Dialogue Viols
Before the Guillotine
Celebrating the music of pre-Revolutionary France
With the dream continuo team of Ibrahim Aziz and Lynda Sayce
Supported by a grant from Continuo Foundation
Our programme starts in France from the end of 17th century, with the rise in popularity of the violin and the pardessus de viole, with music by Corelli, and Hotteterre played on tiny viols. The violin shaped viol, the quinton, developed sometime after the opening in 1725 of the first French series of public concerts, the Concert Spirituel, in the spacious hall of the Palais des Tuileries, where it could project. We play Morel and Marais in a combination of quinton and bass viol with continuo, that could be heard in the Palace of Versailles; the viola da gamba marathon, the famous Sonnerie de Sainte Geneviève du Mont de Paris.
The sound of a single bass viol is wonderful. The sound of two bass viols is fantastic. The sounds of three bass viols is awesome!
Finally, for three bass viols, we play Forqueray.
Sat 1 February 2025
Blackheath Quaker Meeting House 
3:30pm
Tickets £15 Adults, Students £7, U16s Free
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Baroque viols; how high and low can you go?
Our programme starts in France from the end of 17th century, with the rise in popularity of the violin and the pardessus de viole, with music by Corelli, and Hotteterre played on tiny viols. The violin shaped viol, the quinton, developed sometime after the opening in 1725 of the first French series of public concerts, the Concert Spirituel, in the spacious hall of the Palais des Tuileries, where it could project. We play Morel and Marais in a combination of quinton and bass viol with continuo, that could be heard in the Palace of Versailles; the viola da gamba marathon, the famous Sonnerie de Sainte Geneviève du Mont de Paris.
The sound of a single bass viol is wonderful. The sound of two bass viols is fantastic. The sounds of three bass viols is awesome!
Finally, for three bass viols, we play Forqueray.
Venue Details & Map
Location
Blackheath Quaker Meeting House
2 Lawn Terrace, Blackheath, London SE3 9LL