A major figure in France’s musical heritage, Henry Du Mont is at the heart of the work carried out for thirty years by the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, which is about to complete a full edition of his works. To mark this achievement, the Pages and the Singers of the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles are joining forces with the ensemble Les Folies françoises to perform a series of previously unheard grand motets. Composed between 1666 and 1678, and published in 1686 by royal order, they reflect the composer’s stylistic evolution, the apogee of the first grand motet of the Louis VIV era and the aesthetics of a power at its zenith, at a time when the court was moving to Versailles (1682) and music was becoming an instrument of artistic, spiritual, and political influence.

Coproduction by Royal Opera / Château de Versailles Spectacles, Centre de musique baroque de Versailles.
Scores published by the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles.

The treble, haute-contre, taille, and quinto violin parts were created by Antoine Laulhère and Giovanna Chittò on commission from the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles.

This programme is recorded on CD for the Château de Versailles Spectacles label.

Henry Du Mont (1610–1684)

Exaudi Deus

Confitebimur tibi

Benedictus

Exaltabo te Deus meus

Quemadmodum desiderat cervus

Magnificat anima mea

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