The heroes of the natural trumpet featured on France Musique…
20 March 2026
30 August 2026: Concert for 2 trumpets and organ at the church of Vinça (Pyrénées-Orientales)
28 August 2026
“ […] Formerly, the trumpet had its place in noisy military music; now, having learned to play softly, it knows how to accompany the most tender flutes and perform in duets with the most delicate voices. […] ”
(Godfrey Keller, Six Sonatas, dedication to princess Ann of Denmark future queen Ann, 1699)
The art of John Shore (ca. 1662-1752), both the most gifted military and court trumpeter in his family, lutenist, inventor of the U-shaped tuning fork, shrewd businessman… remains linked to the name of the composer Henry Purcell.
The Rosetti players therefore offer you an anthology of the most beautiful pages written for him or inspired by him, by composers Henri & Daniel Purcell, Jeremiah Clarke, Godfrey Keller, John Eccles, Nicolo Matteis, James Peasable…
Among theater music pieces coming from the typical British semi-opera or masque, one could recognize musical pattern as the « Tune » in two very symmetrical parts, the « Ground », the French overture, the Italian sonata…
This journey through Restoration London is made to the sound of a faithful copy of a silver trumpet by the maker William Bull (1650-1712) and recently made by Graham Nicholson (Den Haag).
Jean-François MADEUF, natural trumpet
ROSSETTI PLAYERS :
- Barbara KONRAD, 1st violin
- Yun-Kyung KIM-FERNANDEZ, 2nd violin
- Sylvestre VERGEZ, viola (tenor)
- François-Emmanuel DOUCHY, bass violin
- Mario SARRECHIA, harpsichord
Related article on the Edinburgh Music Review web site
