A wide-ranging instrumental concert of dances from the British Isles, the New World, Italy, Spain, France, Germany and Austria, showcasing the variety and richness in Baroque-era dance music. Perhaps you remember the joyous “Dancing in the Isles” program in 2016? Come for more toe-tapping traditional medleys and artful suites on Friday night, making the most of the excellent acoustics at St. Michael and All Angels in Corona del Mar. A Friday night like no other!

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The Joy of the Dance

Saint Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church

The accomplished Houston-based organist and harpsichordist Matthew Dirst—who also makes a brief double concerto appearance on June 19—gives a solo recital on both instruments following his concert film “A Bach Keyboard Extravaganza” for the Festival which premiered in summer 2021. Matthew’s playing has been praised as “expressive and brilliant” by Early Music America.

Dirst presents a rich and varied program of J.S. and his son C.P.E. Bach, Louis and François Couperin, and their contemporaries, centered around C.P.E. Bach’s variations on La Folía (meaning folly or madness)—a chord progression of early Spanish/Portuguese origin used as a theme by many composers from the Renaissance to the 21st Century.

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