Sympathia – The Thousand Voices of the Gamba

One instrument – a thousand voices. Temperament meets sensitivity in a dramatic solo journey across almost 200 years, from Versailles to London and beyond. From enchanting, intimate resonance to fire, groove, and drama – different worlds of gamba repertoire, with Bach heard through the gamba´s voice, told as one story. Sympathia is sympathetic correspondence: when sound and body “catch” each other, acoustically and emotionally, and resonance happens in every sense.

Repertoire

Karl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787): Arpeggiata

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767): Vivace (Fantasie in d-minor)

Marin Marais (1656-1728): Les voix humaines

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) Vivace (from the Sonata D-Major)

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) Largo, Vivace (from the Fantasia in e-minor)

Marin Marais (1656-1728): Muzette, Sarabande à L´Espagnole

Antoine Forqueray (1672-1745): Bransle

Le Sieur de Machy (17th century): Prelude

Sainte Colombe (17th century): Chaconne

Johann Schenck (1660- after 1716): Aria burlesca

Tobias Hume (around 1579-1645): A Pavan

Anonymus: The Lancashire Pipes

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Prelude, Allemande, Sarabande, Gavotte I+II, Gigue (from the Suites for Violoncello solo, BWV 1008, 1011,1012)