Composers and violinists Jean-Marie Leclair, Giovanni Pietro Ghignone, and Louis-Gabriel Guillemain dominated the court of Louis XV in Paris.
En Garde! French Duels on Eight Strings
Playlist
Jean-Pierre Guignon (1702-1774)
La Furstemberg
Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764)
Sonata No. 5 in g minor
Jean-Pierre Guignon
Les sauvages
Louis-Gabriel Guillemain (1705-1771)
Sonata No. 2 in d minor
Jean-Pierre Guignon
Caprice No. 11 in e minor
Jean-Marie Leclair
Sonata No. 6 in B
Jean-Pierre Guignon
Nouvelles variations des Folies d’Espagne op. 9
ARTISTS
Johannes Pramsohler, violin
Roldán Bernabé, violin
Femmes d’excellence with Ensemble Molière
Soprano Ruby Hughes joins Ensemble Molière to perform a program of women composers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries: Mademoiselle Laurent, Mademoiselle Duval, and Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre.
Playlist
Mademoiselle Laurent (ca. 16??-ca. 17??)
Ouverture to Le Concert
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665-1729
Trio Sonata No. 1 in g minor
“L’Ile de Delos” from Cantates Françoises, Livre 3
Mademoiselle Duval (1718-after 1775)
Suite from Les Génies, ou Les caractères de l’Amour
– Ouverture, Trio, Sarabande, Gavotte, Rondeau, Bourée, Ritournelle, Passacaille, Tambourin
ARTISTS
Ensemble Molière: Flavia Hirte, flute; Alice Earll, violin; Catriona McDermid, bassoon; Kate Conway, viola da gamba; Satoko Doi-Luck, harpsichord
Thomas Tallis’s Motets & Lamentations of Jeremiah
The Geneva-based early music ensemble Gli Angeli Genève brings us a program of Thomas Tallis’s sacred anthems and motets.
Playlist
Thomas Tallis (ca 1505-1585)
In manus tuas Domine
O sacrum convivium
Lamentatio Jeremiae prophetae I
In pace
Gaude Gloriosa dei mater
Miserere nostri
Sancte Deus
Lamentatio Jeremiae prophetae II
Absterge Domine
Loquebantur variis linguis
O nata lux
William Byrd (1543-1623)
Ye sacred muses
Thomas Tallis
If ye love me
ARTISTS
Gli Angeli Genève, director: Stephan MacLeod
Jordi Savall: The Elements and the Furies
Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations take us on a journey through a variety of sound environments of the eighteenth century.
Playlist
Jean-Féry Rebel (1666-1747)
Les Elémens: ballet suite
– Le Chaos – Loure I: LaTerre – Chaconne: Le Feu – Ramage: L’Air – Rossignolo – Rondeau: Air pour l’Amour – Loure II – Sicillienne – Caprice – Premier Tambourin: L’Eau – Second Tambourin – Premier Tambourin: L’Eau
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F, HWV 348
– Largo Allegro – Adagio e staccato – Allegro – Andante – Allegro – Air – Bourée – Hornpipe – Allegro moderato – Minuets
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)
Don Juan, ballet suite
– Sinfonia – Andante Grazioso – Andante – Allegro maestoso – Allegro furioso – Risoluto moderato – Gavotte – Brillante – Allegretto – Giusto – Allegro Presto – Andante Grazioso – Andante – Presto – Allegretto – Presto – Andante – Andante – Allegro giusto – Moderato – Andante – Grazioso – Allegretto – Moderato – Presto – Risoluto e moderato – Allegro – Allegretto – Larghetto – Allegro non troppo
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
“Contredanse très vive” from Les boréades (encore)
ARTISTS
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall, conductor
Ars Subtilior: Ballades, Rondeaux & Virelais
Love is complicated, but not as complicated as the music that celebrates it.
Playlist
Johannes Suzoy (Jo Susay) fl 1380
Ballade: Prophilias, un des nobles de Roume
Prophilas, one of the patricians of Rome found himself in grievous peril through loving
Ballade: A l’arbre sec puis etre comparé
I may be likened to the withered tree
Ballade: Pictagoras, Jabol et Orpheüs
Pythagoras, Jubal, and Orpheus were the first fathers of melody
Johannes Olivier fl late 14th century
Ballade: Si con cy gist mon cuer en grief martire
As my heart lies here in grievous suffering
Jacob (Jacquemin de) Senleches fl 1382-83
Ballade: Je me merveil / J’ai pluseurs fois
Sometimes I marvel / Many a time in the past
Virelai: En ce gracieux tamps joli
In this pleasant, joyful season in a secluded spot
Ballade: Fuions de ci, fuions, povre compaingne
Let us flee from here, unhappy band
Virelai: La Harpe de melodie
The melodious harp
Ballade: En attendant esperance conforte
While he waits, hope comforts the man who seeks perfection
Virelai: Tel me voit et me regarde
There are some who see me
Johannes Galiot fl 1380-95
Ballade: Le sault perilleux a l’aventure prins
I took the perilous leap at a venture
Rondeau: En atendant d’avoir la douce vie
While he waits to have that sweet life
Guido: fl 1372-74
Rondeau: Dieux gart qui bien le chantera
God preserve him who sings it well
Ballade: Or voit tout en avanture
Now let it all go as it may
Anon.
Ballade: En Albion de fluns environee
In Albion, surrounded by rivers
Rondeau: Se j’ay perdu toute ma part
I have lost all that which was my own
ARTISTS
The Medieval Ensemble of London:
Peter Davies and Timothy Davies, Directors
Margaret Philpot, alto; Rogers Covey-Crump and Paul Elliott, tenors; Michael George and Geoffrey Shaw, baritones; Robert Cooper, rebec and fiddle; Peter Davies, dulcian and harp; Timothy Davies, gittern and lute.
L’Oiseau-Lyre 4759119
Jean Rondeau Plays Bach & Scarlatti
One of today’s leading harpsichordists favors us with a recital of keyboard works by Johann Sebastian Bach and Domenico Scarlatti.
Playlist
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Suite in C minor, BWV 997: Prelude
Fantasia in C minor, BWV 906
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
Four Keyboard Sonatas:
Sonata in C, K. 132
Sonata in A minor, K. 175
Sonata in A, K. 208
Sonata in D, K. 119
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in D minor, BWV 974: Adagio
Domenico Scarlatti
Two Keyboard Sonatas:
Sonata in F, K. 6
Sonata in F minor, K. 481
Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: Chaconne
François Couperin (1668-1733)
Les barricades mystérieuses (encore)
Jean Rondeau, harpsichord
Gesualdo & Collegium Vocale Ghent
The highly expressive polyphony of Carlo Gesualdo, as Collegium Vocale Ghent, under the direction of Philippe Herreweghe, offers some of the revolutionary madrigals that would shape the Baroque era.
Playlist
Carlo Gesualdo (ca 1561-1613)
Madrigali a 5 voci, libro Quinto
Gioite voi col canto
– Take pleasure in singing while I weep
S’io non miro, non moro
– If I look not, I die not
Itene, o miei sospiri
– My sighs, may you wing your way to her who is causing my bitter tormet
Dolcissima mia vita
– My sweet beloved, why do you withhold the relief which I long for
O dolorosa goia
– O dolorous joy, o sweet suffering
Qual fora, donna
– What purpose does a sweet sigh of love serve if the sigh which it draws from you so inflamed my heart
Felicissimo sonno
– Most happy sleep
Se vi duol il mio duolo
– If my sorrow saddens you, you are the only one who can turn my sorrows all to joy
Occhi del mio cor vita
– Eyes, life of my heart
Languisce al fin
– He who is slipping away from life languishes toward the end
Marce grido pianogendo
– Mercy I cry, weeping, but who hears me
Asciugate i begli occhi
– Dry those lovely eyes
Tu m’uccidi, o crudele
– Heartless murderer of love
O tenebroso giorno
– O dark day, unhappy is my fate
T’amo mia vita
– I love you, my life
ARTISTS
Collegium Vocale Ghent; Philippe Herreweghe, conductor
Göteborg Baroque: The Claviorganum in Concert
A rare opportunity to hear this hybrid instrument: both harpsichord and organ.
Playlist
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Concerto grosso in D, op. 6/5, HWV 323
– Ouverture: Larghetto – Allegro – Presto – Largo – Menuet: Un poco larghetto
Ariodante, HWV 33
“Spero per voi”
Rinaldo, HWV 7
“Cara sposa”
Trio Sonata in G, HWV 399
Organ Concerto in B flat, op. 7/1, HWV 306
– Andante – Andante – Largo e piano – Bourrée
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Cessate, omai cessate, RV 684, cantata
– Cessate, omai cessate – Ah, ch’infelice sempre – A voi dunque ricorro orridi specchi – Nell’orrido albergo
ARTISTS
Daniel Carlsson, countertenor
Göteborg Baroque
Magnus Kjellson: Artistic Director & claviorganum
Violins: Fredrik From, Karin Samuelsson, Hannah Tibell, Per Buhre, Pernilla Berg, Susanne Brunström
Violas: Gabriel Bania, Johan Tufvesson
Cello: Ingrid Andersson Kjellsdotter
Violone: Katarina Trollhagen
Theorbo: Anders Ericson
Melancholy and Nonsense: Madrigals for Every Mood
2024 marks Baroque&Before’s tenth anniversary. On this week’s program, British vocal ensemble I Fagiolini brings us madrigals for every mood in a program titled “Melancholy and Nonsense.” I Fagiolini’s recital took place November 11, 2022 in the Kreuzkirche in Herne, Germany, as part of Herne Early Music Days, founded in 1976. Madrigals by Monteverdi, Purcell, Banchieri and others echo the …
Playlist
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Io mi son giovinetta
Cruda Amarilli
Lamento della ninfa
Piagn’e sospira
Adriano Banchieri (1568-1634)
Capricciata a tre voci / Contrappunto bestiale alla mente
Giovanni Croce (ca 1557-1609)
Il gioco dell’occa
Orazio Vecchi (ca 1550-1605)
Misero che farò lucio infelice
Oh ecco il capitano
John Wilbye (1574-1638)
Weep, Weep, Mine Eyes
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Urge Me no More, Z. 426
Music for a While, Z. 583
When the Cock Begins to Crow, Z. 172
Clément Janequin (ca 1485-after 1558)
La chasse
ARTISTS
I Fagiolini; Robert Hollingworth: conductor, alto and harpsichord
Baroque&Before: The First Ten Years
An encore broadcast of Baroque&Before’s inaugural program, first heard January 2, 2014.
Playlist
Antonio de Cabezón (1510-1566)
Diferencias sobre el Canto del Cavallero
Pavana con sus Glossas
Diferencias sobre Guárdame las vacas (Luys de Narváez)
Diferencias sober la Gallarda Milanesa
Juan Cabanilles (1644-1712)
Corrente Italiana
Tiento de Primer Tono
Tiento de Batalla
Anonymous, compiled by Antonio Martín y Coll (c.1660-c.1734)
Flores de Música
– Folías de España
– Españoletas
– Chacona
Padre Antonio Soler (1729-1783)
Fandango
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Toccata in e minor, BWV 914
Verso VRS 2125
ARTIST
Ignacio Prego, harpsichord
Opening & Closing Theme for Baroque&Before:
Joan Ambrosio Dalza: Piva, performed by Musica Reservata (Boston Skyline BSD 123)