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Or (Light): Couperin & Vivaldi | Alpha ALPHA1203

Or (Light): Couperin & Vivaldi

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Cat No: ALPHA1203

Barcode: 3701624512036

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 6th March 2026

Contents

Works

Couperin, Francois

Lecons de Tenebres (3)
» no.1 (arr. Sonia Wieder-Atherton)
» no.3 (arr. Sonia Wieder-Atherton)

Vivaldi, Antonio

Concertos (12), op.3 'L'estro armonico'
» no.2 in G minor for 2 violins and cello, RV578: Adagio (arr. Sonia Wieder-Atherton)
Farnace, RV711
» Gelido in ogni vena (arr. Sonia Wieder-Atherton)
» Gelido in ogni vena (arr. Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Mahut)
Giustino, RV717
» Vedro con mio diletto (arr. Sonia Wieder-Atherton)
The Four Seasons (Le quattro stagioni)
» Violin Concerto in F major, op.8 no.3 R293 'L'autunno': Adagio molto (arr. Sonia Wieder-Atherton)
Tieteberga, RV737
» Sento in seno (arr. Sonia Wieder-Atherton)

Artists

Sonia Wieder-Atherton
Marius Atherton (electric guitar, synthesiser)
Mahut (percussion)
Nicolas Worms (synthesiser)

Works

Couperin, Francois

Lecons de Tenebres (3)
» no.1 (arr. Sonia Wieder-Atherton)
» no.3 (arr. Sonia Wieder-Atherton)

Vivaldi, Antonio

Concertos (12), op.3 'L'estro armonico'
» no.2 in G minor for 2 violins and cello, RV578: Adagio (arr. Sonia Wieder-Atherton)
Farnace, RV711
» Gelido in ogni vena (arr. Sonia Wieder-Atherton)
» Gelido in ogni vena (arr. Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Mahut)
Giustino, RV717
» Vedro con mio diletto (arr. Sonia Wieder-Atherton)
The Four Seasons (Le quattro stagioni)
» Violin Concerto in F major, op.8 no.3 R293 'L'autunno': Adagio molto (arr. Sonia Wieder-Atherton)
Tieteberga, RV737
» Sento in seno (arr. Sonia Wieder-Atherton)

Artists

Sonia Wieder-Atherton
Marius Atherton (electric guitar, synthesiser)
Mahut (percussion)
Nicolas Worms (synthesiser)

About

For her new recording, entitled ‘Or’ (Light), cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton has devised a two-part narrative, ‘a series of freeze frames, like incursions into time’: first, Couperin’s Les Leçons de ténèbres or the Lamentations of the Prophet Jeremiah. Prophecies are created in the time before. Before destruction and tears: ‘We hear the prophet’s song of lamentation, although the possibility that this might not come to pass still exists.’

Then comes ‘our time’:Vivaldi’s dramatic power brings us face to face with the present. He says “It’s here now”.’ Sonia has chosen several excerpts from his operas and from two violin concertos. She transcribed most of the pieces in this programme for solo cello or two cellos, two voices that she plays herself. She also imagined bridges to other lights, those of Mahut’s percussion and Marius Atherton’s electric guitar and MS20 synthesiser.

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