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Les Gôuts Réunis – The Viola da Gamba at the Time of Marin Marais

‘A genre-defying combination of scholarship, collaboration and exuberant music-making.’ The Australian

Winner of three Helpmann Awards for his concerts presented at Melbourne Recital Centre over the past years, we welcome back the beloved Jordi Savall, with guitarist Xavier Díaz-Latorre, in this special exclusive program for our 10th Anniversary. This program surveys the greatest works for viol, in the hands of the greatest player of our time. An appearance by Jordi Savall is always special, and this program is a very special candle on our 10th birthday cake.

Jordi Savall’s poetic musicianship has illuminated cultures as distant in time and place as Ancient Greece and Medieval Japan, but it’s Baroque Europe that feels like his homeland. And no wonder: Savall’s exquisite instrument flourished in the palaces and homes of 18th-century France, Germany, Spain and England. Composer/performers created a rich repertoire for the uniquely human and expressive voice of the viola da gamba. They have found the finest advocate for their music in Jordi Savall and his colleague Xavier Díaz-Latorre. They survey the golden age of the gamba centred on Marin Marais, who dazzled even the Sun King Louis XIV with his playing.

Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre

PROGRAM & TALKS

Program

Marin Marais
Prelude – Rondeau Champêtre
from Suite No.6 in Pièces de viole, II. Livre

J.S. Bach
Allemande (from BWV 1011)

Johannes Schenck
Aria Burlesca

Marin Marais
Suite d’un goût étranger: selections
from Pièces de viole, IV. Livre

Alfonso Ferrabosco the Younger
Coranto

Thomas Ford
Why Not Here

from John Playford’s Musicks Recreation
La Cloche – Saraband

Robert de Visée
Prélude – Chaconne
from Pièces de théorbe in the Saizenay MS

Sieur de Machy
Prélude in D minor from Suite No.1 in Pièces de viole

Marin Marais
Les Voix humaines
from Suite No.7 in Pièces de viole, II. Livre

Antonio Martín y Coll with improvisations
Diferencias sobre las Folias

Pre-Concert Talk

Join us in Elisabeth Murdoch Hall for a pre-concert talk from 6.45pm – 7.15pm.