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Ensemble Molière – Hidden Gems
Folkestone Early Music
Sunday 19th January, 2025
3:00 pm
The Green Room @ The Grand, The Leas
Concert
Ensemble Molière have gained a reputation as an established early music ensemble. Their unique line-up of instruments provides memorable and creative programmes from the repertoire of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, all inspired by the music of the French Baroque.
Ensemble Molière were selected as the first ever BBC Radio 3 New Generation Baroque Ensemble for two years from October 2021, in partnership with BBC Radio 3, the National Centre for Early Music and the Royal College of Music. They have performed throughout the UK and Europe, including concerts at the Buxton International Festival, Beverley Early Music Festival, Lammermuir Festival, MA Festival Fringe in Bruges and Festival Oude Muziek Fringe in Utrecht. The group made their debut at the London Festival of Baroque Music under the ‘Future Artists’ scheme, and are also former members of the BREMF Live! programme. In 2017, they reached the finals of the York Early Music International Young Artists Competition.
Ensemble Molière’s first cross-arts project, Pygmalion, was part-funded by Arts Council England and featured an innovative combination of opera and digital media. More recently, the group joined forces with two clowns to create a music theatre show, Good Soup, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of their namesake, the French playwright and actor Molière. The production explored Molière’s world through his words and the music of his time, and premiered in London in July 2022 in the intimate and theatrical surroundings of Sands Films Studio. Ensemble Molière’s debut album, The King’s Playlist, was released on Linn Records in March 2024.
Ensemble Molière is bringing to light a sparkling kaleidoscope of Hidden Gems from the French Baroque.
If you love the music of Corelli, then Dandrieu’s suspenseful Italianate trio sonatas will tickle your fancy, and if you’ve enjoyed Telemann’s Paris Quartets, then Guilleman’s virtuosic quartet will be right up your street. The ensemble also explores a variety of different sound worlds, from a delicate duet of bassoon and viola da gamba by Corrette to stylish pièces de clavecin avec violon by Duphly. Unearth these musical gems to add to your playlist!
This concert is supported by Angel Early Music and Continuo Foundation.
Ticket £15 – available on the door or online.
