The court of Versailles was one of the rare places to employ woman musicians in the baroque period. However, if we take a closer look, we can occasionally come across a mention of a celebrated woman harpsichordist, like Miss Certain or Marie-Rose Dubois. In this harpsichord recital, Mélisande McNabney looks for traces of these musical woman of Versailles, enters their universe and retraces their history in music.

Programme: •François Couperin (1668-1733)  First prelude, extrait de L’Art de toucher le clavecin. •Jean Henry D’Anglebert (1629-1691)  Prelude (excerpt from la deuxième suite de pièces pour clavecin) •Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (1665-1729)  First suite de pièces de clavecin (excerpts) •Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)  La Dauphine • Antoine Forqueray (1672-1745) /pub. Jean-Baptiste Antoine Forqueray (1699-1782) Fifth Suite, in C minor.

Mélisande McNabney, harpsichord