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La Petite Bande
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Belgian period instrument orchestra La Petite Bande takes its name and constitution from <a href="spotify:artist:19v0Cnq5D4SKom8SVlXhkw">Lully</a>'s own orchestra at the court of Louis XIV. It was founded in 1972 by violinist and conductor <a href="spotify:artist:6bOaVLF9coFqrdZY4l4pWy">Sigiswald Kuijken</a> in order to record <a href="spotify:artist:19v0Cnq5D4SKom8SVlXhkw">Lully</a>'s Le bourgeois gentilhomme with <a href="spotify:artist:0KmvC3SVTF02l4ueknQCsW">Gustav Leonhardt</a> for <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Deutsche+Harmonia+Mundi%22">Deutsche Harmonia Mundi</a>. Although it had only been put together for a few recordings, it soon established a reputation as a leader in the performance of French Baroque music. La Petite Bande began giving regular concerts and appearing at festivals throughout the world. The orchestra's repertoire expanded to include music by <a href="spotify:artist:5aIqB5nVVvmFsvSdExz408">Bach</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1QL7yTHrdahRMpvNtn6rI2">Handel</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7vfydQ0nVBVgJ0ajs8EtRM">Gluck</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:656RXuyw7CE0dtjdPgjJV6">Haydn</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:4NJhFmfw43RLBLjQvxDuRS">Mozart</a>. La Petite Bande is subsidized by the Ministry of the Flemish Community of Belgium and by the Province of Vlaams-Brabant. Since 1997, La Petite Bande has been orchestra-in-residence in Leuven. Between 2005 and 2012, the ensemble and <a href="spotify:artist:6bOaVLF9coFqrdZY4l4pWy">Kuikjen</a> recorded a cycle of <a href="spotify:artist:5aIqB5nVVvmFsvSdExz408">Bach</a>'s liturgical cantatas.
In 2009, La Petite Bande was told its funding would be cut after 2010, thus spurring a successful online effort to save the group. Later recordings include Monteverdi: Vespro della Beate Vergine (2008) and Bach: H-Moll-Mess (2009).
In 2009, La Petite Bande was told its funding would be cut after 2010, thus spurring a successful online effort to save the group. Later recordings include Monteverdi: Vespro della Beate Vergine (2008) and Bach: H-Moll-Mess (2009).
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