Le Jardin des Voix – An English Garden
Ensemble
Orchestre des Arts Florissants
Cast
Natalie PEREZ, soprano
Natasha SCHNUR, soprano
Eva ZAÏCIK, mezzo-soprano
James WAY, tenor
Josep-Ramon OLIVÉ, baritone
Padraic ROWAN, bass
Dresses of the soloists created by "on aura tout vu" Haute couture
Musical Editions:
Les Arts Florissants (Pascal Duc) and Ed. Stainer & Bell, London for Welcome blacke night and Cease these false sports.
Program
George Frideric HANDEL - Acis and Galatea
O the pleasure of the plains
Orlando GIBBONS - The Cryes of London
Première partie
Henry PURCELL - If music be the food of love
Thomas TOMKINS - Music divine
Thomas Augustin ARNE - The Singing Club
George Frideric HANDEL - Ode for St Cecilia's day
Sharp Violins proclaim
Henry PURCELL - Come ye sons of Art, away / Ode for the bithday of Queen Mary, Z. 323
Strike the viol, touch the lute
Henry PURCELL - Of all the instruments
Henry PURCELL - Hail ! bright Cecilia - Ode for St Cecilia's Day Z. 328
Wondrous Machine
George Frideric HANDEL - Ode for St Cecilia's day
The soft complaining Flute
Thomas Augustin ARNE - The Fairy Prince
Duett and Chorus « Now all the air shall ring »
Second Part: A Night of Revels
George Frideric HANDEL - L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato
Oh let the merry bells ring round
Henry PURCELL - The Fairy Queen
Air « See, even Night herself is here »
John WARD - Come sable night
Henry PURCELL - The Fairy Queen
One charming night
Henry PURCELL - The Libertine, or the Libertine destroyed, Z.600
In these delightful pleasant groves
John DOWLAND - A Pilgrimes Solace
Welcome, black night
Henry PURCELL - Timon of Athens
Air : "Hence with your trifling deity"
Trio : "But over us no griefs prevail"
Henry PURCELL - Dioclesian
Duet « Make room for the great god »
Trio and Chorus « I'm here with my jolly crew »
Danse of Bacchanals
Henry PURCELL - Bacchus is a pow’r divine, Z.360
Henry PURCELL - Tis women makes us love, Catch Z.281
Henry PURCELL - King Arthur
Fairest Isle
William HAYES - Song in King Arthur de Henry Purcell. Arrangement par William Hayes
Fairest Isle
John DOWLAND - A Pilgrimes Solace
Cease these false sports
George Frideric HANDEL - Theodora
As with rosy steps the morn
George Frideric HANDEL - L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato
As steals the morn upon the night
Henry PURCELL - The Fairy Queen
Now the night is chas'd away
Orlando GIBBONS - The Cryes of London
Deuxième partie
For its eighth edition, Le Jardin des Voix will reveal to the public six young singers from amongst the most talented of their generation. Chosen from all over the world, these future stars of the opera stage will sing an anthology of English airs on an international tour, conducted in turns by William Christie and Paul Agnew.
More about Le Jardin des Voix, 8th edition 2017.
In association with the concert
The 23rd November 2017 at the Philharmonie de Paris a Music Lesson will be given by William Christie and the singers of Le Jardin des Voix. Learn more
Previous dates
Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard / France
Maison de Georges Clémenceau
- Sunday, June 10 2018, 4.30pm
- Sunday, June 10 2018, 10.05am
London / United Kingdom
Barbican Centre, Concert Hall
- Friday, June 8 2018, 7.30pm
Moscow / Russia
Tchaikovsky Concert Hall
- Sunday, November 26 2017, 7pm
Paris / France
Philharmonie de Paris / Cité de la Musique, Concert hall
- Wednesday, November 22 2017, 8.30pm
Saragosse / Spain
Auditorio
- Monday, November 20 2017, 8pm
Madrid / Spain
Auditorio Nacional de Música
- Sunday, November 19 2017, 7pm
Caen / France
théâtre de Caen
- Friday, November 17 2017, 8pm
Nantes / France
Théâtre Graslin - Angers Nantes Opéra
- Thursday, November 16 2017, 8pm
Thiré / France
Gardens of William Christie
- Sunday, August 20 2017, 8.30pm
- Saturday, August 19 2017, 8.30pm