Exotique! October 9, 2010

Exotique!
Saturday, October 9th at 8:00pm
Wortham Center, Cullen Theater
501 Texas, Houston, TX 77002

The season opening concert of Mercury Baroque’s 10th season, Exotique! features beautiful French Baroque orchestral music meant to portray exotic foreign lands. Lully’s satirical ballet Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (The Middle-Class Gentleman) features Turkish-influenced music, including the popular “Marche pour la Ceremonie des Turcs.” The four acts of Rameau’s Les Indes Galantes each feature a different setting, including another Turkish-influenced act, as well as portrayals of the Incas in Peru and the savages of America. Our popular, free pre-concert lecture with Dr. Yvonne Kendall begins at 7:15pm in the Wortham’s Green Room.

For Information and Tickets:
www.MercuryBaroque.org
(713) 533-0080