Vive la difference!
Byron Colby Barn
Prairie Crossing, Illinois
This program, held in collaboration with Ensemble Voltaire explores the differences in the French and Italian national styles of composing and performing during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Deuxieme Recreation de Musique, Op 8 (1737)
Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764)
Ouverture: Gravement
Sonata No. 1 in D Major (1701)
Carlo Ambrogio Lonati (1645c.-1710)
(Toccata)
Largo
Sostenuto
Largo
Presto
Les Nations
Armand Louis Couperin (1727-1789)
L’Italienne
La Francoise
Troisieme Suite from Premier Livre de Pieces (1708)
Jacques Hotteterre (1674-1763)
Allemande, La Cascade de St. Cloud
Sarabande, La Guimon
Courante, L’indiferente-Double
Rondeau, Le Plaintif
Menuet, Le Mignon
Gigue, L’Italianenne
Sonata a tre, Op.5, No. 2 in e minor (1745)
Pietro Locatelli (1695-1764)
Largo-Andante
Allegro
Allegro
Sonata VIII a Trios
Jean-Marie Leclair
Adagio
Allegro
Sarabanda
Allegro assai
Musicians
Christopher Verrette, baroque violin
Barabara Kallaur, traverso
Elizabeth Macdonald, viola da gamba
Thomas Gerber, harpsichord
Jerry Fuller, baroque double bass