Le Poème Harmonique
Le Coup de Majesté - Songs from the time of the young Louis XIV
Imagine the Louvre, which now attracts visitors from across the globe, during the illustrious reigns of Henri IV and Louis XIV. Versailles was still a hamlet and the seat of kings was embedded in the heart of Paris, between the murmuring Seine and the rumbling suburbs. Life, song and dance centered on the palace. Drinking songs rose from its kitchens, brought from the street by bakers and cooks who, between pâtés and partridges, danced a bourrée or played the tambourine. In the royal apartments, Marin Marais and his viol enchanted the court’s finest members at intimate concerts. Life was lived to the rhythm of the most refined and exquisite music.
Programme
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)
Plainte de Vénus sur la mort d'Adonis
Michel-Richard de Lalande (1657-1726)
Musette
Marche des Bergers
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704)
Air sur les Stances du Cid
Étienne Moulinié (1599-1676)
L'auzel que sul boyssou
Anonyme
Le bossu maumariée
Anonyme
Quand je menais les chevaux boire
Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676)
Sinfonia, L’Egisto
Sinfonia, Ercole amante
Marco Uccellini (1603-1680)
Sinfonia A gran battaglia
Aria sopra la Bergamasca
Francesco Cavalli
Dell'antro magico, Il Giasone
Luci mie, Xerse
Giovanni Battisa Buonamente (ca. 1595-1642)
Aria di Fiorenza
Francesco Cavalli
E vuol dunque, Ercole amante
Piangete occhi dolenti, L’Egisto
Performers
Éva Zaïcik, mezzo-soprano
Fiona-Emilie Poupard and Louise Ayrton, violins
Lucas Peres, viola da gamba
Simon Guidicelli, violone
Violaine Cochard, organ and harpsichord
Vincent Dumestre, theorbo and musical direction
Le Poème Harmonique is subsidized by the French Ministry of Culture (DRAC of Normandy), the Centre National de la Musique, the Normandy Region, the Department of Seine-Maritime and the City of Rouen.
Le Poème Harmonique is in residence at the Singer-Polignac Foundation (Paris) as associate artist.
The Music for a young King tour receives support from L’Institut Français.
Information
If you have any questions, please contact us:
Tel. 967 716 647 or info@cistermusica.com