PROGRAMS
Receiving accolades such as "exquisitely played" and "spellbinding" from critics and audiences alike, the Duo has become known for its engaging and relaxed style of presentation in both the English and French languages. International audiences are taking note - see the Duo's Performance Schedule for the latest concert dates, or Contact Us to book a date at your location.
‘The Last Time I Came O’er the Moor’ is a delightful program of suites, variations and sonatas based upon traditional and popular Scottish airs featuring works by the Scottish baroque composers James Oswald, Charles McLean, Neil Gow, William Forbes, Alexander Munro and William McGibbon as well as pieces by Francesco Geminiani, Francesco Barsanti and other composers active in England and Scotland in the early 18th century.
**NB - outside of New Brunswick these programs feature recorder and theorbo only.
The Fortress of Louisbourg, the largest fortification ever erected by France in North America, was built on what is now Cape Breton Island to defend France’s fishing and trading interests and to protect the sea approach to the colony of Quebec. “Music in the Time of Louisbourg” has been created to celebrate Louisbourg’s 300th anniversary and features French music from the period of Louisbourg’s foundation in 1713 to shortly before its destruction by the British in 1758. The program includes works by Couperin, de Visee, Rameau, Daquin, Hotteterre, Rebel, Chedeville, Philidor, Blavet and Boismortier, many of which have been chosen because of their references to soldiers, sailors, native peoples and the sea – in short, to the many aspects of life at Louisbourg.
Something Choice and Excellent
Past Performances
**NB - outside of New Brunswick these programs feature recorder and theorbo only.
The title
of this program comes from Johann Sebastian Bach’s 1730 memorandum to the
Leipzig town council, in which he refers to the performances of the virtuoso
musicians in the employ of King Augustus II in Dresden as being “something
choice and excellent to hear”. From 1717, when he first visited Dresden to
perform, until his death in 1750 Bach
maintained close ties with the leading musicians associated with the Dresden
court. In this fascinating program the La Tour Baroque Duo performs works by
Johann Sebastian and Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Johann Gottlieb Graun, Johann
Adolph Hasse, Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Christian Pezold and
Georg Philipp Telemann and explores the personal connections they had with Bach.
**NB - outside of New Brunswick these programs feature recorder and theorbo only.
Past Performances
For details on past performances, click here.
