NICOLAS ALTSTAEDT, cello & THOMAS DUNFORD, lute

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The Eric Clapton of the lute.

– BBC Magazine

Those of you who have experienced performances by Nicolas Altstaedt and Thomas Dunford on our stages in the past will know that these are two incredibly gifted and mesmerizing musicians. Put them together and you have a dream pairing of the most innovative and compelling musical minds. Their program includes works that span from the French Baroque to the late Romantic periods. These are interspersed with two of J.S. Bach’s iconic cello suites, one of which has been transcribed for lute. We are officially intrigued. This will be a recital to remember!

An absolute revelation. Nicolas Altstaedt, one of the cello realm’s most brilliant princes.

— Huffington Post

MARIN MARAIS: La Rêveuse (from Pièces de viole, Book IV, No. 82) (Thomas Dunford & Nicolas Altstaedt)

ANTOINE FORQUERAY: La Leclair (from Suite No. 2 in G major) (Thomas Dunford & Nicolas Altstaedt)

J.S. BACH/T. DUNFORD: Prelude – Allemande – Courante (from Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007) (Thomas Dunford)

MARIN MARAIS: Fêtes champêtres (from Pièces de viole, Book IV, No. 61) (Thomas Dunford & Nicolas Altstaedt)

J.S. BACH/T. DUNFORD: Sarabande – Menuet I – Menuet II – Gigue (from Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007) (Thomas Dunford)

MARIN MARAIS: Le Badinage (from Pièces de viole, Book IV, No. 87) (Thomas Dunford & Nicolas Altstaedt)

MARIN MARAIS: Couplets de Folies (from Pièces de viole, Book II, No. 20) (Thomas Dunford & Nicolas Altstaedt)

J.S. BACH: Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011 (Nicolas Altstaedt)

HENRI DUPARC: Lento (Thomas Dunford & Nicolas Altstaedt)

ANTOINE FORQUERAY: La Buisson (from Suite No. 2 in G Major) (Thomas Dunford & Nicolas Altstaedt)                                                                                             

MARIN MARAIS: Les voix humaines (from Pièces de viole, Book II, No. 63) (Thomas Dunford & Nicolas Altstaedt)                                                          

MARIN MARAIS: Grand Ballet (from Pièces de viole, Book III, No. 13) (Thomas Dunford & Nicolas Altstaedt)

MARIN MARAIS: Le Tourbillon (from Pièces de viole, Book IV, No. 64) (Thomas Dunford & Nicolas Altstaedt)

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