Performing with
Les Violons du Roy
Jonathan Cohen, conductor

Les Violons du Roy—a treasure of Québec City since its founding in 1984—brings a bountiful “Baroquet” of music by bigwigs of the day. Under the direction of Jonathan Cohen, this exceptional ensemble has 36 recordings to its name and a reputation for its attention to detail across music from the Baroque through the 20th century. Les Violons du Roy is joining forces in this concert with phenomenal classical guitarist MILOŠ. With pluck and verve they will incorporate the guitar into the ensemble so that we may hear the music—some familiar, some less so—afresh.

Pre-concert Conversation with the Artists: 6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion.

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