and a noble Native American, all in a quest for love.

Meanwhile, Les Incas reflects a fervent interest in the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Peru, featuring fascinating musical pieces that culminate in a stunning love duet between a conquistador and an Inca princess—while the high priest invokes the gods in an effort to eradicate both the conquerors and his own people through a volcanic eruption.

🍷 Enjoy refreshments from our bar, which serves wine, soft drinks, and Holy Trinity’s acclaimed home-infused gins starting at 7 PM!

🎟️ Tickets are available for £2 - £10 and can be purchased from our website.

Performers:

• Milly Atkinson - Soprano
• Camilla Seale - Mezzo Soprano
• Tristram Cooke - Countertenor
• Oliver Doyle - High Tenor
• Theo Nisbett - Tenor
• Joachim Sabbat - Bass
• Gabriel Alves Candido da Silva - Transverse Flute
• Flora Fontanelli & Katie Holmes - Violin
• Madison Marshall - Viola
• Rowena Jones - Bassoon
• Matthew Farrell - Viola da Gamba
• Jude Chandler - Double Bass
• Peter Martin - Baroque Guitar

📍 Location: Holy Trinity Church, 3 Bryan Road, London, SE16 5HB, United Kingdom
🕘 This musical journey will conclude at 9:10 PM.