La messagère: XVII-XXIe siècles, un portrait de la viole de gambe Lucile Boulanger

• Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (1640 - 1700): Manuscrit de Tournus, Suite in D Minor:
• 1Sainte-Colombe: Manuscrit de Tournus, Suite in D Minor: Prélude02:49
• 2Sainte-Colombe: Manuscrit de Tournus, Suite in D Minor: Allemande02:23
• 3Sainte-Colombe: Manuscrit de Tournus, Suite in D Minor: Courante et son double01:37
• 4Sainte-Colombe: Manuscrit de Tournus, Suite in D Minor: Sarabande02:38
• 5Sainte-Colombe: Manuscrit de Tournus, Suite in D Minor: Gavotte00:46
• 6Sainte-Colombe: Manuscrit de Tournus, Suite in D Minor: Chaconne04:14
• Philippe Hersant (b. 1948): L’ombre d'un doute:
• 7Hersant: L’ombre d'un doute: I. Fanfare01:16
• Claire-Mélanie Sinnhuber (b. 1973): La Dame d'onze heures:
• 8Sinnhuber: La Dame d'onze heures10:01
• Philippe Hersant: L’ombre d'un doute:
• 9Hersant: L’ombre d'un doute: II. La Messagère01:36
• Nicolas Hotman (1610 - 1663): Manuscrit de Cracovie, Suite in D Minor:
• 10Hotman: Manuscrit de Cracovie, Suite in D Minor: Prélude du Sieur Dubuisson01:55
• 11Hotman: Manuscrit de Cracovie, Suite in D Minor: Ballet02:40
• 12Hotman: Manuscrit de Cracovie, Suite in D Minor: Courante et ses variations02:21
• 13Hotman: Manuscrit de Cracovie, Suite in D Minor: Sarabande et sa variation02:12
• 14Hotman: Manuscrit de Cracovie, Suite in D Minor: Gigue et ses variations02:17
• Marin Marais (1656 - 1728): Pièces à une et trois violes, Quatrième Livre:
• 15Marais: Pièces à une et trois violes, Quatrième Livre: L'Arabesque03:47
• Philippe Hersant: L’ombre d'un doute:
• 16Hersant: L’ombre d'un doute: III. Les Ombres01:35
• Gérard Pesson (b. 1958): La Fugitive:
• 17Pesson: La Fugitive08:18
• Philippe Hersant: L’ombre d'un doute:
• 18Hersant: L’ombre d'un doute: IV. La Harpe d'Orphée01:23
• Sieur Demachy (b. 1655): Pièces de violle, Suite in G Minor:
• 19Demachy: Pièces de violle, Suite in G Minor: Prélude01:26
• Marin Marais: Pièces à une et deux violes, Premier Livre, Suite in G Minor:
• 20Marais: Pièces à une et deux violes, Premier Livre, Suite in G Minor: Allemande03:58
• 21Marais: Pièces à une et deux violes, Premier Livre, Suite in G Minor: Sarabande02:49
• 22Marais: Pièces à une et deux violes, Premier Livre, Suite in G Minor: Gigue01:47
• Sieur Demachy: Pièces de violle, Suite in G Minor:
• 23Demachy: Pièces de violle, Suite in G Minor: Gavotte01:02
• 24Demachy: Pièces de violle, Suite in G Minor: Menuet01:08
• Philippe Hersant: L’ombre d'un doute:
• 25Hersant: L’ombre d'un doute: V. Les Esprits01:19
• Marin Marais: Pièces à une et deux violes, Premier Livre, Suite in D Major:
• 26Marais: Pièces à une et deux violes, Premier Livre, Suite in D Major: Prélude03:08
• 27Marais: Pièces à une et deux violes, Premier Livre, Suite in D Major: Chaconne06:52
• Total Runtime01:17:17

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After the immense success of her Bach-Abel album (ALPHA783), Lucile Boulanger celebrates the French viol through the centuries: ‘This transchronological dialogue traces the history of a dynasty of composers in a subjective, even emotional way’, from the seventeenth century (Marin Marais, Sainte-Colombe, Nicolas Hotman) to the twenty-first, with contemporary works by Philippe Hersant, Claire-Mélanie Sinnhuber and Gérard Pesson, some of which were specifically written for Lucile Boulanger: ‘There is no longer any need to prove that my instrument is an integral part of our musical landscape. The viol is alive and well. For several decades now, it has inspired new compositions; its vocabulary is constantly expanding’, concludes the violist.

Lucile Boulanger, viola da gamba

Lucile Boulanger
began learning the viola da gamba with Christine Plubeau at the age of 5 years, with whom she continued to study until her admission to the Conservatory of Paris in the class of Ariane Maurette. She received her diploma in 2004 and joined the class of Jerome Hantai at the CNR in Cergy where she received first prizes with highest honours both as a soloist and in chamber music. She then joined the class of Christophe Coin at the CNSMD Paris where she obtained her Diploma in 2009. She has participated in master classes with Wieland Kuijken, Anne-Marie Lasla and Philippe Pierlot.

As a chamber musician she works with many ensembles of her generation, but she is also invited by established ensemble such as the Folies Françoises (Patrick Cohën-Akenine), Le Poème Harmonique (Vincent Dumestre), The Cyclops (Thierry Maeder / BibianeLapointe), Chapel Rhine (Benoît Haller), Ensemble Pierre Robert (Frederick Desenclos), Capriccio Stravagante (Skip Sempe), Il Gardellino (Jan De Winne / Marcel Ponseele) and Collegium marianum (Jana Semeradova). She performs regularly as a recitalist, where she enjoys particularly interpreting the sonatas of JS Bach.

In June 2009 she won the first prize in the International viola da gamba competition Bach-Abel (chaired by Wieland Kuijken), also receiving prizes for the best interpretations of Bach and Abel. In the same year she won the European contest organized by the Società Umanitaria in Milan which each year rewards three young musicians from all disciplines.

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