Various Composers - Tranquilles Cœurs (Ensemble Théodora)

Information

• Georg Böhm - Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend: Var I
• Jacques Boyvin - Livre d'orgue II, Suite dans le premier ton: No. 5, Récit tendre
• André Campra - Ecce quam bonum, Motet à voix seule et deux dessus de violons
• Jean-Baptiste Lully - Entrée de la Gloire et de la Sagesse d'Armide (From Armide, LWV 71)
• Anonyme - Sonata a 2
• Johann Philipp Krieger - Surgite cum gaudio a 3
• Jean-Baptiste Lully - Entrée d'Apollon (From Lully's Le triomphe de l'amour, LWV 59)
• Jean-Baptiste Lully - Ballet des Arts, LWV 18: Duo de la Paix et de la Félicité
• Johann Fischer - Suite en trio
• Jean-Baptiste Lully - Sourdine d'Armide (From Armide, LWV 71)
• Jean-Baptiste Lully - Plainte de Cloris (From Le Grand Divertissement royal de Versailles)
• Jean-Baptiste Lully - Tranquilles Cœurs. Ritornelle (From Le triomphe de l'amour, LWV 59)
• Jean-Baptiste Lully - Tranquilles Cœurs (From Le triomphe de l'amour, LWV 59)
• Johann Sebastian Bach - Aria in F Major, BWV 587

Ensemble Théodora

    Mariamielle Lamagat, soprano

    Louise Ayrton, violin

    Alice Trocellier, viola da gamba

    Lucie Chabard, harpsichord & organ

Adèle Charvet, mezzo-soprano

Amandine Solano, violin

Sergio Bucheli, theorbo

León Serafin, theorbo

Date: 2026

Label: Alpha Classics

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Formed in 2018 by four students at London’s Royal Academy of Music—soprano Mariamielle Lamagat, baroque violinist Louise Ayrton, harpsichordist Lucie Chabard, and viol player Alice Trocellier—Ensemble Théodora is devoted to French Baroque repertoire and its broader European influence. For its debut recording in Alpha Classics’ “Baroque Stories” series, the ensemble explores the impact of the French style in 18th-century Germanic lands, where composers embraced the dance forms, dotted rhythms, and harmonic language of Louis XIV’s court. The program highlights works by Johann Fischer and Johann Philipp Krieger, alongside music by Bach, reflecting the cross-cultural exchange that shaped the era’s evolving instrumental and vocal practices.

Théodora is an early music ensemble dedicated to late 17th- and early 18th-century repertoire, with particular emphasis on expatriate composers. Founded in 2018, the group quickly gained recognition through major early music competitions and festival appearances across Europe. While French music remains central to its identity, the ensemble also explores English repertoire, fostering improvisational practice. In 2021, Théodora launched a theatrical project centered on Abbé de Choisy, now touring, and developed community outreach initiatives introducing Baroque music to new audiences. Recent highlights include the premiere of Genesis in 2023 and an upcoming residency at the 2024 La Chaise-Dieu Festival, alongside its appointment as Junior Artists in Residence at the Singer-Polignac Foundation.