La Nébuleuse / Gabriel Rignol

EARLY MUSIC

In the footsteps of the theorbo

The story of an instrument's life between Italy, France and Baroque Germany

This programme retraces the life of the theorbo, beginning with its invention in Italy by Kapsberger, Castaldi and Piccinini, followed by its arrival in France with Robert de Visée etc...

Johannes HIERONYMUS KAPSGERBER (Venice 1580 - Rome 1651)
Libro quarto (1640) d'Intavolatura di Chitarone

Bellerofonte CASTALDI (Collegara 1580 - Modena 1649)
Capricci a due stromenti (1622)

Alessandro PICCININI (Bologna 1566 - Bologna 1638)
Intavolatura di Liuto et di Chitarrone, libro primo (1632)
Suite in D and G minor :
Toccata Prima, Arpeggiata a mio modo, Passacaglia,
Toccata VI, Canario & Sfessaina

Robert DE VISÉE (France 1650 - Paris 1725)
Ms. Vaudry de Saizenay Vaudry de Saizenay (1699)
Suite in A minor

Johann Sebastian BACH (Eisenach 1685 - Leipzig 1750)
Suites for Cello (1726)
First Suite in G major BWV 1007