Couperin’s Concert Royale No. 4, Forlane: Gottesauer Ensemble
The Concerts royaux are a set of four chamber music suites, composed in 1714 by François Couperin (1668-1733) for the court of Louis XIV. An exuberant Forlane closes the final suite. Introduced to France in 1697, the Forlane originated as a rapid Italian folk dance in 6/8 time. Maurice Ravel may have had this music in mind when he composed the Forlane for the 1917 suite, Le Tombeau de Couperin, a dreamy reflection on …