Jean Rondeau

Jean Rondeau

In his fifth encounter with Louis Couperin, Rondeau delves deeper into the dialogue between the master and his contemporaries. Take Le Moutier, for example – a variation on an allemande by Couperin’s teacher, Jacques Champion de Chambonnières. Five suites guide us through a labyrinth of contrasting emotions: melancholic sarabandes, festive gaillardes, and stirring chaconnes. Brilliant outlier: the suite from the Oldham Manuscript – lesser-known works, polished into diamonds by Rondeau. 

Programme

• Louis Couperin

  Suite in C major
  Prélude 10
  Le Moutier, Allemande de Mr De Chambonnière / Double par Mr Couperin 126
  Courante 17
  Sarabande 20
  Sarabande 21
  Menuet 29
  Chaconne 26
  
  Suite in F major
  Prélude 12
  Allemande 66
  Courante 68
  Sarabande 72
  Courante 71
  Sarabande 44
  Gigue 76
  Chaconne 80
  
  Suite in F major
  Allemande 67
  Courante 70
  Courante 119
  Sarabande 75
  Sarabande 50
  Gaillarde 77
  Gigue 79
  
  Suite in G minor
  Prélude 5
  Allemande 93
  Allemande 118
  Courante 94
  Courante 90
  Sarabande 95
  Chaconne 121
  
  Suite in A minor
  Prélude OL 46
  Allemande (Oldham)
  Courante (Oldham)
  Courante (Oldham)
  Sarabande 109
  
  Programme subject to change
  

  c1626-1661

Musicians

• Jean Rondeau harpsichord