Name: Couperin : Leçons de Ténèbres
Start: 2023-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Chapelle Royale

Organization

Dirigent

Gaétan Jarry

Soprano

Adèle Carlier

Soprano II

Zanger

Ana Quintans

Soprano 1

Soprano 2

Ana Vieira Leite

Soprano I

Opéra Royal de Versailles

Others

Couperin : Leçons de Ténèbres

Versailles

Frankrijk

Chapelle Royale

Couperin : Leçons de Ténèbres: Leçons de ténèbres Couperin (+2 Mas)

Public

Lessen van duisternis

Victoria, Christe resurgenti

Cantique Quatrième : Sur le Bonheur des Justes et le Malheur des Réprouvés

Approved

Bass

Instrumentalist

Pianist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

Oboist

hornist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Harper

Saxophonist

Trombonist

Harpsichordist

Accordionist

Bassist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da Gambist

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Componist

Regisseur

Librettist

Set designer

Kostuum ontwerper

Choreograaf

Licht ontwerper

Danser

Acteur

Koor meester

Video ontwerper

Dramaturg

Vertaler

Geluidsontwerper

Répétiteur

Visagist

Uitvoerend producent

Haar stylist

Other

Stage Manager

Koor

Orkest

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

Broadcasting

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Illustrator

Extra

Tenor

Singer

Countertenor

Baritone

Bass-baritone

contralto

Mezzo-soprano

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

Presentation

In the mid-seventeenth century, the Leçons de Ténèbres became the subject of increasingly popular musical compositions. Michel Lambert was the first in France to compose a cycle in 1662, soon followed by Charpentier and Lalande. But the most famous - and the first to have been performed and recorded - are those composed by François Couperin, dated 1714.
At the end of the reign of Louis XIV, France was a land of piety, but also of Italianism in music, including religious music. The emotions composed by Couperin for his female singers are so dramatic that they sound like something out of an opera... Vocality and spirituality are artfully combined, testifying to the refinement of fine French singing practised both in the salons and theatres and in places of worship. People flocked to listen to the divine voices singing the Lessons for the days of Holy Week in Parisian convents, the faceless voices of young conventual recluses, voices from heaven... but often opera singers when theatres were closed during the period of penance before Easter! The candles were traditionally extinguished as the Office of Darkness unfolded, to end in the darkness of the night... The three extant lessons by François Couperin were written for Shrove Wednesday and represent one of the peaks of French sacred art of the early eighteenth century.
Gaétan Jarry conducts wonderful singers, Ana Quintans and Adèle Carlier for this concert, which is particularly relevant to Versailles, and which will also be recorded in our collection.
A Les Productions de l'Opéra Royal production
 Available in the Château de Versailles Spectacles collection
PROGRAMME
François Couperin (1668 – 1733)
Leçons de Ténèbres pour le Mercredi Saint
Michel Richard Delalande (1657 – 1726)
Cantique Quatrième : Sur le Bonheur des Justes et le Malheur des Réprouvés

François Couperin
Motet pour le Jour de Pâques : Victoria Christo Resugenti !

English

Couperin : Leçons de Ténèbres by Couperin, Delalande, Van (2023/2023), Dirigent Gaétan Jarry, Chapelle Royale, Versailles, Frankrijk

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