Instrumentarium

Susanne Heinrich	a	pardessus de viole (Merion Attwood, 1995) after Louis Guersan (c. 1740)
	b	treble viol (M. Attwood, 1993) after Henry Jaye (mid 17C)
	c	6-string bass viol (M. Attwood, 2000) after anonymous 17C English
	d	7-string bass viol (Robert Eyland, 1998) after Collichon (c. 1691)
Susanna Pell	e	treble viol (Jane Julier, 1993) after Henry Jaye (mid 17C)
	f	7-string bass viol (J. Julier, 2001)
Asako Morikawa	g	6-string bass viol (Anon., late 17th century English)
Reiko Ichise	h	7-string bass viol (David Rubio, 1986) after Guillaume Barbey (c. 1720)
Lynda Sayce	i	theorbo (Michael Lowe, 2000) after 17C iconography
	j	baroque lute (David Van Edwards, 2000) after Johann C. Hoffmann (c.1720)
	k	baroque guitar (Ivo Magherini, 2002) after Giovanni Tesler (c.1620)
Kah-Ming Ng	l	chamber organ (Vincent Woodstock, 1996)
	m	harpsichord (Andrea Goble, 1982), after Carl Conrad Fleischer (1716)

1

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Erbarm dich mein, O Herre Gott, BWV 721, arr. S. Heinrich

b

e

g

h

[4:10]

2

J. S. Bach: In Dir ist Freude, BWV 615, arr. K-M. Ng

b

e

g

h

j

l

[2:16]

3

Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672): Feritevi, ferite, SWV 9, arr. K-M. Ng

b

e

g

h

i

m

[2:22]

David Funck (1648-?1699) Suite in D major from Stricturae Viola di Gambicae (1677):

4

- Adagio

c

f

g

h

k

m

[1:25]

5

- [Allegro]

[0:58]

6

- Sarabande & Double

[3:58]

7

- Gigue

[1:07]

8

Davidt Adam Baudringer (fl. late 17th c.): Sonata in Bb major for viola da gamba & b.c.

c

i

m

[6:53]

9

Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706): Ciaccona in F minor

m

[6:04]

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767): Concerto for four violins without b.c., TWV 40:204:

10

- Grave

c

f

g

h

[1:19]

11

- Allegro

[2:04]

12

- Adagio

[1:12]

13

- Spirituoso

[2:36]

14

Ernst Christian Hesse (1676-1762): Paÿsan en Rondeau

d

i

l

[4:17]

15

Augusto Kühnel (1645-c. 1700): Sonata à 2 in E minor from Sonate ô Partite ad una o due Viole da Gamba con il Basso Continuo (1698): Sonata-Aria-Allegro-Aria-Adagio

c

f

m

[8:41]

16

Georg Böhm (1661-1733): Chaconne in G major

m

[3:11]

17

J. S. Bach: Das alte Jahr vergangen ist, BWV 614, arr. S. Heinrich

b

e

g

h

[2:20]

18

Johannes Schenck (1660-c. 1720): Sonata IV in A minor from Tyd en konst-oeffeningen, op. 2, arrangement in GB-Ob MS Mus. Sch. D. 249; Adagio-[Canzona allegro]-Adagio-Grave-[Aria]-Presto-[Presto]

c

g

h

i

l

[9:27]

19

Johann Joseph Fux (1660-1741): Ciaconna in G major, arr. K-M. Ng

a

e

g

f

i

m

[6:12]

20

J. S. Bach: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 634/706, arr. S. Heinrich

b

e

g

h

j

l

[3:17]

Total running time:

[74:00]

Pitch A = 415 Hz. Keyboards tuned by Kah-Ming Ng in 1/6-comma mean tone, Kirnberger III and Werckmeister III temperaments.

Credits

We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of Abjad Ltd in making this recording possible

We would like to thank the Heather Professor of Oxford University, Reinhard Strohm, in whose invitation to Charivari Agréable to perform for the Faculty of Music lies the genesis of this programme.

Pictures

Picture research by Kah-Ming Ng

Front cover: ‘A Young Boy with a Viola da Gamba’ (c. 1675) by Jan Verkolje, photographed by Lukasz Schuster, by kind permission of the Wawel Royal Castle, Krakow.

Ensemble photograph: Ian Baldwin