SalonEra

Les Delices
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SalonEra is a series from Les Délices that brings together musicians from around the world to share music, stories, and scholarship. Each episode features a slate of national and international artists in a combination of live performances, pre-recorded content, and intriguing dialogue you won't hear anywhere else! SalonEra podcast listeners can also access exclusive audio-only episodes about the creation of Les Délices’ Concert Series programs, featuring musical insights, historical context, and audio highlights!

  1. 07/23/2025

    Sounds from the Western Frontier

    Guests Kim Gruenwald and Dominic Giardino consider the music and sounds that reverberated across the western frontier as French, English, new American settlers, and Native Americans pushed westward in the decades following the Revolutionary War.

    56 min

  2. 07/23/2025

    Musical Menagerie (podcast)

    Lions and tigers and bears! Oh my! LD Artistic Director Debra Nagy and cellist Rebecca Landell share Baroque music inspired by the animal kingdom in this audio-only episode featuring recent live performances of music by Biber, Pasquini, and others.

    45 min

  3. 07/23/2025

    Music & Labor

    Together with conductor Anthony Trecek-King and ethnomusicologist Gibb Schreffler, SalonEra probes the history and evolution of sea shanties and related work songs from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries. Featuring live concert recordings by Seán Dagher with Les Délices and more.

    1h 2m

  4. 07/23/2025

    Bohemian Rhapsody (podcast)

    Czech music scholar Martin Nedbal explores how 18th century Bohemian composers subtly incorporated folk tunes and inflections of their homeland despite cultural suppression under Hapsburg rule in this audio-only episode featuring live performances from Les Délices’ October program Bohemian Rhapsody.

    48 min

  5. 07/23/2025

    Musical Vision

    SalonEra considers the legacies of blind and visually-impaired historical composer-performers like Jacob van Eyck, Turlogh O’Carollan, and others and talks with vision-impaired harpsichordist & violinist Albano Berberi, lutenist Lucas Harris, and Braille music engraver Kathleen Cantrell.

    1h 2m

  6. 01/09/2025

    14th Century Avant-garde (podcast exclusive)

    LD Artistic Director Debra Nagy and host Hannah De Priest explore the strange and beautiful music of the ars subtilior in this audio-only episode featuring live performances from Les Délices’ November 2024 program 14th Century Avant-garde. Featuring music by Machaut, Senleches, and others with performances by Debra Nagy, (winds, voice, harps), Scott Metcalfe (vielle and Gothic harp) Sophie Michaux (mezzo-soprano) and James Reese (tenor).

    46 min

  7. 12/08/2024

    East Meets West

    Drawing inspiration from a range of non-Western musical traditions as well as historical events, SalonEra shines a light on artists doing fascinating work that centers cultural exchange. Setar virtuoso Kiya Tabassian (Constantinople), Indian-American soprano Vidita Kanniks, and Thai-American violinist Sallynee Amawat (Infusion Baroque) join us to share recent work that thoughtfully bridges traditions.

    58 min

  8. 10/27/2024

    In Harmonie (podcast exclusive)

    Legendary period clarinetist Eric Hoeprich shares insights on Mozart and looks back on his own career highlights in this audio-only episode featuring live performances from Les Délices’ October program for wind octet, Moonlit Mozart.

    43 min
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SalonEra is a series from Les Délices that brings together musicians from around the world to share music, stories, and scholarship. Each episode features a slate of national and international artists in a combination of live performances, pre-recorded content, and intriguing dialogue you won't hear anywhere else! SalonEra podcast listeners can also access exclusive audio-only episodes about the creation of Les Délices’ Concert Series programs, featuring musical insights, historical context, and audio highlights!

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  • Creator
    Les Delices
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2025
  • Episodes
    25
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2022 SalonEra
  • Show Website
    SalonEra