Voix du Violoncelle

Voix du Violoncelle invites listeners to hear the cello not just as an instrument, but as a voice—breathing new life into French Baroque works once shaped for singers, flutes, and stages. Guided by cellist Jessica Korotkin’s theatrical spirit and imaginative arrangements, this program turns familiar ornaments and courtly dances into something fresh and alive. Like a Baroque garden viewed from above—ribbons of pathways and structured layers crossed by a cascading river—each piece reveals how past forms can be reshaped into a living spectacle when the cello speaks them anew.

Lully’s March for the Turkish Ceremony comes from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, where a comic “Turkish” parade pokes fun at fashionable fads of Louis XIV’s court. Originally full of oboes and drums, the march becomes something slyly intimate in Korotkin’s hands: the cello growls and sings, giving the procession both its grand pulse and its sly grin.

Boismortier’s Concerto in D shows…