Cast
Gwendoline Blondeel Soprano
Nicholas Scott Countertenor
Zachary Wilder Bass
Marc Mauillon Ground bass
Matthieu Walendzik Ground bass
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie Conductor
Presentation
Les Arts Florissants, directed by their founder and conductor William Christie, present a programme featuring Marc-Antoine Charpentier and André Campra.
Move hearts and stir souls: this is the goal of religious music, and one that was pursued by the composers working at the Chapelle Royale in Versailles, such as Marc-Antoine Charpentier (during Louis XIV's reign) and André Campra (a little later). The first composer's Psalms for the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nocturnes of Holy Week, precede the other's Requiem. One of the major works of the French Baroque, this Requiem displays virtuosity and dramatic effects that evoke the operatic aspect of the composer's career, while fitting perfectly into the form and style of a mass for the dead.
Programme
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 – 1704)
Psalm David LXX "In te Domine speravi... et eripe me" H. 228: 3rd Psalm of the first night of Holy Wednesday
Psalm David XXVI "Dominus illuminatio mea" H. 229: 3rd Psalm of the first night of Holy Thursday
Psalm David XV "Conserva me Domine" H. 230: 3rd Psalm of the first night of Good Friday
Intermission
André Campra (1660 – 1744)
Requiem
Photo gallery
©Philippe Matsas
©Denis Rouvre
©Julien Gazeau
©Denis Rouvre
©Oscar Ortega
©Oscar Ortega
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