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Italy versus France
Saturday 19 February 2011, 7.45pm
Georgian Concert Society, St Cecilia’s Hall, Edinburgh
Lully, Corelli, Muffat, and the styles reunited
The music
Jean-Baptiste Lully: Ouverture and chaconne from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Jean Henry d’Anglebert: Tombeau de M. de Chambonnières
Jean-Féry Rebel: Tombeau de M. de Lully
Georg Muffat: Blanditiae from Florilegium secundum
Arcangelo Corelli: Trio sonata, op. 2, no. 12
Bernardo Pasquini: Toccata
François Couperin: Apothéose de Corelli
Georg Muffat: Armonico tributo: Sonata II
The musicians
Nicolette Moonen & Rachel Isserlis violin, Foskien Kooistra & Rachel Stott viola, Alison McGillivray basse de violon / viola da gamba, Silas Wollston harpsichord