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LA BRODERIE

".An ensemble of the first order, graced by musicians who are altogether virtuosic and poetic..."

Harmonie (France)

Nancy Hadden renaissance and baroque flutes

Erin Headley viola da gamba

Lucas Harris theorbo and baroque guitar

"...Captivated the audience with compelling performances and effortless virtuosity..."
BBC Music Magazine

ABOUT LA BRODERIE

'A PERFECT BLEND OF SOUNDS'

The words of Louis XIV's favourite flautist Michel de la Barre described in 1702 the warm and vibrant combination of boxwood flute, viola da gamba and theorbo still captivating audiences today in the performances of La Broderie.  

French music with its elegant, quirky dance rhythms is at the heart of La Broderie 's music-making, along with master­pieces and little-known gems of renaissance and baroque chamber music, transporting audiences to the dazzling courts of Paris and Berlin , the earthy coffee houses and theatres of London , the misty Scottish highlands and the far corners of Bohemia .

La Broderie tours internationally and in the United States . Tour highlights include Dutch, English and Scottish 'Early Music Network' tours, concerts and broadcasts for the prestigious BBC London Proms and for BBC Wales in Cardiff Castle, performances and workshops at Valtice and Prague in the Czech Republic, Edinburgh's Georgian Concert Society, The Geffreye Museum in London, Chamber Music Columbus, master classes at The Ohio State University, Indiana University Early Music Institute and Nancy Hadden's own summer school, The Edinburgh Flute Course.

 

Contact:
Nancy Hadden

TOURING PROGRAMMES 2005-06

LA FLUTE ROYALLE
Music from the courts of Louis XIV in Paris and Frederick the Great at Berlin

Featuring favourite selections from Nancy Hadden's acclaimed CDs, music by Michel de la Barre and C.P.E. Bach, with Couperin, Marais, Gottlieb Baron and Hasse rounding out a vibrant programme of baroque favourites.  

... playing that lingers in the memory.  
Early Music Review

FLIGHTS OF FANCY
  fantasies, dances, diminutions and serenatas

'Songs without words', poetic music of such renaissance masters as Cabezon, Ortiz, Sermisy, Josquin, Henestrosa and 18 th century fantasies by Telemann, polonaises by W.F. Bach, and serenatas by Martino.   A delightful and eclectic programme.

Nancy Hadden's limpid flute sound ran through the music like a golden thread.     
Dublin Times

ARIA AMOROSA
Scots tunes, Irish laments, English sonatas and theatre airs

From the concert halls, coffee houses and theatres of Georgian London, elegant sonatas and ornamented opera airs by the incomparable Mr. Handel and his fellow musicians Matteis, Babell, Abel and J.C. Bach, and Scots and Irish tunes by Turloch O'Carolan and James Oswald which captured the hearts of listeners in the 18 th century and still do so today.

BACH AND BEYOND
The view from the top

A feast of great chamber music. J.S. Bach's sonatas and more intimate pieces from the notebooks of his wife Anna Magdalena, Rameau Pieces de Clavecin en Concert, works by Couperin, C.P.E Bach and Daube.   La Broderie are joined by harpsichordist Lucy Carolan for this programme.

Superbly eloquent.  
The Spectator

CHOSES DELECTABLES
Chansons and dances from the French renaissance

Singer Susan Hellauer of Anonymous 4 joins the trio in a delightful programme of airs and dances from Paris and Provence, to be recorded in England by La Broderie in 2005.  

Nancy Hadden proves again that the simple wooden flute can be as beautiful and expressive as its baroque, classical and mechanised counterparts.  
Early Music Today

THE MUSICIANS OF LA BRODERIE

Nancy Hadden is renowned for flute playing of extraordinary flair and expressiveness, engaging programmes and communicative and inspiring teaching.   Her almost single-handed revival of the renaissance flute and award-winning CDs from the renaissance, baroque and classical periods prove again and again that her playing on the hauntingly expressive and agile wooden flute captivates audiences and wins accolades for 'passion and consummate artistry' (Boston Chrestalogia Magazine) and 'breathtaking virtuosity' (Los Angeles Times).

Born in Columbus , Ohio , her musical training began at the age of 6.   While studying for degrees in modern flute, voice, and music history she was captivated by   the tone quality and flexibility of the wooden baroque flute;   she taught herself to play it   before moving to England in 1978.   She has travelled the world to perform in major music festivals and for broadcasts throughout Europe and North America, Japan, Hong Kong, and the Bahamas, as a member of the Julian Bream Consort, Tragicomedia, The Harp Consort, and Circa 1500 which she directs.   She teaches at the Guildhall School of Music in London , is completing a PhD at the University of Leeds and directs her own Edinburgh Flute Course every summer.

Erin Headley lives in London , the base over twenty-five years for her interna­tional career as a viola da gamba and lirone player. Concerts and over one hundred major label recordings have taken her all over Europe, the Far East, and North America as a member-director of Tragicomedia and Tirami Su and with Les Arts Florissants, The Boston Early Music Festival and many other ensembles. She directs the Baroque Performance Program at the Music Con­servatory in Malmö , Sweden , as well as annual staged baroque opera productions in Sweden and Denmark .

Lucas Harris , now based in Toronto , has been in increasing demand as a lutenist since completing his European studies in 1998. He has given solo recitals on the New York Early Music Series and at the Festival Lamèque and regularly per­forms with numerous prominent ensembles, including Tafelmusik , New York Collegium and the Smithsonian Chamber Players. Lucas is on the faculty of Oberlin Conservatory's Baroque Performance In­stitute and has taught for the New York Continuo Collective and Amherst Early Music Festival.

 

Selected Recordings

 

	C.P.E. Bach Flute Sonatas ASV Gaudeamus
	Michel de la Barre Flute Suites ASV Gaudeamus
	London 's Flautists , Handel, Loeillet, Oswald, Weideman, Arne CRD
	Johann Adolf Hasse Sonatas, Cantatas and Venetian Ballads, with Julianne Baird, soprano CRD *Gramophone Award nomination*
	Flute Music of the 16th and 17th centuries Hyperion/reissued Helios