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Beautiful Music NOW - A Divine Dance

Thai classical dance interpretation of Couperin's Les Barricades Mystérieuses.
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Thai classical dance interpretation of Couperin's Les Barricades Mystérieuses.

French baroque era musician Francois Couperin composed a piece called Les Barricades Mystérieuses. The title of the 1717 solo harpsichord composition has inspired great speculation over the centuries about its meaning, and a variety of interpretations.

Today's Beautiful Music features A DIVINE DANCE -- a Thai classical dance interpretation of Couperin's tantalizing composition.

Suzanne Bona is the host and executive producer of Sunday Baroque, a nationally syndicated weekly radio show of Baroque and early music which she originated on WSHU in 1987.