The French Connection
Program
Louis Couperin Prélude in E-minor
François Couperin Prélude in E-minor
Marin Marais Feste Champêtre, Musette, l’Americaine
Antoine Forqueray La Leclair
Jean-Baptiste Barrière Sonata in B-flat Major
François Couperin Les Barricades Mystérieuses
Marin Marais La Rêveuse
Antoine Forqueray La Sylva, La Jupiter
Uitvoerenden
Nicolas Altstaedt cello
Thomas Dunford lute
Jean Rondeau harpsichord
Three great musical personalities get together once every so often to share in their shared love: French Baroque. In this era the cello was starting to gain popularity compared to the viola da gamba. Marin Marais and Antoine Forqueray remained well-known as gamba players, but Jean-Baptiste Barrière developed from a gamba player into a travelling cello soloist and composed countless cello sonatas.
