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Le Meslange des Plaisirs is a consortium of musicians
specializing in late 18th c. chamber music and salon music 1750-1810, with diversions into earlier music and new
music for historic instruments. The ensemble name translates as "A Compendium of Delights," and was used by 18th-century
theorists to describe a blending of national styles. Our meslange often includes the mixing of
antique, reproduction and modern instruments, accompanied by keyboards as diverse as fortepiano, harpsichord, Lautenwerk or
harmonium.
Trio Le Meslange des Plaisirs
(violin, harp, fortepiano) regularly performs for the Southampton Chamber Music Society, directed by violinist/violist James
Day. Cheryl Dungan Cunningham and Kathleen Scheide frequently play as duo Voix seraphique (harp,
fortepiano). Additional collaborators include soprano Jennifer Young, baritone Timothy Urban, and for
2013, cellist Angela Yeung.
Available programs include London, London/Philadelphia, Vysehrad Trio (Central European
music) or the Sounds of Sarajevo.
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