Stravinsky may not be spinning in his grave. Apollo came during a period of reevaluation. And baroque music was, in fact, on Stravinsky’s mind.

Twenty-four Tempestosi boarded the bus for Ithaca, NY to perform Apollo at Play on the Cornell Concert Series Thursday night.

Tempesta di Mare’s March 8 program is a groundbreaking event for us as we make our debut at Broad Street’s cultural hub, The Kimmel Center, to present Apollo at Play, music for the theater from Lully to Stravinsky.

On February 23, 1653, Louis XIV stepped onto Paris’s largest stage, a tall figure in a glittering, jewel-encrusted costume. A headpiece with a golden sunburst flared around his handsome head. He was fifteen years old and already one of the most powerful men in Europe.