Bruno Philippe / Thomas Dunford / Keyvan Chemirani

Presented by Philippe Maillard Productions (L-2-R-22-123841/3-22-12385). Bruno Philippe, cello Thomas Dunford, archlute Keyvan Chemirani, percussion MARAIS, BACH, FORQUERAY, VIVALDI, BARBARA, COHEN AND ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS The Baroque era was a blessed age: making music among friends enlivened daily life across all strata of society, and people rarely hesitated to play transcriptions of fashionable "hits" (composers themselves led the way, creating arrangements for various ensembles of their scores). The theorbo established itself as the ideal vehicle for this inventiveness, adored throughout society. Instrumental making evolved, however, and carried by masters such as Bach or Vivaldi, the young cello gradually established itself alongside the venerable viola da gamba without entirely replacing it – Marin Marais brought the viol to its peak in the first decades of the eighteenth century. Musical friends, Thomas Dunford, Bruno Philippe and Keyvan Chemirani undeniably are. They open doors to times past and the present alike, proving their thirst for diverse musical traditions thrives today, for example with their personal take on Leonard Cohen or Barbara, not to mention their own compositions.