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‘A wonder has appeared in Paris’: Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
Sunday 17 May 2015, 3.30pm
London Festival of Baroque Music: The Wallace Collection, Hertford House, Manchester Square, London W1U 3BN
Chamber music composed by Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, including solo pieces for the harpsichord played by Béatrice Martin – in the exquisite surroundings of the Wallace Collection
The music
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729):
Trio Sonata in D major
Suite in D minor (from Pièces de clavecin)
Violin Sonata in F major
Suite in A minor (from Pièces de clavecin)
Trio Sonata in C minor
The musicians
(Nicolette Moonen violin, Oliver Webber violin, Reiko Ichise viola da gamba, Silas Wollston harpsichord)
and Béatrice Martin harpsichord