On the final day of the upcoming Early Music Festival, Sunday morning 4 September 2022 in Utrecht, violinist David Plantier and the ensemble Les Plaisirs du Parnasse will play violin sonatas by Jean-Marie Leclair and contemporaries. This programme includes two of Leclair’s sonatas and two of his violin concertos.
Find out more about the concert by Les Plaisirs du Parnasse during the Early Music Festival here.
Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764)
1. Concerto for violin, strings and basso continuo in E flat major (transmitted in manuscript)
Johannes Pramsohler, violin. Ensemble Diderot
(CD: “Concertos pour violon – The beginnings of the violin concerto in France” – Audax ADX13782, 2021)
2. Sonata for violin and basso continuo in A major, op. 1,5
Théotime Langlois de Swarte, violin. William Christie, harpsichord
(CD: “Générations: Senaillé – Leclair” – Harmonia mundi HAF 8905292, 2021)
3. Sonata for violin and basso continuo in G major, op. 5,12
David Plantier, violin. Les Plaisirs du Parnasse
(CD: “Violin Sonatas” – Ricercar RIC 431, 2021)
4. Concerto for violin, strings and basso continuo in G minor, op. 10,6
Leila Schayegh, violin. La Cetra Barockorchester Basel
(CD: “Concerti per violino Opp 7 & 10 – Nos 2 & 6” – Glossa GCD 924202, 2018)
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5. From Sonata in E minor, op. 3.5: gavotte
Théotime Langlois de Swarte, violin. William Christie, harpsichord
(CD: see 2)
In the picture: Jean-Marie Leclair
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