Les délices de la solitude

As well as a celebration of the 350th anniversary of François Couperin’s birth, this will be a rare chance to hear re-discovered works by two of the finest players of Georgian England, who were also great friends, Carl Friedrich Abel and Giacobbe Cervetto.

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier: Sonate à deux violes en mi mineur, Op. X No. I
Domenico Galli: Sonata X in d minor for solo cello
Carl Friedrich Abel: Sonata in a minor for viola da gamba and continuo, Maltzan Sammlung
F Couperin: XIIIe Concert from Les goûts-réunis, ou Nouveaux concerts
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Giacobbe Cervetto: Divertimento No. 1 in g minor for two cellos
Ste Colombe le fils: Tombeau pour Mr de Ste Colombe le père in f-sharp minor for viola da gamba
JS Bach: Sarabande from Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012 for solo cello
Abel: Sonata in G major for viola da gamba and cello, Pembroke Collection

Reiko Ichise, viola da gamba; Jennifer Morsches, Baroque cello and piccolo cello