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Concert12.14.2024 - 2.21.2025

Happy Birthday, Bill!


William CHRISTIE

  • Musical direction

 

Version with Les Arts Florissants choir and orchestra:

Emmanuelle DE NEGRI * 

  • Soprano

Rachel REDMOND * 

  • Soprano

Ana Maria LABIN 

  • Soprano

Juliette MEY * 

  • Mezzo-soprano (except in Paris Paris)

Lea DESANDRE * 

  • Mezzo-soprano (Paris)

Bastien RIMONDI * 

  • Tenor

James WAY * 

  • Tenor

Renato DOLCINI * 

  • Bass

Maud GNIDZAZ

  • Soprano (solo : “Or let the merry bells ring round” de Handel)

 

Version with Les Arts Florissants chamber orchestra:

Ana VIEIRA LEITE * 

  • Soprano

Juliette MEY * 

  • Mezzo-soprano

Rebecca LEGGETT * 

  • Mezzo-soprano

Richard Pittsinger *

  • Tenor

Bastien RIMONDI * 

  • Tenor

Matthieu WALENDZIK *

  • Bass-baritone

 

* Laureates of Le Jardin des Voix

William Christie Vincent Pontet

With William Christie unwell following the current flu epidemic, performances on February 6 (Valencia), 8 (Oviedo), 9 (Saffron Walden) and 11 (London) have been cancelled

Paul Agnew will conduct the February 5 performance in Madrid. 

We wish the maestro a speedy recovery!

A pioneer of Baroque rediscovery, a passionate defender of the arts and culture of the Grand Siècle, a conductor praised the world over: William Christie has left his flamboyant mark on the international musical landscape. What better way to celebrate his 80th birthday than with music? 

This is the aim of this special concert, featuring some of William Christie's most cherished works, drawn from his beloved repertoire: French music of the 17th and 18th centuries. A delightful anthology, for which several members of his musical family have gathered around him, instrumentalists and solo singers with whom he has built up a loyal companionship over the years... with a few surprises thrown in for good measure!

Two versions of this program will be offered during the tour: a large-scale version with the choir and orchestra of Les Arts Florissants, and a version with chamber orchestra. 

In connexion with the concert

Listen to the recording of the concert given at the Philharmonie de Paris (December 14, 2024):

On the occasion of the concert at the Opéra national de Bordeaux, an encounter with William Christie will be held on February 1st, 2025 at 6:30 pm at Station Ausone - Librairie Mollat, and will be followed by a signing of the book Enchantements.

Past events :
21February 202519H30
Budapest, Hungary
Müpa
(with chamber orchestra)
15February 202520H
Aix-en-Provence, France
Grand Théâtre de Provence
(with chamber orchestra)
11February 202519H30
London, UK
Wigmore Hall
(with chamber orchestra)
9February 202519H30
Saffron Walden, UK
Saffron Hall
(with chamber orchestra)
8February 202519H
Oviedo, Spain
Auditorio Principe Felipe
(with choir and orchestra)
6February 202519H30
Valencia, Spain
Palau de la Musica
(with choir and orchestra)
5February 202519H
Madrid, Spain
Auditorio Nacional de Musica
(with choir and orchestra)
1February 202520H
Bordeaux, France
Opéra national de Bordeaux
(with chamber orchestra)
28January 202519H30
New York, USA
Carnegie Hall
(with chamber orchestra)
26January 202515H
Versailles , France
Opéra royal de Versailles
(with chamber orchestra)
24January 202519H30
La Vallette, Malta
Teatru Manoel
(with chamber orchestra)
14December 202419H
Paris, France
Philharmonie de Paris
(with choir and orchestra)