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Abel and Gainsborough

Thomas Gainsborough was a keen viol player and friend of virtuoso Carl Abel. Lucie Skeaping chats to Richard Boothby about their relationship and the music that stemmed from it.

The painter Thomas Gainsborough was a keen viol player, whose teacher was the German-born, London-based Carl Friedrich Abel. They struck up a firm friendship, and Abel is thought to have written a number of pieces for his enthusiastic pupil. Lucie Skeaping chats to viol-player Richard Boothby about Abel and Gainsborough鈥檚 relationship and the music that stemmed from it.

59 minutes

Music Played

  • Carl Friedrich Abel

    Prelude in D minor

    Performer: Jordi Savall.
    • ALIA VOX.
  • Carl Friedrich Abel

    Prelude in D minor

    Performer: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
  • Carl Friedrich Abel

    Suite for Viola da Gamba in D Minor: Adagio

    Performer: Paolo Pandolfo.
    • GLOSSA.
  • Carl Friedrich Abel

    Allegro WK.186

    Performer: Petr Wagner.
    • ACCENT.
  • Carl Friedrich Abel

    Allegro WK.198

    Performer: Susanne Heinrich.
    • Hyperion.
  • Carl Friedrich Abel

    Allegro in D minor, K.207

    Performer: Vittorio Ghielmi.
    • ACCENT.
  • Carl Friedrich Abel

    Duetto in G major K.228

    Performer: Thomas Fritzsch. Performer: Werner Matzke.
    • Coviello.
  • Carl Friedrich Abel

    Minuet in D major, K.188

    Performer: Maddalena Del Gobbo.
    • ARCHIV.
  • Carl Friedrich Abel

    Viola da Gamba Suite in D: Fuga

    Performer: Paolo Pandolfo.
    • GLOSSA.
  • Carl Friedrich Abel

    Tempo minuetto in D major K.154; Tempo minuetto, WK.202

    Performer: Susanne Heinrich.
    • Hyperion.
  • Carl Friedrich Abel

    5 Pieces in D minor for Unaccompanied Bass Viol WKO. 208: No. 5

    Performer: Wieland Kuijken.
    • DENON.
  • Carl Friedrich Abel

    Viola da Gamba Suite in D: Allegro

    Performer: Paolo Pandolfo.
    • GLOSSA.

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  • Sun 22 Sep 2019 14:00
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