Ensemble Théodora
Concert: Wanderlust
London Festival of Baroque Music
Smith Square Hall. 28 October 2026
CD: Tranquilles Cœurs
Alpha. ALPHA1197. 60’49

The four Paris-based musicians of Ensemble Théodora (Mariamielle Lamagat, soprano, Louise Ayrton, violin, Alice Trocellier, viola da gamba, and Lucie Chabard, harpsichord) met as international students at London’s Royal Academy of Music. They returned to London for a concert as part of the London Festival of Baroque Music with their programme Wanderlust. Based on the music of Louis XIV’s French court and its influence of the music of the rest of Europe, the well-planned programme explored a musical dialogue between nations that reflected their own international origins. The concert was a slightly reduced version of their recent CD Tranquilles Cœurs with the subtitle “French Taste in German Courts”. This review covers the concert and the CD.

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