New concert of the VII International Festival of Ancient Music of Caimari. The event is with the duo formed by Isabelle Lagors (harp) and Christian Ott (Harpsichord), a group that is characterized by the originality of its formation and repertoire.
Isabelle Lagors (Bordeaux in 1971) won the First National Harp Prize and two Chamber Music Awards at the National Conservatory of Music in Paris. Holder of the certificate of aptitude harp, she is currently professor at the National Conservatory of Cergy-Pontoise.
For his part, Christian Ott (Nancy, 1968) won First Prizes for harpsichord, continuous bass and organ also in the Conservatory of Paris and in 1990 won the First Prize of the International Competition of Bordeaux. Head of the certificate of aptitude of organs and musicology, he is professor of organ at the Municipal conservatories XV and XIII of Paris, composer and co-titular organist of the great historical organ of the cathedral of Versailles.
As a duet they revive works of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that have fallen into oblivion and have recorded nine albums. The Latest Ave Maria, with the soprano Lucie Fouquet.
Program:
Louis James Alfred Lefebure-Wély (1817-1869)
Berceuse for harp and harpsichord
Bolero for harp
Alphonse Hasselmans (1845-1912)
La Source op.44 for harp
Félix Godefroid (1818-1897)
Etude de concert for harp
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Aquarium (extracted from Carnaval des animaux) for harp and harpsichord
Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894)
Habanera for harp and harpsichord
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Musikalisches Opfer BWV 1079 for harpsichord (1747):
Ricercar to 3
Ricercar to 6
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Sonata in D-dur KV 448 for harp and harpsichord:
Andante
Allegro