Word: gamba
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...matins du monde" at 10 p.m. Structured as the reminiscences of the famed court composer and violinist Martin Marais, the film tells the story of two 17th century virtuosi, the reclusive Monsieur de Sainte Colombe and his student Marais, who played and wrote music for the viola da gamba. When Sainte Colombe discovers the love affair between his daughter Madeleine and Marais, he banishes Marais from his household and mentorship-to no avail...
Museum of Fine Arts--Nancy Armstrong, soprano; Robert Honeysucker, baritone; Daniel Stepner, violin; and Laura Jeppesen, viola de gamba. Friday, Feb. 14, 8 p.m. $12 for MFA members, students and senior citizens...
American Love Songs for Valentine's Day--Soprano Nancy Armstrong, baritone Robert Honeysucker, violinist Daniel Stepner and Laura Jeppesen, viola de gamba, perform Broadway hits by the Gershwins, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Sondheim and others. Museum of Fine Arts, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Ave., Boston. Friday, Feb. 14, 8 p.m. $15; $12 for students and seniors...
Musical Evening--Anthony Martin, Linda Quan and Nancy Wilson, violins, Mitzl Myerson, harpslchord, and Alice Robbins, viola da gamba; Peasant Stock Restaurant, 415 Washington St., Somerville...
...thoroughly hated, and always interrupted by some stroke of wit or humour ... so far from writing, [he] scarcely ever read a book-but, for a letter to an intimate friend, he had few equals." He loved music, and entertained his friends by playing the harpsichord and the viola da gamba. "Liberal, thoughtless, and dissipated," he called himself, and admired (without particularly envying it) the application of sturdier and more evenminded talents like that of Sir Joshua Reynolds, the president of the Royal Academy. "Painting & Punctuality mix like Oil & Vinegar," he reflected...