Saint-George, Pécou: Caribbean Violin Concertos

Description

When the Chevalier de Saint George meets Thierry Pécou and the bow of Romuald Grimbert Barré, the music rejoices! The Chevalier de Saint George is, in many ways, an exceptional figure. Born in Guadeloupe in the 18th century to an aristocrat and a slave, he receives an education in Paris befitting a courtier: violinist, fencer, Freemason, revolutionary, and conductor, he is also a composer. It is naturally to his instrument that he dedicates his most beautiful works, among which the concertos, with their both unrestrained and graceful virtuosity, stand out particularly. Romuald Grimbert-Barré, the ONC, and Benjamin Levy thus associate his opus 5 and 8 with the Concerto 'Hommage à Joseph Bologne, chevalier de Saint-George' by Thierry Pécou, a rich piece with multiple references to the unique life of the composer, still too little known today.