Les Violons du Roy

Les Violons du Roy with Bernard Labadie, conductor, and Isabelle Faust, violin

Program:
A program of violin concerti and other works by Johann Sebastian Bach

Three Leipzig Chorales, BWV 651, 660, 655
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042
Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
Contrapunctus XIV from “The Art of Fugue,” BWV 1080
Concerto for Two Violins, Strings, and Continuo in D minor, BWV 1043 – with Pascale Giguère, violin
“Les Violons du Roy … is indeed aptly-named. The Quebec City-based chamber orchestra … produced a sound fit for royalty, with some of the most silky-smooth string playing I have heard.” – The Morning Call

“[Isabelle Faust’s] sound has passion, grit and electricity but also a disarming warmth and sweetness that can unveil the music’s hidden strains of lyricism …” – The New York Times