Performing with
Les Violons du Roy
Jonathan Cohen, conductor

The chamber orchestra Les Violons du Roy takes its name from the renowned string orchestra of the court of the French kings. The group, which has a core membership of 15 players, was brought together in 1984 by Founding Conductor Bernard Labadie and continues under Music Director Jonathan Cohen to specialize in the vast repertoire of music for chamber orchestra.

PROGRAMME

GUILLAUME DUMANOIR Overture
ALESSANDRO MARCELLO Adagio
DOMENICO ALBERTI Allegro
PIETRO ANTONIO LOCATELLI Concerto Grosso in F minor, op. 1/8 
ANTONIO VIVALDI Selections from L’estro armonico, op. 3
FRANCESCO GEMINIANI Concerto Grosso in D minor, H. 143 (“La Folia”)
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU Selection from Les Boréades: The Arts and the Hours
FRANÇOIS COUPERIN Second livre de pieces de clavecin, 6e ordre: Les baricades mistérieuses
LOUIS-CLAUDE DAQUIN Livre de pièces de clavecin: Le coucoû
SYLVIUS LEOPOLD WEISS Passacaglia

HENRY PURCELL
The History of Timon of Athens, the Man-Hater: Overture, Z632 The Fairy Queen: Prelude, Z629
Music for a while from Oedipus, Z583
When I am laid in earth from Dido and Aeneas, Z626
What power art thou from King Arthur, Z628

GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN “Conclusion,” Musique de table i: Allegro