For many years I dreamt of playing Bach's Kunst der Fuge. These holidays with my mum and sister we played Contrapunctus I.

#bach #violaDaGamba

🎶🔥 Step into a unique musical journey! 🔥🎶

Most of my recordings were made in Paris 🇫🇷… on a genuine 18th-century viola da gamba 🎻 — a historic instrument full of soul, still singing today just as it did centuries ago! 😍🌟

Every note takes you to intimate salons and royal courts of early Europe 👑 — it’s alive, authentic, and deeply human. 💫🎧

📀 Listen here 👉
https://music.apple.com/fr/artist/jonathan-dunford/214614993?utm_source=chatgpt.com

#ViolaDaGamba #EarlyMusic #Baroque #Paris #HistoricInstruments #RecordingMagic

Michel Pignolet de #Montéclair: Concerts for Flute & Continuo – concerts pour la flûte traversiere avec la basse chiffrée - Navona Records NV6533
The Opus Project
Joanna Marsden #baroqueflute
Christophe Gauthier #harpsichord
Margaret Little #violadagamba
Daniel Zuluaga #theorbo, guitar
https://www.navonarecords.com/catalog/nv6533/

https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/album/6hLsbEVoeV9yAaKRzuKr9m?si=dQVAOPZTT4C_qcyIy2Czmw

#jonathandunford #HistoricalPerformance #violedegambe #violadagamba

🎻✨ Stepping back in time in Paris… 🎶 Discovering the album Sainte‑Colombe le fils by Jonathan Dunford (2021) on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/fr/album/sainte-colombe-le-fils/1546267661

Imagine… old vials of sound echoing through candlelit rooms in Paris, among aged wood and timeless elegance. A journey into the past, wrapped in nostalgia and baroque beauty.

#Baroque #ParisVibes #EarlyMusic #SainteColombe #JonathanDunford #ViolaDaGamba #HistoricAtmosphere #OldVials #VintageVibes #ClassicalMusic #ExploreParis #SoundOfTheCentury

Sonnerie de Sainte Genevieve du Mont de Paris
by Marin #Marais, played by Jordi Savall #violadagamba Fabio Biondi #violin Pierre Hantaï #harpsichord
First Publication: 1723 in La Gamme et Autres Morceaux de Symphonie (No.3) https://youtu.be/3ATVtU1RNkQ?si=ouydZImOib8yfoSH (7:36) #scrollingscore #hypnotic #passacaglia #chaconne
https://imslp.org/wiki/Sonnerie_de_Sainte_Genevieve_du_Mont_de_Paris_(Marais%2C_Marin)

[image: Molina Visuals]

#HistoricalPerformance at SFCM
#SanFrancisco Conservatory of Music
https://www.sfcm.edu/study/majors/historical-performance

Bachelor’s in #harpsichord and Master's music degrees in harpsichord, baroque violin, baroque viola, baroque cello, #violadagamba, as well as a one-year Historical Performance professional studies certificate (PSC) in keyboard, baroque strings, #historical plucked strings, and voice. 

https://music.apple.com/fr/album/unpublished-pr%C3%A9lude-single/1678698315

#jonathandunford #marinmarais #violedegambe #violadagamba

@classicalmusic

#ErikSatie 1866 –1925

Gnossienne No.1

#Norchestra -

#AlfWilhelmLundberg - 8-string #BrahmsGuitar
#KjetilLundø #ViolaDaGamba
#ToreJamne #Drums

#musik #music #musique #musica #Satie #classicalmusic #modernistmusic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F8pQSJIoiU

Step back to Shakespeare’s England! 🌿✨ Experience the delicate, enchanting sounds of the lyra viol 🎻, the favorite string instrument of poets and composers alike. Let the melodies of the Renaissance transport you to candlelit courts and Elizabethan gardens 🌸🕯️.

Discover the music that inspired the Bard himself:
📀🎼🎶
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/25a2eaF8SZuaKr7aBXoj4x?si=8303477a8c6e40f2

#jonathandunford #violadagamba #violedegambe #lyraviol

https://music.apple.com/fr/album/suitte-dun-go%C3%BBt-%C3%A9tranger-82-la-r%C3%AAveuse/1441468124?i=1441468128

🎶 Suitte d’un Goût Étranger – La Rêveuse
📀 Listen on Apple Music

This recording includes markings added in 1740 by someone closely connected to Marin Marais 🎼
👉 It’s the first-ever recording made on a 1741 Parisian viol, contemporary with the manuscript. 🎻✨

#jonathandunford #violedegambe #violadagamba

🎧💿✨ Pure sound, no compromise — streaming in true CD-quality audio.
Immerse yourself in the delicate poetry of 17th-century England on the lyra-viol 🎶🎻
Every note, every detail, just as it was meant to be heard. 🔊💎
Listen now: https://tidal.com/album/443642710/u

#jonathandunford #violadagamba #violedegambe

Impressive performance of Lidl and Abel by Emmanuel Balssa at Szalone Dni Muzyki in Warsaw. I loved the instrument too - subtle, even sound throughout the range.

#violaDaGamba #szaloneDniMuzyki

🎻 Demachy Unveiled! 🎻
After 30 years of research, I’ve unlocked the secrets of his commas and trills for a performance faithful to 1685.
✨ Listen to the Pièces de viole here:

https://music.apple.com/fr/album/demachy-pi%C3%A8ces-de-viole-1685/1507140101

#jonathandunford #demachy #violedegambe #violadagamba

https://tidal.com/playlist/867c9dd0-8b97-47bd-ad1b-a06457897640

🎼 Dive into Baroque Splendor 🎻
Experience the delicate tones of the Viola da Gamba across 17th & 18th century Europe — now in CD quality sound via this curated Tidal playlist.
From lush harmonies to subtle ornamentations, it’s your perfect companion for evenings of calm, creative flow, or deep listening.

🔗 Listen on Tidal

🎧 #ViolaDaGamba #BaroqueMusic #Classical #HighFidelity #CDQuality

Marin #Marais 1656-1728 «Le Labyrinthe» from Book IV Paris 1717
perf by #CassandraLuckhardt, #ElisabethReed, #violadagamba & #KatherineHeater, harpsichord
youtu.be/JTj3ZMmjAiE 12:19
#voicesofmusic

the basic program is clear enough: a person is trapped in a maze, and as the person explores the maze, the frustration and confusion of the avenues that are closed off are represented by increasing dissonance and harmonic complexity; whereas, a new path is set forth by an ever-changing ritornello.