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The birth of Versailles
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Saturday October 7th 2023
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Royal Chapel
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7pm | 1h15 without intermission
Cast
- Choir of the Maîtrise du CRR de Paris
- Chœur de l’Opéra Royal
- Consort Musica Vera
- Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Conductor
- Edwige Parat Choirmaster of the Maîtrise
Presentation
A very young Louis XIII came to Versailles for the first in 1607, to accompany his father Henry IV on the hunt. In 1623, he decided to have a hunting lodge built there so that he could stay overnight. He slept at this royal country residence for the first time in June 1624, before having it rebuilt and extended in 1631. The world’s most beautiful palace was in the making, but its stunning location fascinated French sovereigns – and had done for four hundred years!
What if, before moving into his new abode, the King wanted to give it an extra sheen with a religious consecration, as was so customary for royal buildings? This is an opportunity to hear this splendid music from the reign of Louis XIII, the origins of the French baroque style that was the source of musical glory which Louis XIV would take to new artistic heights.
Show moreJean-Baptiste Nicolas brings together the great Mass for Double Choir by Nicolas Formé, principal composer for the Royal Chapel of Henry IV and then Louis XIII, Motets by the admirable Guillaume Bouzignac the inspired Eustache du Caurroy, and a garland of fanfares in which the royal trumpets make a magnificent match for the soloists, the children of the Maîtrise de Paris, the Choir of the Opéra Royal and the Consort Musica Vera, for an exhilarating concert!
With the exceptionnal support of the ADOR – The Friends of the Royal Opera
Programme
Guillaume de Bouzignac ? (1587-1643)
Cantate Domino, omnis Franciae, sur la victoire de La Rochelle
D’après André Danican Philidor dit l’Ancien (1652-1730)
Ballet à cheval fait pour le grand Carrousel
Show moreEustache Du Caurroy (1549-1609)
Christus vincit, Christus regnat, Christus imperat
André Danican Philidor
Pavane faite au mariage de Monsieur de Vandosme
Jean Titelouze (1563-1633)
Magnificat en premier ton – Magnificat
Nicolas Formé (1567-1638)
Messe à double chœur – Kyrie
Guillaume de Bouzignac
Ex ore infantum à double chœur
Jean Titelouze
Magnificat en premier ton – Quia respexit
Nicolas Formé
Messe à double chœur – Gloria
André Danican Philidor
Bransle de Bourgogne
Guillaume de Bouzignac
Dum Silentium apparuit
Jean Titelouze
Magnificat en premier ton – Et misericordia ejus
Nicolas Formé
Messe à double chœur – Credo
Eustache Du Caurroy (1549-1609)
Victimae paschali laudes
André Danican Philidor
Passe Meze, fait pour les hautbois et cornets
Jean Titelouze
Magnificat en premier ton – Deposuit potentes
Nicolas Formé
Messe à double chœur – Sanctus
André Danican Philidor
La victoire
Pierre Chépélov (né en 1979)
Reconstitution d’un Te Deum en faulx bourdon
Jean Titelouze
Magnificat en premier ton – Suscepit Israel
Nicolas Formé
Messe à double chœur – Agnus dei
Jean Titelouze
Magnificat en premier ton – Gloria patri et filio
Nicolas Formé
Messe à double chœur – Domine salvum fac regem
Guillaume de Bouzignac ?
Domine salvum fac regem
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The Royal Chapel of the Château de Versailles
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