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Artists
*Appearing through an Agreement between this theatre, Sierra Madre Playhouse, and Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
About
Duo Remanence presents a musical journey in five acts, featuring music from the early eighteenth century written for harpsichord, cello, and viola da gamba. The concert begins with playful galant melodies and dance rhythms in cello sonatas by Antonio Vivaldi and Giovanni Battista Pergolesi. Then the dense counterpoint of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Sonata for Viol and Harpsichord animates vigorous dialogues between the players. “O Mother What Shall I Do” is a traditional Scottish tune arranged by the cellist James Oswald, followed by Marin Marais’s “Le Badinage” and “Le Labyrinthe,” pièces de caractères that evoke the passions of a witty conversation and a perilous labyrinth maze. Duo Remanence performs these works on a cello made in Milan in 1686, a viol from Tournai made in 1750, and a harpsichord made by local harpsichord maker Curtis Berak.