Immersed as we are in today’s harried, drive-thru-coffee-shop zeitgeist,
it is easy to forget just how pivotal a role the humble cup of coffee
has played in Western culture since its 18th-century debut on Europe’s
shores. Cleveland-based Baroque orchestra Apollo’s Fire sought to remind
its Folly Theater audience of this simple fact as they harkened back to
the Collegium Musicum soirées at the Catharinenstrasse coffee-house in
Leipzig.
more at the Independent
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