Event Concerts and Performances Les Violons du Roy with MILOŠ, classical guitar

Date and Location

  • When: Tuesday, April 30, 2024

    8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EDT

  • Where: Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium (LJG45A)

    10 1st Street SE, Washington, DC 20540

Part of Concerts from the Library of Congress

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Les Violons du Roy 
with MILOŠ, classical guitar 
Jonathan Cohen, music director 

Les Violons du Roy—a treasure of Québec City since its founding in 1984—brings a bountiful “Baroquet” of music by bigwigs of the day. Under the direction of Jonathan Cohen, this exceptional ensemble has 36 recordings to its name and a reputation for its attention to detail across music from the Baroque through the 20th century. Les Violons du Roy is joining forces in this concert with phenomenal classical guitarist MILOŠ. With pluck and verve they will incorporate the guitar into the ensemble so that we may hear the music—some familiar, some less so—afresh. 

Pre-concert Conversation with the Artists: 6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion.

Schedule

Program 

ANTONIO VIVALDI 
Sinfonia from L'Olimpiade, RV 725

ALESSANDRO MARCELLO 
Adagio from Oboe Concerto in D minor, S. Z799

J.S. BACH
Chaconne from Violin Partita no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004

FRANCESCO GEMINIANI 
Concerto Grosso in D minor, H. 143 (“La Folia”) 

JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU 
Selection from Les Boréades, RCT 31
Act IV, Scene IV: Entrée pour les Muses, les Zéphyres, les Saisons, les Heures et les Arts

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Minuet in G minor, HWV 434/4

SYLVIUS LEOPOLD WEISS 
Passacaglia, WeissSW 18.6

HENRY PURCELL 
Suite from The Fairy Queen, Z. 629
   Prelude, Hornpipe and Rondeau
The History of Timon of Athens, the Man-Hater:
   Masque: Curtain Tune on a Ground, Z. 632 

ANTONIO VIVALDI 
Concerto for lute, 2violins and continuo in D major, F. XII/15, RV 93 

LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Fandango from Guitar Quintet no. 4 in D major, G. 448

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