This episode features varied instrumental selections by five prominent composers whose works Jefferson is known to have heard. Video version includes beautiful period paintings and illustrations of 18th-century Paris and of the fascinating featured personalities in this episode.
Written by Daniel Ryan and Suzanne Stumpf
Narrated by Suzanne Stumpf
Performers:
Suzanne Stumpf, traverso
Sarah Darling and Jesse Irons, violins
Marcia Cassidy, viola; Daniel Ryan, cello
Michael Bahmann, harpsichord
Music performed:
(excerpt during narrative:Niccolò Piccinni: Flute concerto in D Major - Allegro con brio)
François-Joseph Gossec: Flute Quartet in D Major, op. 14, no. 1 - Allegro moderato
Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen:Trio in D Major, op. 1, no. 3 - Menuetto
Claude Balbastre: Marche des Marseillois et l’Air Ça-ira for harpsichord
Antonio Sacchini: String Quartet in A Major, op. 2, no. 6 - Largo sostenuto; Fuga Allegro spirituoso
Niccolò Piccinni" Flute concerto in D Major - Spirituoso
Performed at Musicians of the Old Post Road's "Jefferson in Paris" concert at Old South Church, Boston, MA, November 2018
