Something Like #11: Baroque Deux
I’m very excited to share the second episode of our series on Baroque music, all about the music made during the reign of Louis XIV. May 15 2020

Bonjour mes amis,

I’m very excited to share the second episode of our series on Baroque music, all about the music made during the reign of Louis XIV. Those of you who know me will know that this music is the origin of my love of baroque music, and I’ve tried to bring a little bit of context to this fascinating era in which ballet was first refined, and in which a seventh string was added to the viola da gamba! What a time!

The cover image for this episode comes courtesy of the Victoria & Albert Museum, and is an illustration of a costume for a “Hocricane” in La Douairère de Dillebahaut, from 1626.

Tracklist

1) Le Roy: Ballet de la Merlaison (Groupe des Instruments Anciens de Paris), Louis XIII
2) Les Pleurs D’Orphée (L’Orchestre De Louis XIII), Danicon Philidor
3) Overture: La Ballet de la Nuit (Musica Antica Köln), Jean-Baptiste Lully
4) Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Marche Pour la Cérémonie des Turcs, Jean-Baptiste Lully
5) Works for 2 Bass Viols (Les Voix Humaines), Monsieur de Sainte Colombe
6) Pomone: Que Voyez-Vous Mes Yeux (Céline Scheen), Robert Cambert
7) La Reveuse (Jordi Savall), Marin Marais
8) Sonata 2 (Bizzarrie Armoniche), Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre
9) Les Barricades Mysterieuses (Hanneke van Proodij), Francois Couperin
10) Capricci in musica à 3 El Travagliato (Arranged by Francois Colpron), Les Boréades de Montréal
11) La Triomphe de l’Amour: Prelude Pour la Nuit (Musica Antica Köln), Jean-Baptiste Lully
12) Le Tableau de l’Operation de la Taille (Cem Duruoz), Marin Marais
13) Ma Virginie, Hélène Baillargeon and Alan Mills