Description on Youtube:
The Chaconne from the Opera Phaeton by Jean-Baptiste Lully (LWV 61, 1683), performed by the SF based Early Music ensemble Voices of Music. Live, high definition video featuring Carlos Fittante, dance solo, Voices of Music and SF Baroque Dance.
The Musicians and their Instruments
Lisa Grodin, baroque viola by Mathias Eberl, Salzburg, Austria, 1680
Katherine Kyme,baroque viola, Germany, anonymous, 18th century
Carla Moore, baroque violin by Johann Georg Thir, Vienna, Austria, 1754
Maxine Nemerovski, baroque violin by Timothy Johnson,
Indiana, 1999 (after Stradivarius)
Elisabeth Reed, baroque cello, anonymous, 1673
William Skeen, violone, Germany, anonymous, 17th century
David Tayler, archlute by Andreas von Holst, Munich, 2012,
after Magno Tieffenbrucker, Venice, c1610
Hanneke van Proosdij, Double manual harpsichord by Joop Klinkhamer, Amsterdam (1996), based on the Ruckers-Goujon in the Musee d'Art et d'Histoire, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Lid painting by Millicent Tomkins, 2012.
Choreography: Louis Pecour, reconstructed and danced by Carlos Fittante
Costume: Meriem Bahri