Low Key Ensemble invites audiences on a journey into the domain of the basso continuo. We shall explore the deep and dark sound world of bass instruments, the modest and unassuming group of instruments that forms the foundation of Baroque music, while presenting rarely heard works, often in arrangements by the ensemble itself, for viola, cello, bass, lute, and harpsichord.

The program features Italian early Baroque music by Frescobaldi, French high Baroque by Couperin, Rameau, and Boismortier, and German high Baroque by the great Bach. We will hear solitary lute tones, vigorous harpsichord playing, a cello in the guise of a viola da gamba, and a viola in the guise of a cello. Perhaps a few folk songs will also find their way in. Whatever happens, our motto remains the same: More bass!

Low Key Ensemble

Marie Stockmarr Becker, Baroque viola

Hanna Loftsdóttir, Baroque cello

Joakim Peterson, Baroque bass

Marcus Mohlin, harpsichord

Dohyo Sol, lute

Duration approx. one hour, without interval.

Further information on Reykjavík Early Music Festival: https://reykjavikearly.is/