Main programs of the season
Ann Ford, musicienne de l’Enlightenment
2024
Un programme autour de la musicienne iconoclaste compositrice, chanteuse et multi-instrumentiste Ann Ford, amie des plus grands artistes du temps, les musiciens Carl Friedrich Abel et Johan Christian Bach mais aussi le peintre Thomas Gainsborough ou encore l’écrivain Laurence Sterne.
En savoir +Réforme et Contre-Réforme
Musiques de la foi - 2023
Concert-lecture avec le comédien Benjamin Lazar, et les chanteurs Eugénie Lefebvre, William Shelton, Paco Garcia, Vincent Bouchot et Lucas Bacro.
En savoir +London 1740
Romance and ballads in Vauxhall Gardens -
Music of Georg Friedrich Haendel (1685 - 1759) | Thomas Augustine Arne (1710 - 1778) | James Oswald (1711 - 1769) Pietro Castrucci (1679 - 1752)
En savoir +I’m sick of love
Art of singing in England at the XVIIst century : Dowland, Lawes, Purcell -
With Zachary Wilder (tenor) or Nicholas Scott (tenor). Singing accompanied by oneself on the lute or spruce was common practice and John Dowland, Henry Lawes, and even later Henry Purcell were probably familiar with this type of exercise.
En savoir +A Spiritual Concert in Lübeck
Cantatas and sonatas in Northern Germany at the time of Tunder & Buxtehude -
With Maïlys de Villoutreys (soprano)
En savoir +Les Soirées du Régent
Cantatas and sonatas at the Palais-Royal - 2021
The Regent Philippe d'Orléans, who ruled France during the minority of Louis XV, was a music lover.
En savoir +“Rendez-moi mes plaisirs”
An anthology of courtly airs of the Louis XIV period : Lambert, Charpentier, Chabanceau de la Barre, Le Camus, Marais… -
With Marc Mauillon (baryton)
En savoir +The Sleep of Ulysses
Cantatatas and sonatas from Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre -
French cantatas, which are like miniature operas, give pride of place to dramatic elements like storms, unleashed elements, fury and passion.
En savoir +Meditations for Lent by Charpentier, Brossard, du Mont
Motes from Charpentier, de Brossard , du Mont - Intrumental music from Marais -
With Sean Clayton (tenor), Marc Mauillon (baryton) & Renaud Bres (basse).
En savoir +Purcell’s Devotional Songs & Anthems
For three male voices -
With Sean Clayton (tenor), Marc Mauillon (tenor) and Renaud Brès (bass)
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