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“Passacaille” by Jacques-Martin Hotteterre

“Passacaille” from Première Suitte de Pièces à 2 dessus, sans Basse Continue (Op.4, 1712) by Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (1673 - 1763) Lisette Kielson & Rachel Siegel, recorders Stephanie Hunt, viola da gamba Jeffrey Noonan, Baroque guitar Audio recording by Barry Hufker Video editing by Brian Bartling Early Music Missouri opened its 2025-2026 Mainstage season with “Not All Song & Dance: Six Centuries of Music for Recorders,” featuring Rachel Siegel & Lisette Kielson accompanied by cellist Stephanie Hunt and lutenist Jeff Noonan. The program ranged from the Middle Ages to the 21st Century and included music by Jacques Hotteterre, Dario Castello, Sören Seig, Antonio Carlos Jobim and others. Beginning in the late 16th century, Hotteterre family craftsmen specialized in woodwind instruments, inventing and developing early flutes, oboes and bassoons. In addition to building instruments, family members performed and taught at the French court while their music and music tutors established standards for woodwind composing and playing. The most acclaimed member of this extended musical family, Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (1673 – 1763), was born in Paris and his career centered on the city. By 1717, he had secured a position at the French court, a post he passed to his son thirty years later. Hotteterre‘s style reflects the taste of the French High Baroque, a musical balancing act between the twin influences of Lully and Corelli. He composed easily in the French style but also arranged Italian music for French amateurs and composed in the style of Corelli, activity that earned him the nickname “le Romaine.” As a composer and pedagogue, Hotteterre focused on the flute, playing a decisive role in making it one of the most popular instruments across the continent. His Principes de la flûte traversière (1707), still consulted by wind players to this day, established technical and musical standards for the instrument. Hotteterre’s 1712 collection Première Suitte de Pièces à 2 dessus sans Basse Continue, the first publication of unaccompanied flute duets, features a set of standard French dances, concluding with the requisite variation set on the passacaglia. In a little twist, Lisette and Rachel asked Stephanie and Jeff to create an accompaniment for this final movement of the suite. Visit earlymusicmissouri.net for more information and to subscribe to our newsletter.