The violoncello was practically unknown in France at the turn of the 18th century. Lisa and Eve offer a delightful survey of duets by player-composers from Couperin to Offenbach. Works include sonatas by the “father of the French violoncello,” Martin Berteau, and by Jean-Baptiste Barrière, who was the first French cellist to perform at the Concert Spirituel in Paris; duos by such standard-repertoire composers as Duport and Bréval; and Jacques Offenbach, opera composer and virtuoso cellist, makes an appearance with a sumptuous duet worthy of the music hall stage.

PERFORMERS:
Lisa Terry & Eve Miller | cello

PROGRAM:
Jean-Pierre Guigon: Sonata for Two Cellos Op. 2 No. 1 (1750)
Francois Couperin: Treizième Concert from Les goûts-réunis (1724)
Jean-Baptiste Masse: Sonata for Two Cellos Op. 2 No. 1 (1739)
Jean-Baptiste Barrière: Sonata for Two Cellos Book 4 No. 4 (1740)
Martin Bereau: Sonata for Two Cellos Op. 1 No. 4 (1748)
Jean-Louis Duport: Duo for Two Cellos No. 2 (1782)
Jean-Baptiste Bréval: Duo for Two Cellos Op. 2 No. 3 (1776)
Jacques Offenbach: Duo for Two Cellos Op. 52 No. 3 (1850)