Croatian baroque ensemble
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Croatian baroque ensemble

Croatian Baroque Ensemble, founded in 1999, is one of the first ensembles specialized in performing baroque music in Croatia and con­sists of esteemed musicians of the younger generation. The Ensemble is a regular guest at numerous national and international festi­vals and featu­res numerous prominent solo­ists and conductors - experts in performing baroque music. 

Croatian baroque ensemble

The Sun King’s Dance Shoes presents the extravagant taste of Louis XIV, the mighty ruler, who introduced the dance to the new luxurious court in Versailles not only as a form of entertainment but as a lifestyle. His name is very often related to the name of composer Jean-Baptiste Lully, an Italian who quickly accepted French habits and became the trademark of the French baroque music. In the works of Lully and his successors, we will follow the development of a flute repertoire, an instrument that carries something "inherently French, and is related to articulation, nasality, colour, delicacy ..." (Ana Benić), which retains the royal status gained in times of the Sun King even in the compositions of Marais and Couperin, as well as younger composers such as Blavet, de Boismortier and Hotteterre.