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'''La Petite Bande''' is a Belgium-based ensemble specialising in [[Baroque music]] played on [[period instrument]]s. They are particularly known for their recordings of works by [[Arcangelo Corelli|Corelli]], [[Rameau]], [[Handel]], and [[Bach]].<ref>Kenyon (1988) p. 50</ref><ref>Littler (23 March 1990) p. D18</ref> |
'''La Petite Bande''' is a Belgium-based ensemble specialising in [[Baroque music]] played on [[period instrument]]s. They are particularly known for their recordings of works by [[Arcangelo Corelli|Corelli]], [[Rameau]], [[Handel]], and [[Bach]].<ref>Kenyon (1988) p. 50</ref><ref>Littler (23 March 1990) p. D18</ref> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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The ensemble was brought together in 1972 by [[Sigiswald Kuijken]], originally for the one-off purpose of recording [[Jean-Baptiste Lully]]'s comédie-ballet, ''[[Le Bourgeois gentilhomme]]'', conducted by [[Gustav Leonhardt]] for the Deutsche Harmonia Mundi label. The ensemble was given its name from Lully's ''[[Les Vingt-quatre Violons du Roi|petite bande]]'', an orchestra of 21 string players at the court of [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]].<ref>Kemp (November 1997) p. 21</ref><ref>Chapin (1904/2008) p. 244</ref> The nucleus of the original group was the Leonhardt Consorte along with Sigiswald Kuijken and his brothers [[Wieland Kuijken|Wieland]] and [[Barthold Kuijken|Barthold]].<ref>Watchorn (2007) p. 18</ref> Following the recording, the group continued to give concerts throughout Europe and became a permanent ensemble based in [[Leuven]] under the directorship of Kuijken. Their initial repertoire concentrated on French Baroque music, but soon branched out into Italian and German composers, including Handel and Bach. They also branched out from the Baroque to the [[Classical period (music)|Classical period]] with performances and recordings of works by [[Haydn]] and [[Mozart]]. Their first appearance in the UK was at the 1982 [[BBC Proms]], with a concert of pieces by Bach, Handel, and Rameau. The critic Barry Millington described the performance in ''[[The Musical Times]]'': |
The ensemble was brought together in 1972 by [[Sigiswald Kuijken]], originally for the one-off purpose of recording [[Jean-Baptiste Lully]]'s comédie-ballet, ''[[Le Bourgeois gentilhomme]]'', conducted by [[Gustav Leonhardt]] for the Deutsche Harmonia Mundi label. The ensemble was given its name from Lully's ''[[Les Vingt-quatre Violons du Roi|petite bande]]'', an orchestra of 21 string players at the court of [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]].<ref>Kemp (November 1997) p. 21</ref><ref>Chapin (1904/2008) p. 244</ref> The nucleus of the original group was the Leonhardt Consorte along with Sigiswald Kuijken and his brothers [[Wieland Kuijken|Wieland]] and [[Barthold Kuijken|Barthold]].<ref>Watchorn (2007) p. 18</ref> Following the recording, the group continued to give concerts throughout Europe and became a permanent ensemble based in [[Leuven]] under the directorship of Kuijken. Their initial repertoire concentrated on French Baroque music, but soon branched out into Italian and German composers, including Corelli, Handel and Bach. They also branched out from the Baroque to the [[Classical period (music)|Classical period]] with performances and recordings of works by [[Haydn]] and [[Mozart]]. Their first appearance in the UK was at the 1982 [[BBC Proms]], with a concert of pieces by Bach, Handel, and Rameau. The critic Barry Millington described the performance in ''[[The Musical Times]]'': |
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<blockquote>"The group has an endearing attitude of indifference to concert platform ritual: each player is dressed for a different occasion. But there is nothing casual about their playing: this is some of the best-disciplined Baroque playing to be heard today."<ref>Millington (October 1982) p.706</ref></blockquote> |
<blockquote>"The group has an endearing attitude of indifference to concert platform ritual: each player is dressed for a different occasion. But there is nothing casual about their playing: this is some of the best-disciplined Baroque playing to be heard today."<ref>Millington (October 1982) p.706</ref></blockquote> |
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La Petite Bande is a Belgium-based ensemble specialising in Baroque music played on period instruments. They are particularly known for their recordings of works by Corelli, Rameau, Handel, and Bach.[1][2]
History
The ensemble was brought together in 1972 by Sigiswald Kuijken, originally for the one-off purpose of recording Jean-Baptiste Lully's comédie-ballet, Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, conducted by Gustav Leonhardt for the Deutsche Harmonia Mundi label. The ensemble was given its name from Lully's petite bande, an orchestra of 21 string players at the court of Louis XIV.[3][4] The nucleus of the original group was the Leonhardt Consorte along with Sigiswald Kuijken and his brothers Wieland and Barthold.[5] Following the recording, the group continued to give concerts throughout Europe and became a permanent ensemble based in Leuven under the directorship of Kuijken. Their initial repertoire concentrated on French Baroque music, but soon branched out into Italian and German composers, including Corelli, Handel and Bach. They also branched out from the Baroque to the Classical period with performances and recordings of works by Haydn and Mozart. Their first appearance in the UK was at the 1982 BBC Proms, with a concert of pieces by Bach, Handel, and Rameau. The critic Barry Millington described the performance in The Musical Times:
"The group has an endearing attitude of indifference to concert platform ritual: each player is dressed for a different occasion. But there is nothing casual about their playing: this is some of the best-disciplined Baroque playing to be heard today."[6]
La Petite Bande's recordings of operatic rarities during their first ten years include Rameau's Zoroastre, Zaïs, and Pigmalion as well as Campra's L'Europe galante and Grétry's Le jugement de Midas. From 2006 to 2009, the ensemble has largely concentrated on Bach, especially his cantatas with the goal of recording a complete liturgical year,[7] but also his Cello Suites, St John Passion, St Matthew Passion and Mass in B Minor.
On 2 February 2009, Sigiswald Kuijken was awarded the Prize for Cultural Merit by the Belgian government.[8] The following day, the advisory committee of the Ministry of Culture made a recommendation that La Petite Bande's 600,000 euro annual subsidy be removed. Kuijken's students started an internet petition to save the subsidy which received 21,000 signatures.[9] The Minister of Culture at the time, Bert Anciaux, ignored the advice of the committee and restored the subsidy until 2012 (reduced to 590,000 euro). The ensemble has since started a charitable foundation, Support La Petite Bande, to make up the 10,000 euro per year cut.[9]
Notes and references
Sources
- Chapin, Anna Alice, Makers of Song (originally published in 1904), Read Books, 2008. ISBN 1408671298
- Clements, Dominy, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Cantatas for the complete liturgical year, Vol.V, Musicweb-international, July 2007 (accessed 25 June 2010)
- De Standaard, "Een prijs, maar ook een slecht rapport" (A prize, but also a bad report), 4 February 2009 (accessed 25 June 2010, in Dutch)
- Het Nieuwsblad, "La Petite Bande zoekt 600.000 euro per jaar" (La Petite Bande seeking 600,000 per year ), 3 December 2009 (accessed 25 June 2010, in Dutch)
- Kemp, Lindsay, "Happy 25th birthday", Gramophone, November 1997, pp. 21-22
- Kenyon, Nicholas, Authenticity and Early Music, Oxford University Press, 1988. ISBN 0198161530
- Littler, William, "Virgin Classics' early music series includes superb Byrd third mass", Toronto Star, 23 March 1990, p. D18
- Millington, Barry, "Music in London: Proms", The Musical Times, Vol. 123, No. 1676, October 1982, pp. 706-708
- Watchorn, Peter, Isolde Ahlgrimm, Vienna and the Early Music Revival, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2007. ISBN 0754657876
External links
- La Petite Bande: Discography 1972-2009
- La Petite Bande on bach-cantatas (pictured)