NEW ALBUM OUT NOW: Le Carillon des Regrets

The history of music is full of curious compositions outside the established canons that are known only to selected connoisseurs. There is a particular preference in this respect for musical programme pieces from the Baroque era, that is to say before the establishment of programme music as a genre in the 19th century. That includes the numerous, often amusing ‘animal pieces’ like the Sonata representativa by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber or the Cuckoo’s Capriccios and Concertos by such eminent composers as George Frideric Handel. This practice may also extend however to sacred themes such as the Biblical Histories of Johann Kuhnau or Biber’s Rosary Sonatas. Less frequently, pieces of music may have a culinary background and even more rarely, a medical one. It is a piece in the latter category that is the subject of this programme. As it is so bizarrely unique, it forms the central element and guiding light of a complete story.

Alex Jellici⏐viola da gamba

Matías Lanz⏐harpsichord

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