L'Achéron

Artistic relations between Italy, France, England, Germany and Spain were of unprecedented vitality during the Renaissance and in the 17th century. Innovations in writing techniques gradually revolutionised the music of these countries, each adapting them to their own cultural identities and practices: this journey allows us to appreciate the variety of colours in the repertoire for viola da gamba consort in Europe and to hear how each nation both imitates and invents itself at a key period in the history of modern art.

Italy
Works by Giovanni Legrenzi, Giovanni Maria Trabaci

France
Works by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Étienne Moulinié

Germany
Works by Samuel Scheidt, Johann Sebastian Bach

England
Works by Anthony Holborne, Matthew Locke

Spain
Works by Antonio de Cabezon, Pablo Bruna

Cast

François Joubert-Caillet viola da gamba 
Marie-Suzanne de Loye tenor viol 
Aude-Marie Piloz bass viol 
Sarah van Oudenhove bass viol