Te Deum / Le Poème harmonique

Wed. 30 Sep

Te Deum / Le Poème harmonique

Wed. 30 Sep

Programmation

Jean-Baptiste Lully

Fanfare pour le Carrousel royal

4 min
Michel-Richard de Lalande

Caprice de Villers-Cotterêts (extraits)

6 min
Marc-Antoine Charpentier

Te Deum, H 146

23 min
Jean-Baptiste Lully

Te Deum, LWV 55

35 min

Distribution

Le Poème harmonique
Choeur de chambre de la Capella Cracoviensis
Vincent Dumestre
direction
Amel Brahim-Djelloul
dessus
Claire Lefilliâtre
dessus
Jean-François Lombard
haute-contre
Jeffrey Thompson
taille
Benoit Arnould
basse

A hymn of praise for festive occasions Te Deum has inspired works by many different composers. Charpentier’s version is the most well-known, with its famous brass introduction; for many years it was the theme of the Eurovision. The work celebrates the decisive victory of Louis XIV’s armies over the Grand Alliance, hence its martial and triumphal character and large-scale magnificence: soloists, mixed choirs, grand orchestra, including trumpets and timpani. Lully’s Te Deum, which for some unknown reason is performed less often nowadays, was considered during his lifetime as the ultimate performance piece at the Court of Louis XIV. A symbol of the “grand motet” in vogue at Versailles, the language of which was imposed by Lully, it was inspired by less bloody events: it was premiered in 1677 for the christening of Lully’s son – the king had granted him the distinguished honour of becoming godfather. Ironically, it was when conducting the work again in 1687, to celebrate the king’s recovery from ill health, that Lully struck himself in the foot with his conducting staff. Gangrene set in and Lully died a few months later.

En coréalisation avec le Festival d’Ambronay.

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