FRENCH CONNEXIONS
Theatr Brycheiniog
Saturday 12 October at 7.30pm
The festival’s title concert, French Connexions, features Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque and guest soloists Katy Bircher (flute), Mélisande Corriveau (viola da gamba), Jadran Duncumb (lute) and Marcin Swiatkiewicz (harpsichord). They perform chamber music by Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), Elisabéth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665-1729), Marin Marais (1656-1728), Henry Purcell (1659-1695), JS Bach (1685-1750) and Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767).
These musicians lived within 100 years of each other. The French monarchy, courts, palaces, musical instruments and fashions influenced culture right across Europe at that time. This concert explores these threads and influences on some of the most important composers of the era.
Rameau - Pièces de clavecin en concerts. Premier concert.
Purcell - Sonata in G minor Z780
Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre - Trio Sonata in G minor
Marais - Pièce en trio - suite no 1 in C major
INTERVAL
JS Bach - French Suite
Elisabéth Jacquet de La Guerre - Violin sonata no 1 in D minor
Telemann - Paris quartet no 6 in E minor
There will be two sittings of the same FREE pre-concert talk in The Studio at 6.15pm and 6.45pm given by Dr Keith Chapin (Cardiff University, School of Music)
Duration: 90 minutes with an interval
Tickets: £10-£30