2017 Festival
For the 4th edition of the Festival, we ventured into the past with historically informed performances of seldom-played French baroque cello music and into the future with a candlelit rendition of Schönber'sVerklärte Nacht.
The Concerts
27th July 2017 - Crypt of the Abbey of Arles-Sur-Tech
Fr. Schubert: Sonate "Arpeggione" in A minor, D. 821 for cello and piano
Thomas Isaac - cello; Ralitsa Penkova - piano
G. Faure: Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 15
Gabriella Jones - violin; Oscar Holch - viola; Nathan Giorgetti - cello; Ralitsa Penkova - piano
29th July 2017 - Church of Corsavy
W. A. Mozart - Divertimento for String Trio in E-flat major, K.563
Harriet Haynes - violin; Oscar Holch - viola; Tom Isaac - cello
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F. Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 4 in E minor, Op. 44, No. 2
Gabriella Jones & Harriet Haynes - violin; Ruth Kemna - viola; Nathan Giorgetti - cello
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30th July 2017 - Church of Montferrer
“Le Violoncelle en France”
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier - Sonate pour le violoncelle et Basse op.26 n.5 en Sol mineur
Jean Pierre Guignon - Sonate à deux violoncelles op.II n.1 en Do majeur
Venceslao Spourni - Sonate à deux violoncelles n.3 en Sol majeur
Jean Barrière - Sonate pour le violoncelle et Basse op.I n.2 en Sol mineur
Jean Baur - Sonate pour violoncelle et Basse op.I n.5 en Fa majeur
Jean Marie Raoul - Solos n.2 pour le violoncelle avec la Basse en Re majeur
Ignace Pleyel - premier mouv. de la Sonate pour le violoncelle et Basse n.6 en Do mineur
Jean Louis Duport - mouvement final du Duo n.2 pour violoncelles, en Re mineur
Claudio Ronco & Emanuela Vozza - Baroque Cello
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2nd August 2017 - Church of Prats de Mollo la Preste
Johannes Brahms: String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18
A. Shönberg: Transfigured Night (Verklärte Nacht), Op. 4
Gabriella Jones & Harriet Haynes - violin; Oscar Holch & Ruth Kemna - viola; Thomas Isaac & Nathan Giorgetti - cello
The Artists
Claudio Ronco (Italy) - Baroque Cello
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Emanuela Vozza (Italy) - Baroque Cello
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Gabriella Jones (UK) - Violin
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Harriet Haynes (UK) - Violin
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Nathan Giorgetti (Italy) - Cello
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Oscar Holch (UK) - Viola
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Ralitsa Penkova (Bulgaria) - Piano
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Ruth Kemna (Germany) - Viola
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Thomas Isaac (UK) - Cello