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Concerts for Louis XIV
Concerts for Louis XIV

Mon, Jan 26

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St. David’s Episcopal Church

Concerts for Louis XIV

Listen to the “Little Evening Concerts” for the aging Louis XIV, some of Louis’ favorite music from at least his previous 54 years, for performance by Louis' favorite instrumentalists.

Time & Location

Jan 26, 2026, 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM

St. David’s Episcopal Church, 760 Park St, Friday Harbor, WA 98250, USA

About the event

A remarkable and almost completely unknown manuscript of 770 pages discovered in Paris by Jeffrey Cohan was prepared in 1713 for the “little evening concerts” for the aging Louis XIV by his longtime music librarian André Danican Philidor l’ainé, who organized and transcribed some of Louis’ favorite music from at least the previous 54 years, for performance by the king’s favorite instrumentalists. Two years before his death in 1715, Louis XIV was anxious to revisit the music of his youth, and Philidor dates some of these selections as far back as 1659, when Louis XIV was 21 and had danced for eight years already in ballet performances at court, most famously as the sun god Apollo. A new selection of five of the 67 suites therein will be presented. The following musicians will be in concert: Anna Marsh, baroque bassoon (pictured); Ethan Lin (Bellingham), baroque violin; Vicki Gunn (Portland) , baroque viola; and Jeffrey Cohan, baroque flute. Text from The Journal of the San Juans, 1/14/26.

Anna Marsh

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Friday Harbor

760 Park St, Friday Harbor, WA 98250

Lopez Island

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