Miguel Bonal | The Viola da Gamba: an Overview · MarchVivo

The viola da gamba was a central instrument in Baroque music since its origin in the bowed vihuelas of the Aragon Crown. The theorists of its time claimed that it imitates the human voice, as the bow has a stroke almost as long as a person’s normal breath. Works by Hume, Telemann, Marais, Abel and Bach are performed herein, illustrating the different stylistic conceptions of the viola da gamba in each country. Tobias Hume (1569-1645) The first part of Ayres (or Musical Humors) 00:00 A souldiers galliard 01:21 Loves farewell 01:42 Good again Georg Phillipp Telemann (1681-1767) 05:16 Fantasia in G Major No. 6, TWV 40|31 Karl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787) 11:38 Adagio (from the Drexel Manuscript) 13:32 Allegro (from the Drexel Manuscript) 15:05 Tempo di Minueto (from the Drexel Manuscript) Marin Marais (1656-1728) 16:28 Les voix humaines, from Deuxième livre de pièces de viole Georg Phillipp Telemann (1681-1767) Sonata for viola da gamba TWV 40|1 22:23 Andante 25:13 Vivace Karl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787) 27:04 Arpeggiata. Prelude in D Minor for viola da gamba (from the Drexel Manuscript) Georg Phillipp Telemann (1681-1767) 30:13 Fantasia in D Minor No. 11, TWV 40|36 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Suite No. 2 in D Minor for cello BWV 1008 35:11 Prélude 38:44 Allemande 41:17 Courante 43:27 Sarabande 47:20 Menuet I and II 50:26 Gigue 53:05 Prelude, from Suite No. 1 in G Major for cello BWV 1007 Miguel Bonal, viola da gamba Concert from the series ‘’Young Performers‘’ 30 January 2022 Fundación Juan March, Madrid ______________ Concerts at Fundación Juan March: More videos at Instagram: X: Facebook: Medium: #ViolaDaGamba #MiguelBonal #MarchVivo