Musica Antica perform two entrées from Jean-Philippe Rameau's Les Indes Galantes (1735 & 1736): Les Sauvages (The Savages) and Les Incas du Perou (The Incas of Peru). ​

Inspired by a performance given by two Native Americans in Paris in 1725, Les Sauvages became one of Rameau’s most popular works. Set in an idyllic, pre-colonial North America, and pitting devious French and Spanish explorers against a kind, noble Native American vying for the hand of the daughter of a local chieftan, it poses the question: who is the savage?

Les Incas was the product of a flurry of interest in the history of the Spanish conquest of the Mexico and Peru. Based very loosely around historical figures and events, it features some incredible music, culminating in a gorgeous love duet sung by a conquistador and an Inca princess, while her high priest calls on the Gods to destroy both the Spanish invaders and his own people in a volcanic eruption.

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As ever, a bar selling wine, soft drinks and Holy Trinity's famous home-infused gins will be open from 7pm.
 

This concert will finish at 9:10pm. 

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