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In 2018, four friends studying at the Royal Academy of Music in London decided to form an ensemble they called Théodora. Mariamielle Lamagat (soprano), Louise Ayrton (baroque violin), Lucie Chabard (harpsichord) and Alice Trocellier (viola da gamba) explore French Baroque music and it's ramifications. For their first recording, part of Alpha Classics' InchBaroque StoriesInch series, they decided to trace the French style in Germanic lands in the 18th century, where the dance forms, dotted rhythms, modulations and harmonies in vogue at the court of Louis XIV inspired composers to create numerous transcriptions, works and new instrumental practices. Johann Fischer and Johann Philipp Krieger make no secret of their admiration for Campra and Lully, whose music enjoyed considerable success across the Rhine. This programme features their magnificent InchDuo de la paix et de la félicitéInch (Duet of Peace and Happiness), in a version preserved in Berlin, performed here with mezzo-soprano Adèle Charvet. Bach is, of course, included he admired the French organ school, particularly Jacques Boyvin, whose superb Récit tendre, from the Second Livre d'Orgue (1700), Théodora has transcribed for violin, viola and basso continuo. Album Tracks 1. Herr Jesu Christ, Dich Zu Uns Wend-Variatio 1 2. Second Livre D'orgue (Paris, 1700)-Récit Tendre (Suite Dans Le Premier Ton) 3. Motets À Voix Seule & Deux Dessus de Violons, Livre Second (Paris, 1699), Ecce Quam Bonum, Motet À Voix Seule Et Deux Dessus de Violons-I. Ecce Quam Bonum 4. Motets À Voix Seule & Deux Dessus de Violons, Livre Second (Paris, 1699), Ecce Quam Bonum, Motet À Voix Seule Et Deux Dessus de Violons-II. Quoniam Illic Mandavit Dominum 5. Armide-Entrée de la Gloire Et de la Sagesse 6. Sonata a 2 Universitetsbibliotek Uppsala (Manuscrit Instr, Mus, I HS. 11 10)-I 7. Sonata a 2 Universitetsbibliotek Up
