Lillian Gordis: French Connection
Schedule
Fri Jan 30 2026 at 07:30 pm to 09:30 pm
UTC+00:00Location
Greyfriars Kirk | Edinburgh, SC
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Jean-Philippe Rameau - Premier concert, Pièces de clavecin en concertsÉlisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre - Trio Sonata in B flat major
Johann Sebastian Bach - Trio Sonata from The Musical Offering, BWV 1079
Johann Sebastian Bach - Trio Sonata in C major, BWV 529
Georg Philipp Telemann - Paris Quartet, TWV 43:G1
Jean-Philippe Rameau - Cinquième concert, Pièces de clavecin en concerts
Matthew Truscott, violin
Katy Bircher, flute
Jonathan Manson, viola da gamba
Lilian Gordis, harpsichord
Jean-Philippe Rameau is most famous now as a composer of grand operas, full of myth and phalanxes of woodwind, but in 1741 he published a remarkable collection of pieces with tantalising titles—not only pen-portraits of his fellow musicians like Forqueray and Boucon but also more general character studies of La Timide and L’Indifférente. JS Bach’s Musical Offering has its own remarkable backstory, a collection composed for Frederick the Great of Prussia on a dastardly theme from the King himself. Fittingly for a flute-playing, Francophile monarch, this programme is filled with music that revels in crossing the border.
Pre-concert talk at 6.30pm
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