Songs of Joy for Eastertide
Ensemble
Choir and instrumentalists of Les Arts Florissants
Program
Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER - Nuptiae Sacrae H. 412
Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER - Tristis est anima mea H. 126
Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER - Transfige dulcissime Jesu H. 251
Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER - Victimae Pascale Laudes H. 13
Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER - Le Reniement de Saint Pierre H. 424
Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER - Stabat Mater pour les religieuses H.15
Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER - Memorare piissima Virgo Maria H.367
Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER - O crus spes unica H.349
Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER - Dialogue de Jésus et Marie-Madeleine H. 423
Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER - Salve regina H.47
Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER - Chants joyeux du temps de Pâques H.339
"Chants joyeux du temps du Pâques" (Songs of Joy for Eastertide) is the title of a work by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704), a composer who for part of his life served as Music Master for the Jesuits at Louis-le-Grand middle school in Paris. This little-performed work shares its name with this concert programme which showcases a selection of sacred works, all written by Charpentier and designed as a meditation on the passion and resurrection of Christ.
After the “Nuptiae Sacrae”, which celebrates the vital connection between Christ and his church, the “Victimae paschali laudes" is followed by the "Reniement de St Pierre". The crucifixion is represented by the “Stabat Mater” and the hymn “O crus spec unica”. It turns listeners towards the joy of the resurrection – as conceived by our master of French Baroque music – through the encounter between Mary-Magdalene and Jesus in the "Dialogues inters Magdalenam et Jesum" and the "Chants joyeux du temps de Pâques".
Previous dates
New York / United States
Alice Tully hall, Lincoln Center
- Thursday, July 27 2017, 7.30pm, cond. Paul Agnew
Saintes / France
Abbaye aux Dames
- Monday, July 17 2017, 7.30pm, cond. William Christie
Beaune / France
Basilique Notre-Dame
- Saturday, July 15 2017, 8pm, Festival de Beaune - cond. William Christie
Fontevraud / France
Abbaye
- Sunday, June 11 2017, 6pm, cond. Paul Agnew
Saint-Michel-en-Thiérache / France
Abbaye
- Sunday, June 4 2017, 4.30pm, cond. Paul Agnew
Luçon / France
Cathédrale de Luçon
- Sunday, April 30 2017, 8.30pm, Festival de Printemps - cond. William Christie
- Friday, April 28 2017, 8.30pm, Festival de Printemps - cond. William Christie
Gdańsk / Poland
St. John Centre
- Saturday, April 15 2017, 8pm, cond. William Christie