Mark Caudle (viol) and Elizabeth Kenny (theorbo)
4.00pm, Sunday 31 July, 2011
A tea-time concert by two superb virtuoso players. The
programme will include pieces for solo viol by Marin
Marais, character pieces by Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, music from Charles Dollé's Second Suite,
including Le Tombeau pour Marais Le Père, and movements from Forqueray's
Third Suite. Elizabeth Kenny, one of Europe's leading lute players, will also
play works for solo theorbo by Robert de Visée and for baroque guitar by
Francisque Corbetta. Her playing has been described as "incandescent" (Music and Vision) and "indecently beautiful" (Toronto Post).
PROGRAMME
Charles Dollé: Op. 2 (1737), IIème Suite, Pièces de viole, Prélude, Fantaisie
Robert de Visée: (fl late 17c, from the Manuscrit Vaudry de Saisenay), Prélude
Marin Marais: Suitte d'un Goût Etranger, Pièces de viole, IVème livre (1717): 55, Marche La Tartare; 61, Feste champêtre
Robert de Visée: Sarabande
Marin Marais: 64, Le Tourbillon
M. de Ste. Colombe le fils: Allemande, Sarabande
Robert de Visée: Chaconne
M. de Ste. Colombe le fils: Fantaisie en rondeau
Charles Dollé: Tombeau de Marais le Père
Antoine/Jean Baptiste Forqueray: Pièces de viole (1747), IIIème suite, La Ferrand, La Régente, La Morangis ou La Plissay (Chaconne)
PERFORMERS
Mark Caudle basse de viole
Elizabeth Kenny theorbe