Cordes en Ciel

Cordes en Ciel is a duo of lutenist and soprano Kristiina Watt and soprano Heloise Bernard.

What a lovely start to our concert programme for 2022. A glorious afternoon of songs and theorbo music from 17th century England and France. Many thanks to Cordes en Ciel for such a relaxing and refreshing concert.

The full programme is below:

The garden of Harmonies

‘Sans frayeur dans ce bois' H.467 ~ Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704)

‘Le repos, l'ombre, le silence' ~ Michel Lambert (1610-1696)

Prelude in G ~ Robert de Visée (1650-1733)

Chaconne in G ~ Étienne le Moine (1640-1715)

‘Que vous flattez’ ~ Sébastien le Camus (ca.1610-1677)

'Forêts solitaires’

Prelude in A minor ~ de Visée (1650-1733)

‘O solitude' ~ Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

‘No more shall meads be decked with flowers' ~ Nicholas Lanier (1588-1666)

‘Musette’ ~ de Visée (1650-1733)

‘Orpheus with his lute' ~ Maurice Greene (1696-1755)

‘Sweeter than roses' ~ Purcell (1659-1695)

‘Mad Bess' ~ Purcell (1659-1695)