‘Les Goûts réunis’ - Musical cousins/cuisines


Antonio Stradella (1639-1682) - Trio Sonata in D minor (ms. Modena, Universitaria, Mus. G. 210)
​Preludio : Allegro : Adagio : Allegro : Adagio : Allegro


François Couperin (1668 - 1733) - Les goûts-réunis - Neuvième Concert - intitulé Ritratto dell' amore
​Le charme. Gracieusement et gravement
​L'enjoüement. Gayement
​Les graces. Courante françoise
​Le je-ne-scay-quoy. Gayement
​La vivacité
​La noble fierté. Sarabande. Gravement
​La douceur. Amoureusement
​L'et cӕtera, ou Menuets

Naomi, Gavin and David have been performing together as a trio for a number of years, exploring the fascinatingly diverse and sometimes overlooked repertoire for violin, viola da gamba and keyboard. Having previously performed in Plumstead in 2019, they are looking forward to returning this year with their new programme, which compares and contrasts the French and Italian musical tastes of the high baroque era.

David Gerrard performs on the harpsichord, clavichord, fortepiano and organ.
Working extensively with Oxford’s Bate Collection and the Russell and Mirrey
Collections in Edinburgh, he has given recitals on many significant historical keyboard
instruments. In demand as a continuo harpsichordist and organist, David has
performed at home and abroad with both modern and period instrument groups
including Dunedin Consort, The English Concert, Irish Baroque Orchestra, Irish
Chamber Orchestra, London Mozart Players, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Royal Scottish
National Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra and The Sixteen. A skilled choir
trainer and conductor, he has held appointments as Organ Scholar at Canterbury
Cathedral and Magdalen College, Oxford, and as Assistant Organist at Paisley Abbey.
David graduated with double first-class honours in Music from the University of
Oxford, followed by a Master's degree in Early Keyboard Performance from the
University of Edinburgh where, at present, he is undertaking doctoral research
(generously funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council) alongside work as
a Tutor in the University’s Reid School of Music, where he has taught courses in
harmony and counterpoint, analysis, performance studies and music history. With
experience working as a harpsichord technician and restorer, he has begun building
early keyboard instruments. https://davidgerrard.com/

British-Swiss violinist Naomi Burrell enjoys a diverse career with a specialism in
historical performance. She plays with many of the UK’s leading early music
ensembles including the English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra of the Age of
Enlightenment, Academy of Ancient Music, and I Fagiolini. Since 2018, Naomi has
been concertmaster of the Old Street Band, the period instrument orchestra for
English Touring Opera. Beyond the UK, she also plays with ensembles in Italy,
Switzerland, France, Norway, Germany and Portugal. Her specialism in early music
has led to performances in theatrical and dance projects at Sadler’s Wells,
Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, on the West End, and a residency in the Oslo Opera
House with Barokksolistene.
Naomi is also a composer, and enjoys applying her creative drive to her education
and facilitation work. She is a passionate workshop leader and has worked for the
Royal Opera House, Spitalfields Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
With a background in Dalcroze Eurythmics (music and movement), she integrates
this into her teaching as well exploring her own musical personality through
movement. https://naomiburrell.com/

Born in Southampton to a piano tuner and a bassoonist, Gavin Kibble studied first at
the University of Oxford with Laurence Dreyfus and then at the Royal Academy of
Music with Jonathan Manson and Joseph Crouch, before continuing his studies
privately with Gerhart Darmstadt and Juan Manuel Quintana. He now features as a
cellist and viola da gamba player with many of the UK’s foremost orchestras and
ensembles, including the English Concert, the Academy of Ancient Music, the
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the Gabrieli Consort, the Dunedin Consort,
the Sixteen, La Nuova Musica, La Serenissima and the Early Opera Company. His
musical interests span six centuries and repertoire ranging from renaissance
divisions to contemporary commissions.
Gavin’s career has taken him around the world, performing in venues such as
Carnegie Hall in New York, the Melbourne Recital Centre, the Musikverein in Vienna
and the Opera del Liceu in Barcelona. Closer to home, he is principal cellist of the Old
Street Band, the period orchestra for English Touring Opera, and he enjoys travelling
the country with his cello on his back. Gavin now lives in Hastings, on the South
Coast.