La Modestine
Marc Destrubé – baroque violin
Natalie Mackie – viola da gamba
Abraham Ross – harpsichord
Marc Destrubé
Violinist Marc Destrubé is a musical polymath – soloist, chamber musician, concertmaster, orchestral leader and teacher – whose career straddles the contemporary and ‘early music’ worlds. Marc grew up in Victoria BC; following studies at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, he attended the University of Toronto and the University of Western Ontario and became an active freelancer. He was a founding member of Tafelmusik in Toronto and was soon invited to play with leading early music orchestras and ensembles in Europe. He has travelled the world and made dozens of recordings as co-concertmaster of the Orchestra of the 18th Century.
He led the Belgian ensemble Anima Eterna, the Academy of Ancient Music and the Hanover Band and toured with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. He is concertmaster of the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra. In Vancouver he’s been concertmaster of the CBC Radio Orchestra and music director of the Pacific Baroque Orchestra. He is currently a member of the Axelrod String Quartet, quartet-in-residence at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C., which plays on the museum’s exceptional collection of Stradivari and Amati instruments, Vancouver’s Turning Point Ensemble, and the Microcosmos Quartet and Kessler Academy. He is Artistic Director of the Pacific Baroque Festival (Victoria).
www.marcdestrube.com
Natalie Mackie
Natalie Mackie studied cello at the Conservatoire de Musique (Québec), followed by a degree from the School of Music, University of British Columbia. While at UBC she was introduced to the viola da gamba, and following graduation, she pursued further studies at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in The Hague. Natalie has played with many ensembles in Canada and the US, including New World Consort, Les Coucous Bénévoles, Tafelmusik, Portland and Seattle Baroque Orchestras, Les Voix Humaines, Tempo Rubato, Les Voix Baroque, Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, Victoria Baroque, and Vancouver Intercultural Orchestra among others.
Natalie plays violone in the Pacific Baroque Orchestra and is a founding member of the chamber ensemble “La Modestine”- both Vancouver-based ensembles. She has toured throughout Canada, Europe, and the US and recorded for Radio France, German Radio, BBC, CBC, and NPR, as well as the Canadian label Atma Classique. Natalie is a regular performer in the Pacific Baroque Festival, held annually in Victoria, BC, and is an adjunct professor in the Baroque Orchestra Mentorship Program at the University of British Columbia. She also has a master’s degree in Graduate Liberal Studies from Simon Fraser University.
Program
Sonata a 2 in D major Dietrich Becker (1623-1679)
Adagio – (Allegro) – Allegro – Adagio
L’aimable, from Pièces de clavecin Joseph-Nicolas Pancrace Royer (1703-1755)
Sonata 5, from 12 Sonatas for Violin. Jean-Féry Rebel (1666-1747)
Viste – Légèrement – Sarabande – Viste – Gigue
Chaconne Jacques Duphly (1715-1789)
Sonata 2 in G Major, BuxWV 253 Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
for violin, viola da gamba, and harpsichord
Lento – Vivace – Adagio – Largo – Arios
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