The Royal Wedding of Louis XIV

Concert

The Royal Wedding of Louis XIV

Cast

Presentation

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Cast

Ana Quintans Soprano

Victoire Bunel Mezzo-soprano

David Tricou Tenor

Serge Goubioud Tenor

Virgile Ancely Bass

La Tempête Choir

Le Poème Harmonique Orchestra

Vincent Dumestre Conductor

Presentation

Sealing the peace of a kingdom was the act of love of Louis XIV. By marrying the Infanta Marie-Thérèse, daughter of the King of Spain, in June 1660, the young Louis XIV allowed his kingdom to enter into peace and ended a long war between Spain and France. To make the joyous sounds of Parnassus ring, the grandest festivities were laid out in honor of His Majesty during his journey to and return from Paris.

It took no less than Du Mont, Lully, Cavalli, and many other skilled composers to work on the celebrations for the wedding.

Based on testimonies preserved around these celebrations, from Saint-Jean-de-Luz to Versailles, this program recreates the musical works that accompanied them: the King’s trumpets open the concert, while the galleries of the church welcome the symphonies, organ, and motets of Dumont; finally, the most beautiful excerpts from Cavalli’s Il Xerxe and the symphonies of Monsieur de Lully that accompany it allow us to hear the opera that celebrated the newlyweds’ return to their Château.

This new production is made possible thanks to the generous support of Madame Aline Foriel-Destezet.

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Programme

Aux portes du temple
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632 – 1687) : Sonneries pour les trompettes du Roi

Entry of the Delegations

Louis Couperin (ca. 1626 – 1661) : Prélude en ré mineur (1654)
Jean-Baptiste Lully : Entrée pour la Maison de France, Les Espagnols, Les Basques

Celebration of Peace

Jean Veillot (1600 – 1662) : Hymne O filii e filiae

Jean-Baptiste Lully : Motet pour la Paix Jubilate Deo, LWV 77

The Wedding

Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers (ca. 1632-1714) : Livre d’orgue contenant cent pièces de tous les tons de l’Église : Plein jeu du troisième ton, Récit de cromorne du troisième ton

Salomone Rossi (1570 – 1630) : Sinfonia grave

Francesco Cavalli (1602 – 1676) : Magnificat

Ballet of Nations & Rejoicings

Francesco Cavalli : Xerse : « Lasciate mi morire«

André de Rosiers (actif 1634 – 1672) : Après une si longue guerre

Nicolas Métru (1600/1605 – 1663) : Ô France

Juan Hidalgo (1614 – 1685) : Celos aun del aire matan : « Dos zagalas venian«

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Les Noces Royales de Louis XIV

N°66

The wedding of Louis XIV and Maria Theresa of Austria was the event of the century! Vincent Dumestre and Le Poème Harmonique imagine the rich musical programme that accompanied the festivities, closely linked to the treaty of the Pyrenees, a promise of peace in Europe.

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