The Baroque spirit in all its musical forms. Today our program has a somewhat one-sided character. It consists of four suites for viola da gamba, from four different French composers from the first half of the eighteenth century. Fortunately, there is also some variation.
In addition to the “ordinary” bass viol, we also hear the treble viol and the pardessus de viole. And there is a suite for two viols.
Louis Heudelinne (fl. 1700-1710)
1. From ‘Trois suites de pieces a deux violles’ (1701): Suite no 2 in A
– I Prelude
– II Allemande
– III Courante – double
– IV Sarabande
– V Gigue
– VI Gavotte – double
– VII Rigaudon 1 – 2 – 3
– VIII Sonate – Chaconne
Focus Baroque (Holger Faust-Peters, treble viol. Irén Lill, harpsichord)
(cd: Avec privilège du roi : Viola da gamba und Cembalo. Ars Produktion ARS 38 516, 2012)
Dame bespeelt een pardessus de viole
Jean Barrière (1707 – 1747)
2. From ‘Livre V Sonates pour le Pardessus de viole avec la Basse Continue’ (1739): Suite no 2 in D
– I Andante
– II Allegro
– III Sarabande
– IV Aria
Hamburger Ratsmusik conducted by Simone Eckert, pardessus de viole
(cd: Sonates pour le Pardessus de viole. Christophorus CHR 77456, 2021)
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689 – 1755)
3. From ‘Diverses pièces de viole’ (1730): Suite for 2 viola da gamba and basso continuo in A
– I Prélude lentement
– II Musette en rondeau
– III Menuet
– IV Gigue
– V Gavotte
– VI Sarabande
– VII Rondeau modérément
Georg Noeldeke and Rahel Klein, viola da gamba. Thorsten Bleich, baroque guitar
(cd: Diverses pièces de viole op. 31. Bella Musica BM319314, 2021)
Louis de Caix d’Hervelois (1677 – 1759)
4. From ‘Troisième Oeuvre contenant quatre suites pour le viole avec la basse chifrée’ (1728): Suite no 3 in A minor
– I Prélude
– II Allemande
– III Gigue
– IV La Badine
– V Musette
– VI La Michel
Focus Baroque (Holger Faust-Peters, bass viol. Irén Lill, harpsichord)
(cd: Avec privilège du roi – Viola da gamba und Cembalo. Ars Produktion ARS 38 516, 2012)
Addition
Marin Marais (1656 – 1728)
5. Chaconne
Focus Baroque (Holger Faust-Peters, bass viol. Irén Lill, harpsichord)
(cd: Avec privilège du roi – Viola da gamba und Cembalo. Ars Produktion ARS 38 516, 2012)
On the picture: bass and treble viola da gamba (source: geigenbauonline.com)
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