Bertrand Cuiller

Bertrand Cuiller

Yes, Byrd again. And this time, William faces resistance. When Bertrand Cuiller juxtaposes the English virginalist with the Hungarian éminence grise György Ligeti, everything is suddenly up in the air: patterns emerge, voices intertwine, time seems to flow differently. Four centuries apart, the same obsession with structure, texture, and motif: Cuiller keeps the reins tight, but lets things derail just enough to make it exciting!

Harpsichord: Boccalari 1669

Programme

• György Ligeti

  Continuum
  Passacaglia ungherese
  Hungarian Rock

  1923-2006
• William Byrd

  Fortune, MB 6
  The March before the battle, MB 93
  The Battle, MB 94
  The Queen’s Alman, MB 10
  Ground, MB 9
  Lady Monteagle’s Pavan, MB 75
  Fantasia, MB 62
  
  Programme subject to change

  c1540-1623

Musicians

• Bertrand Cuiller harpsichord