Marin Marais-Fantaisie

Performed by "The Palladian Ensemble" . THIS VIDEO BELONGS TO THE BBC.
Marin Marais (1656-1728) was a French composer and viol player. He studied composition with Jean-Baptiste Lully, often conducting his operas, and with master of the bass viol Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe for 6 months. He was hired as a musician in 1676 to the royal court of Versailles. He did quite well as court musician, and in 1679 was appointed "ordinaire de la chambre du roy pour la viole", a title he kept until 1725.
Marais said of this piece "Ive taken care on composing these works to make them suitable for performance on all sorts of instruments, and I dare to flatter myself that I succeeded".

Category:

Music

Tags:

• baroque
• music
• marin
• marais
• palladian
• ensemble
• recorder
• violin
• lute
• cello

[unagondolaunremo]

bravi, very elegant!

[couperin221]

Could not be lighter or brighter. Wonderful.

[HugPie]

I love this! Thank you, P

[Forcroi]

very nice :)

[rpsalazar84]

Good!