SONGS WITHOUT WORDS takes the adaptation of 17^th Century songs for instruments as its point of departure and brings the concept into the 20^th Century with torch songs and jazz standards arranged and improvised by the ensemble. Music by French Baroque composers Lambert, Lully, and Marais is heard alongside tunes by Nina Simone, Errol Garner, Edith Piaf, and others in this concert of timeless melodies and inspired improvisations for baroque oboe, viola da gamba, and harpsichord.

Les Délices (Lay day-lease) explores the dramatic potential and emotional resonance of long-forgotten music. Founded by baroque oboist Debra Nagy in 2009, Les Délices has established a reputation for their unique programs that are “thematically concise, richly expressive, and featuring composers few people have heard of.” The New York Times added, “Concerts and recordings by Les Délices are journeys of discovery.”