Les Violons du Roy with Maurice Steger, recorder
Bernard Labadie, music director
Friday, January 27 | 8:00 PM | Folly Theater
“Scintillating, sexy, electric, elegant, sensuous, risky, robust, and just plain exciting and entertaining. Highly recommended!”ClassicsToday.com
The chamber orchestra Les Violons du Roy borrows its name from the renowned string orchestra of the court of the French kings. The ensemble, widely acclaimed for the exceptional energy, brilliance and vitality of its performances, specializes in the vast repertoire of the Baroque and Classical eras, performed in the stylistic manner of the 17th and early 18th centuries. Les Violons du Roy appears with the world’s leading recorder virtuoso, Maurice Steger, in a program of Handel, Telemann, Sammartini, and, Geminiani.
Bernard Labadie, music director
Friday, January 27 | 8:00 PM | Folly Theater
“Scintillating, sexy, electric, elegant, sensuous, risky, robust, and just plain exciting and entertaining. Highly recommended!”ClassicsToday.com
The chamber orchestra Les Violons du Roy borrows its name from the renowned string orchestra of the court of the French kings. The ensemble, widely acclaimed for the exceptional energy, brilliance and vitality of its performances, specializes in the vast repertoire of the Baroque and Classical eras, performed in the stylistic manner of the 17th and early 18th centuries. Les Violons du Roy appears with the world’s leading recorder virtuoso, Maurice Steger, in a program of Handel, Telemann, Sammartini, and, Geminiani.
Program:
Handel Telemann Sammartini Geminani | Concerto Grosso in B-flat major, Op. 6 No. 7 "Hornpipe," HWV 325 Suite in A minor for alto recorder, strings, and basso continuo, TWV 55:a2 Concerto in F major for soprano recorder and strings Concerto Grosso No. 12 in D minor, "La Follia" (After Corelli) Concerto No. 10 in F major for Recorder and Orchestra (after Corelli) Orchestral edition after Arcangelo Corelli's Opus 5 |
