April 7 & 8, 2006
Closing the Gap: Music from the Louisiana Territory

When the French founded a city on the delta in 1718, music and dance became the heartbeat of pleasure-loving New Orleans. The program will feature music from the Ursuline Manuscript, which dates from the 1730s and contains the earliest music known to survive in New Orleans and the entire lower Mississippi River valley. We'll be choosing from thirty or more French and Italian composers of the late 17th and 18th centuries. Add to this the traditional music of the transplanted Acadians (Cajuns) from Canada, and you'll experience the very deep roots of early music in America. The Baroque Northwest Quartet is joined by the Seattle-based Cajun band Capuchon.

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