Les Kapsber'girls

These are ditties that we hum in the hollow of the ear, poems sung by a lover to his beloved or tunes launched between friends after a good bottle.

They invite us to share the daily life and the intimacy of these little girls who play near the Apollo fountain, of these two lovers hidden between the groves of the Petit Trianon and of these four friends who, around a game of Lansquenet, laugh at court fables.

Because these Brunettes, as they are called, are certainly light in character but strong in authenticity. And France, at the dawn of the 18th century, was home to a host of discreet artists whose talent was at the service of a bourgeoisie and a nobility fond of tunes that simply told them.

For one or two voices, with lute or with viol, Les Kapsber'girls bring to life, more than three centuries later, selected works by Jacques Naudé, Guiseppe Saggione, Julie Pinel and publications by the publishers of the Sun King, Ballard & fils.

Distribution
Alice Duport-Percier, Soprano
Axelle Verner, Mezzo-soprano
Garance Boizot, Viola da Gamba, Top Viola
Albane Imbs, Archlute, baroque guitar, tiorbino and direction

Concert without intermission, 1h15 (4 musicians).

Anon.
Colin disait à sa Bergère
Anon.
Sur cette charmante rive
Anon.
Je ne veux plus aimer rien

Jacques Naudé 
Aimables Rossignols

Anon.
J’avois cru qu’en vous aymant

Nicolas G. Lendormy
La Desmé, Rondeau – Instrumental

Réné Drouart de Bousset (1703-1760) 
Dans ce beau Vallon

Jean de Sainte Colombe (1640-1700)
Chaconne

Anon.
Le beau berger Tircis

Michel Lambert (1610-1696)
Rochers, vous êtes sourds

Jean Marie Le Clerc (1697-1764)
Amis, laissons l’amour

Francesco Corbetta (1615-1681)
Preludio al Quinto Tuono
Caprice de Chaconne
Autre Chaconne

Julie Pinel (1710-1737)
Pourquoi le berger qui m’engage

Robert de Vizée (1650-1732)
La Vilanelle (extraits)

Anon.
Où estes-vous allés 

Elisabeth Jacquet de la guerre (1665-1729)
Les Rossignols, 1721

Anon.
Non non, je n’irai plus au bois seulette

Jacques Naudé
En vérité sévère Margot, 1731

Guiseppe Saggione
Quand je veux boire avec ma maîtresse