Jean-Luc Ho

Odile Edouard, baroque violin
Jean-Luc Ho, harpsichord

When the baroque violin and the harpsichord interpret the mysteries of nature, early music reveals its full modernity. 

Odile Edouard and Jean-Luc Ho invite us on a virtuosic exploration of the 17th-century Austro-German repertoire, an era when composers vied with one another in ingenuity to capture the vibrations of life. 

Through masterpieces by Walther, Schmelzer, and Biber’s indispensable Sonata Representativa, the bow and the keyboard recreate—with astonishing freedom—the cuckoo’s call, the nightingale’s song, and the breath of nature. Beyond mere imitation, the full expressive and theatrical audacity of the Stylus Phantasticus unfolds here. A musical contest of great finesse, where the chemistry between two leading performers breathes life into a world of poetry, humor, and the absolute. 

François Couperin’s pieces for solo harpsichord round out the program, adding poetry and refinement. A total immersion into the soundscapes of Baroque Europe.

Johann Jakob WALTHER (1650–1617)
“Imitationne del Cucu,” from *Sherzi da violino solo* (1687)

Johann Heinrich SCHMELZER (1623–1683)
4th Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo, from the volume *Uranium Fidium* (1664)

François COUPERIN (1668–1733)
Les Bergeries *
Les Amusements *
From the 2nd Book of Harpsichord Pieces (1716)

Johann Jakob WALTHER
20th Suite from the volume *Hortulus Chelicus* (1688)
Prelude – Allemande – Courante – Sarabande – Gigue 

François COUPERIN 
*L’Amphibie* (passacaglia movement)*
From the 4th Book of Harpsichord Pieces (1730)

Heinrich BIBER (1644–1704)
Representative Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo (1669)
Prelude, The Nightingale, The Cuckoo, The Frog, The Hen and the Rooster, The Quail, The Cat, Military March, Allemande