Originally from Paris, French soprano Héloïse Bernard completed a Masters in French Literature and a curriculum in acting before devoting herself to singing. She lived and studied in the Netherlands, Estonia and Scotland, where she settled. During her studies, she was fortunate to receive guidance in the field of Early Music by Evelyne Tubb and Emma Kirkby.
Héloïse is active in the early music scene, and performs as a soloist with the Linarol Consort of Viols, the Spinacino Consort, as well as the ensemble The Telling or the historical dance society Autrefois.
Her soprano voice « full of charm and emotion” (RES Musica) is featured in the Eccles’ recording of Semele by the Academy of Ancient Music in the role of Iris, and will also appear on the soon to be released recording based on the Songbook of Marguerite of Austria, with the Linarol Consort of Viols.
Originally from Luxembourg, Annemarie Klein is a recorder player, teacher and translator based in Edinburgh. She completed her BMus at the University of Edinburgh and her MA in Recorder Performance at the Lemmens Institute in Leuven (Belgium) with Bart Spanhove and Bart Coen. Making her Wigmore Hall debut in December 2023 (recording of this programme with Siglo de Oro in 2026), Annemarie performs with ensembles Spinacino Consort, also featuring voice, lute and viol, Musica Mundana (with Eric Thomas, theorbo), Au Plaisir de Dames (Héloïse Bernard and Jan Waterfield) and with keyboard players John Kitchen, David Gerrard and Dorien Schouten. The Spinacino Consort also brings Early Music to children with their ‘Spinacino Bambino’ events.
Annemarie teaches privately and at Erskine Stewart’s Melville Schools and is in demand as a tutor on residential recorder courses across the UK and in Germany, where she co-leads courses with Dietrich Schnabel. She has recently translated Bart Spanhove’s new book on practice techniques into English, as well as translating for Moeck Musikverlag.
Having studied musicology, piano and harpsichord at Cambridge University and the Royal Academy of Music, Jan Waterfield is now based in Edinburgh, sometimes teaching at the Royal Conservatoire in Glasgow and also travelling throughout the UK and the rest of Europe as a chamber musician and soloist.
As well as being principal harpsichordist of the Gabrieli Consort and players, she is also a regular collaborator with the Dunedin Consort, Marian Consort and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
Notable recordings include the Gabrieli Consort’s award-winning ‘New Venetian Coronation’ (both as player and researcher), the Gabrieli’s ground-breaking ‘King Arthur’ and the remarkable SDG Bach cantata recordings.
Recent projects have included playing a 1834 Erard grand piano at the opening concert of the 2024 Edinburgh Festival and performing on the new baroque organ in the Tivoli Vredenburg Hall in Utrecht.
Programme
Henry du Bailly (1590-1637)
Yo soy la Locura
I am madness, which alone gives pleasure,
sweetness & contentment to the whole world
Michel Farinel (1649-1726)
Faronell’s Ground (La Follia)
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1687- 1765)
Air Pantomime, Rigaudons, Contredanse & Air de Follie from ‘Platée’
I am Madness & I tell stories in the most brilliant manner.
Daphne refused to give herself to Apollo & Love changed her into a tree.
That is how Love gets his revenge, when he is offended!
Michel Corrette (1707-1795)
Le Plaisir des Dames (concerto comique)
Nicolas Bernier (1664-1734)
L’amour aveuglé
Love and Madness were flirting pleasantly in the shade,
when Discord arrived, pouring out his poison.
Games of Love can be deceitful!
Often, the most charming jesting turns into the darkest fury.
Michel Corrette
La Servante au Bon Tabac (concerto comique)
I have some good tobacco in my pouch & you won’t have any!
Clément Janequin (1485-1558)
Or vien ca, vien, m’amie
Come now, my love, your pretty little bagpipe
will make us dance & to that pleasant tune, our bodies
will enjoy each other. I want it so much, it makes me crazy.
Joseph de Boismortier (1689-1755)
Quand je vois ma chère bouteille
My charming bottle, what a marvel!
Nothing can resist its glug glug glug
Petite Pause
Joseph de Boismortier
Dieu des Raisins
God of the Vine & Father of Happiness
Chase away all sadness from here!
Anne Danican-Philidor (1681-1728)
Sonata in D minor
Fugue-Courante-Notes égales- Fugue
Georg Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Mi Palpita il Cor
My heart races, my soul is agitated, I have
such pain in my breast! But I will throw myself
at Cupid’s feet & one day, the cruel one will
adore me & then this heart will be content.
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Suite from ‘Don Quichotte’
Le reveil-Attaque des Moulins-Les Soupirs-
Sanche Panche berné- Le Galop-Celui de L’ane-
Le couche de Quichotte
John Eccles (1668-1735)
A Song in Don Quixote
I burn! I burn! I burn! All hell feels not the rage
which I, poor I, endure.
Jacques Hotteterre (1674-1763)
Prélude en sol
John Frederick Lampe (1703-1751)
The Moon Song (from Pyramus & Thisbe)
The Man in the Moon am I Sir!
Thomas Ravenscroft (1588-1635)
Martin said to his Man, Fie man, fie!
Who’s the fool now?
