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Duo Jetté

Duo Jetté
Duo Jetté

Bass Viola da Gamba Duo

DUO JETTÉ with Pat O’Scannell & Michal Palzewicz was formed in 2016 with a purpose of presenting French and other Baroque music for viola da gamba. Both are seasoned players on their 7-string French Bass viols, with Pat as a veteran player of over 40 years, and Michal as a master of the cello. Both
players are well known locally, as well as in places further afield.

Pat played at OSF, where she directed music and appeared in Green Shows for 30 years. Michael has appeared with OSF, the Rogue Valley Symphony, SORS and many other local ensembles, and touring with his own group as well as composing.

The ensemble’s includes works by Saint-Colombe, Marin Marais, Antoine Forqueray and others.

This genre features the gamba at its high point both in technique and construction. The added bass string makes the lyra style able to provide a full and robust bottom end both for the duets this group plays, and the solos which are interspersed. The style of ornamentation is highly nuanced, creating its own world and language in the process. Unlike the full-throated music of the high Baroque, with their accompanying ever larger orchestras, this brings us back to a smaller sound. Each phrase is like a string of pearls which the players weave masterfully together into an intricate lace of sound.

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