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Literature and music: Choderlos de Laclos
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Open in the appIt's about a wager. A game. A destruction. In Choderlos de Laclos' epistolary novel "Dangerous Liaisons", the Marquise de Merteuil bets with the Vicomte de Valmont whether he can seduce a pious convent schoolgirl into premarital bed (out of revenge on an ex). But the pact in this… It's about a wager. A game. A destruction. In Choderlos de Laclos' epistolary novel "Dangerous Liaisons", the Marquise de Merteuil bets with the Vicomte de Valmont whether he can seduce a pious convent schoolgirl into premarital bed (out of revenge on an ex). But the pact in this century novel is merely an elegant arrangement – the language, the wit, the poetic tricks in the seduction game are more important than the seduction itself. This is precisely where this novel meets the French Baroque composer Marin Marais. With their orgiastic variations and recurring bass forms, his suites resound with that Laclosian blend of refinement and sensuality, for which Thomas Sarbacher and Rachel Braunschweig bring the necessary seductive power. Introduction: Stefan Zweifel Reading: Rachel Braunschweig and Thomas Sarbacher Music: Peter McGuire (violin), Elizaveta Shnayder-Taub (violin), Peter Kosak (double bass), Azul Lima Lute (theorbo), Ulrike-Verena Habel (harpsichord) play 6 suites (Pièces en trio) for two upper voices and basso continuo by Marin Marais In cooperation with Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich.