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From the Archives
An excerpt from our October 2024 “Cast Your Vote!” concert where we anticipated the November US election by “voting” on various Baroque performance issues. This issue was “Do you prefer high and slow arias or fast and furious ones?”
Fortunately Ms. Gitanjali Mathur, assisted by cellist Sydney ZumMallen, with Stephen Redfield on violin, Marcus McGuff on traverso and Keith Womer on harpsichord, can ably demonstrate the options. Enjoy!
PS Apologies to Mr. Trump and Ms. Harris for the wardrobe choices! (Also Ms. ZumMallen is wearing an Ivanka Trump brand blouse, and Mr. McGuff is sporting his Donald Trump brand shirt.)
Such fun!
Gitanjali Mathur and Steven Brennfleck bring down the house in a rousing performance of “Happy We” from Handel’s Acis and Galatea.
Anton Nel and director Keith Womer perform Bach's Concerto in C major for two harpsichords as part of the annual "Herd of Harpsichords concert.
A Concert of French Baroque Chamber Music
In this March, 2020 concert (the first of the “COVID” era), La Follia performed French Baroque chamber music by Couperin, Rameau, Jacquet de la Guerre, Campra, Clerambault, Charpentier, Robert de Visée, and Boësset.
Performers are Jenifer Thyssen, soprano, Stephen Redfield, violin, Marcus McGuff, flute, Eric Taeyang Mun, viola da gamba, Arash Noori, theorbo, and Keith Womer, harpsichord.
Shot in multi-camera HD with CD quality sound.
Grab some wine and cheese, and enjoy the intimate chamber music of French Baroque masters.
At Home with the Herd of Harpsichords
Keith Womer, director of La Follia Austin Baroque, recorded a 30 minute video piece for KMFA Classical 89.5’s FaceBook Live series “Sound Ideas”, a youth outreach project. In it, he explores three of the harpsichords used in La Follia’s popular “Herd of Harpsichords” concerts, currently corralled at his home in Round Rock, Texas.
Learn what makes a harpsichord different than a piano, what makes Italian, French, and Franco-Flemish harpsichords different from one another, and what gives all harpsichords their special, magical sound.