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La Parisienne is Passacaglia’s journey into the instrumental music of Pierre & Anne Danican-Philidor – fabulously engaging, melodic, expressive music with uncommon depth, but that’s largely still unknown.
For nearly 150 years, the Danican-Philidor family stood at the centre of French musical life. Through the closely connected yet distinctive voices of cousins Pierre and Anne Danican-Philidor, La Parisienne captures a moment of transition in French music from the cultural hot-house of Versailles to the more cosmopolitan salons of Paris.
In this trailer video Passacaglia flautist Annabel Knight discusses the project in some more depth, and introduces some taster performances:
La Parisienne repertoire includes:
Pierre Danican-Philidor (1681-1731)
Quatriéme, Cinquiéme, Sixiéme & Douxiéme Suittes (from Premier, Deuxiéme & Troisiéme Ouevres, Paris 1717-18)
Anne Danican-Philidor ‘fils aîné’ (1681-1728)
Sonate pour la Flute à bec (Premier Livre de Pieces, Paris 1712)
Character pieces from Deuxieme Livre de Pieces, Paris 1714
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