We are around the time of the Regency, at the political crossroads between Louis XIV and Louis XV. The viola da gamba was enjoying it's last hours of glory in France, while the violin was beginning to take centre stage. The Golden Hour, which generally refers to the periods after sunrise and before sunset when the light changes, evokes here those years of convergence, even confrontation, between a viola da gamba in the twilight of it's life and a violin at the dawn of it's soloist destiny.
2 Sonate I en RÉ Mineur, Op. 4-Allegro Ma Non Tropo
3 Sonate I en RÉ Mineur, Op. 4-Largo
4 Sonate I en RÉ Mineur, Op. 4-Allegro
5 Sonate VI en RÉ Majeur, Op. 50-Largo
6 Sonate VI en RÉ Majeur, Op. 50-Allegro
7 Sonate VI en RÉ Majeur, Op. 50-Larghetto
8 Sonate VI en RÉ Majeur, Op. 50-Allegro
9 Sonate en Si Mineur, Op. 3 No. 3-Prélude, Lentement
10 Sonate en Si Mineur, Op. 3 No. 3-Fugue, Gai
11 Sonate en Si Mineur, Op. 3 No. 3-Lentement Et Doux
12 Sonate en Si Mineur, Op. 3 No. 3-Chaconne Gracieuse
13 Sonate IV en Mi Mineur, Livre Ii-Gracieusement
14 Sonate IV en Mi Mineur, Livre Ii-Viste
15 Sonate IV en Mi Mineur, Livre Ii-Récit-Gai
16 Sonate IV en Mi Mineur, Livre Ii-Viste
17 Sonate XII en Mi Majeur, Livre Ii-Adagio
18 Sonate XII en Mi Majeur, Livre Ii-Courente
19 Sonate XII en Mi Majeur, Livre Ii-Sicilienne
20 Sonate XII en Mi Majeur, Livre Ii-Rondeau
21 Sonate II en Si Mineur, Op. 13-Largo
22 Sonate II en Si Mineur, Op. 13-Allegro Ma Non Tropo
23 Sonate II en Si Mineur, Op. 13-Largo
24 Sonate II en Si Mineur, Op. 13-Allegro
We are around the time of the Regency, at the political crossroads between Louis XIV and Louis XV. The viola da gamba was enjoying it's last hours of glory in France, while the violin was beginning to take centre stage. The Golden Hour, which generally refers to the periods after sunrise and before sunset when the light changes, evokes here those years of convergence, even confrontation, between a viola da gamba in the twilight of it's life and a violin at the dawn of it's soloist destiny.
