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At the invitation of the Berliner Philharmoniker
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The Ensemble Diderot explores the diverse beauties of baroque chamber music. For this concert, the French trio sonata takes centre stage. These are musical treasures full of dance – like vigour and melodic elegance, in which two melodic voices are intertwined with a bass line. Great composers like François Couperin and Jean-Philippe Rameau focused on the genre, but lesser-known names can also be discovered on this programme – such as that of Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, who was patronised by King Louis XIV and was considered a “miracle of the century” during her lifetime.
Artists
Ensemble Diderot:
Johannes Pramsohler violin
Roldán Bernabé violin
Gulrim Choï cello
Philippe Grisvard harpsichord
Programme
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
Trio Sonata in D major
Nicolas Clérambault
Trio Sonata in G major ‟La Félicitéˮ
Jean-Pierre Guignon
Pièces à deux violons, op. 8: Les Sauvages
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Troisième Livre de pièces de clavecin: L'Enharmonique
Jean-Pierre Guignon
Pièces à deux violons, op. 8: La Furstemberg
François Couperin
Trio Sonata in D minor ‟La Convalescenteˮ
Interval
Louis-Gabriel Guillemain
Premier Divertissement in G major, op. 15
Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville
Trio Sonata in E minor, op. 2 No. 1
Jean-Marie Leclair
Trio Sonata in A major, op. 4 No. 6
Chamber Music Hall
11 to 29 €
Introduction
19:15
Series R: Originalklang
Biography
Ensemble Diderot
A commitment to historical research, technical assurance, a collective sense of drive and elegance: Ensemble Diderot’s concerts have been hailed as “superlative from start to finish” by the British music magazine The Strad. The French Classica describes the ensemble as being “ideally equipped to follow in the footsteps of the legendary Musica Antiqua Köln”. Since its foundation in 2008 by Johannes Pramsohler, a Paris-based baroque violinist who was born in South Tyrol, this polished ensemble has played its way into the top league of the international early music scene.
The ensemble focusses on lesser-known repertoire, for which the musicians tirelessly trawl through libraries. Amongst the catalogue of 2000 surviving trio sonatas there are many hitherto unnoticed gems, and Ensemble Diderot has is keenly committed to the task of returning important rarities to concert hall stages. Pramsohler completed his doctorate at the Royal Academy of Music in London with a dissertation on the early trio sonata in England and France, and has worked with members of the Berliner Philharmoniker in ensemble Concerto Melante. Ensemble Diderot is present on major European stages and at festivals, and has been invited to residencies in Royaumont (France), Aldeburgh (Great Britain) and Rheinsberg.
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