The Birds Concert At Christ Church Cathedral
Artists: La Rêveuse - Florence Bolton, direction and viola da gamba; Benjamin Perrot, direction and theorbo; Jean-Miguel Aristizabal, harpsichord; Sébastien Marq, recorder
Date/Time: Apr 21 2023, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Vancouver, Christ Church Cathedral690 Burrard St
P: 6047321610
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Cost: $36.00
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Bird song is very different from the sound of instruments, but no other animal has given such inspiration to musicians and composers, from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. Through fascination for birdsong this programme brings to life a certain vision of the music of the 17th and 18th centuries focusing on science, nature and culture, illustrated with arrangements for early instruments of some essential pieces of the twentieth century inspired by Couperin, Rameau and Corrette.
La Rêveuse is an ensemble of solo musicians that works on the heritage of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, a period rich in artistic experiments and inventions of all kinds.
This concert is generously supported by Anthony Morgan
PROGRAMME
William Williams (1675-1701) / Robert Orme (?-1711)
Sonata In Imitation Of Several Birds
Adagio
Grave
Allegro
Jakob Van Eyck (1590-1657)
Engels Nachtegaeltje (Little English Bird)
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
The Birds (excerpt from The Fairy Queen)
Theodor Schwarzkopf (1659-1732)
Sonata all’imitazione del Rossignolo e del Cucco
Allegro
Gigue
François Couperin (1668-1733)
Le Rossignol en amour [transcribed for recorder and theorbo]
Les Fauvettes plaintives [transcribed for recorder, pardessus de viole & harpsichord]
Louis de Caix d’Hervelois (1677-1759)
La Sauterelle
Le Papillon
François Couperin
Les Sylvains [transcribed for theorbo by Robert de Visée (c.1650-before 1732)]
Jean-Baptiste de Bousset (1662-1725)
Pourquoi doux rossignol [instrumental version by Michel Blavet (1700-1768)]
Michel Pignolet de Montéclair (1667-1737)
Les Ramages (extraits du 5ème concert à deux dessus sans basse)
Michel Corrette (1707-1795)
Le Coucou
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Le Coucou au fond des bois (excerpt from the Carnival of the Animals)
arr. Vincent Bouchot (1966- )
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
La Poule
Camille Saint-Saëns
Poules et coqs (excerpt from the Carnival of the Animals)
arr. Vincent Bouchot
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Laideronnette impératrice des pagodes (excerpt from Ma Mère L’Oye)
arr. Vincent Bouchot
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