Treasures of the Baroque
Chamber Music
Thursday, 04. September 2025
7:30 p.m., Church Rougemont
They are the rising stars of the international Baroque scene, breathing new life into centuries-old compositions. With dazzling virtuosity and a fresh perspective, they transform every note into a vibrant firework, as if the music were composed just yesterday.
Since 2015, they have performed together as “Le Consort”: harpsichordist Justin Taylor, an American-French protégé of Blandine Ranou; violinists Théotime Langlois de Swarte, a member of William Christie’s “Les Arts Florissants” family, and Sophie de Bardonnèche, a student of Amandine Beyer at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis; and cellist Hanna Salzenstein, who trained with Raphaël Pidoux in Paris. At their stop in Rougemont, they will be joined by another Baroque luminary, someone with a longstanding friendship with Gstaad Menuhin Festival & Academy: the incomparable recorder virtuoso Maurice Steger.
LE CONSORT (Paris)
Justin Taylor, Harpsichord
Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Baroque violin
Sophie de Bardonnèche, Baroque violin
Hanna Salzenstein, Cello
Maurice Steger, Recorder
| Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) | |
| Trio Sonata for 2 Violins and Basso continuo in G Minor, Op. 1 No. 1, RV 73 | 7' |
| Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) | |
| Largo from the Sonata for Cello and Basso continuo in E Minor, Op. 14 No. 5, RV 40 | 4' |
| Giovanni Battista Reali (1681–1751) | |
| Sinfonia IV (Sonata) in D Major | 7' |
| Giovanni Battista Reali (1681–1751) | |
| Grave & Presto from the Sonata VIII | 2' |
| Giovanni Battista Reali (1681–1751) | |
| Grave from the Sonata IX | 2' |
| Marco Uccellini (1603–1680) | |
| “La Bergamasca” | 3' |
| Giovanni Battista Reali (1681–1751) | |
| “Follia” | 8' |
| Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) | |
| Concerto for Recorder, 2 Violins and Basso continuo in A Minor, RV 108 | 8' |
| Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713) | |
| Sonata for Recorder and Basso continuo in E Major, Op. 5 No. 11 (with contemporary ornaments by Matthew Dubourg [1703-1767]) | 10' |
| Johann Sebastian Bach/Benedetto Marcello | |
| Andante from the Concerto for Solo Harpsichord in D Minor, BWV 974 (arr. by Bach from Marcello's Oboe Concerto in D Minor) | |
| Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) | |
| Trio Sonata for 2 Violins and Basso continuo in D Minor, Op. 1 No. 12, RV 63, “La Follia” | 11' |
| Leonardo Leo (1694–1744) | |
| Concerto for Flautino, Strings and Basso continuo in G Major | 15' |
| 80' | |