Saturday 24 August 2002 12:00 pm
The Noble Bass Viol
| Anonymous (North German c.1620) | Fantasia in Bastart |
| Sieur de Machy (fl.1685-92) | Prelude, Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Gigue & Gavotte from Pièces de violle |
| William Young (d. 1662) | Prelude |
| August Kühnel (1645 – c.1700) | Suite No. 13 in A minor |
| Jean de Sainte-Colombe (c.1658 – 1687) | Prelude |
| Marin Marais (1656 – 1728) | Prelude, Allemande, Courante, Sarabande Grave, Gigue, Double Rondeau & La Polonoise from Pièces de violes, 2e livre |
- Mark Caudle bass viol
In the seventeenth century the bass viol was developed as a solo instrument rivalling the lute. This programme explores its unaccompanied repertoire, contrasting music by the French composers Marais, Sainte-Colombe and de Machy with the German August Kühnel and the Englishman William Young.
Mark Caudle, for many years a resident of Polstead, is now recognised as one of Britain’s foremost viol players.