6th BAROQUE MUSIC FESTIVAL: 1723
J.S. BACH - C.F. ABEL, SONATAS FOR VIOLA DA GAMBA & HARPSICHORD

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Festival artistic direction Dimos Goudaroulis

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J.S. Bach – C.F. Abel, Sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsicord
 
In 1723, the year that J. S. Bach left Köthen, Carl Friedrich Abel, the last and most important gambist of his time, was born there. His father, Christian Ferdinand Abel, was the principal gambist and cellist in Prince Leopold's orchestra at the court of Köthen, and a good friend of J. S. Bach. Carl Friedrich Abel would later study in Leipzig with Bach and become a very close friend and collaborator of Johann Christian Bach in London, where together they would establish the famous Bach – Abel concert series.
Lucile Boulanger is one of the most important and distinguished viola da gamba players of our days. In this program she presents, together with her collaborator and excellent harpsichordist Pierre Gallon, two of the three magnificent Sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord that Bach probably wrote in Köthen, as well as Sonatas by Carl Friedrich Abel.