Bob van Asperen

The French connection: De la Barre and Huygens

202195. Bob Van Asperen © Foppe Schut View trailer
202195. Bob Van Asperen © Foppe Schut
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About this concert

‘These are the sprats I set to catch a mackerel,’ scribbled Constantijn Huygens on the scores he sent to the De la Barre family, in the hope of receiving some music in return. Piano virtuoso Bob van Asperen constructed a Dutch-French ‘friends suite’ on the basis of their correspondence. Father and son Couperin and virginalist John Bull can also be heard wandering over the keys of his harpsichord and virginal.

Programme

  • John Bull

    Sphera Mundi
    In Nomine

    ca. 1562/63-1628
  • Families De la Barre en Huygens

    transcription Bob van Asperen
    ‘Frans-Nederlandse vriendensuite’ in G minor
    - Joseph de la Barre 1633-1678
    Prélude non mesuré
    (from: Parville manuscript)
    - Constantijn Huygens 1596-1687
    Allemande
    (from: Goëss manuscript)
    - Pierre de la Barre III 1592-1656
    Courante
    (from: Gresse manuscript)
    - Constantijn Huygens
    Sarabande
    (autograph, Parijs ca. 1660/61)

  • Luigi Rossi

    Passacaille del Seigneur de Louigi
    (from: Bauyn manuscript & Parville manuscript)

    ca. 1597-1653
  • Louis Couperin

    Suite in F major
    Prélude non mesuré
    Tombeau de Mr. de Blancrocher
    Sarabande
    Chaconne

    ca. 1626-1661
  • Henri Du Mont

    Allemande grave in D minor, pour l’Orgue ou le Clavecin & pour trois violes si l’on veut
    (from: Melanges 2-5 v., Livre Second, Paris 1657)

    ca. 1610-1684
  • François Couperin

    Septième Prélude in B-flat (mesuré lent)
    (from: L’Art de toucher le Clavecin, Paris 1716)

    Les Bergeries (Naïvement)
    Les Langueurs-Tendres
    (from: Sixième Ordre, Second Livre, Paris 1713)

    Les Satires, Chêvre-pieds
    Partie I: Gravement ferme, et pointé
    Partie II:  Vivement, et dans un goût Burlesque
    (from: Vingt-troisième Ordre, Quatrième Livre, Paris 1730) 

    1668-1733

Musicians

  • Bob van Asperen harpsichord

About the performer

When played by Bob van Asperen's fingers, any keyboard can be beguiled into producing a sound spectacle. This harpsichordist, organist and clavichordist also enjoys international recognition as a conductor and musicologist. A former pupil of Gustav Leonhardt and Albert de Klerk, Van Asperen in turn also became a teacher at the conservatoires of The Hague and Amsterdam. As a performer he has been a guest at almost all the major early music venues and festivals, with repertoire ranging from the 16th to the 18th centuries. As a figurehead of the Early Music movement, Van Asperen was responsible for groundbreaking recordings of works by Frescobaldi, Froberger and Bach, among others – a life's work that earned him prizes including the Edison Award, the Belgian Caecilia Prize and the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik.

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