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 Jean-Philippe Rameau |
2008 Programme
| Saturday 23rd August 2008 9 pm in Vézelay (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine Basilica) |
Splendours and pageants of Baroque Europe
JS Bach (cantata BWV 78 Jesu, der Du meine Seele) - JP Rameau Grand Motet In Convertendo - Telemann In Deum Judicium - Handel Dixit Dominus
Arsys Bourgogne
Conductor: Pierre Cao
The exceptional assembly of the greatest European Baroque celebrations, a powerful musical explosion brought to us by Arsys Bourgogne and Pierre Cao whose every appearance is an exceptional moment and a must of the Rencontres musicales de Vézelay.
Programme
France, Germany, Italy, England....Four countries and four composers which are rarely united, here with their famous musical celebrations, amongst the most imposing of the entire repertoire. These works will help us to relive, during a concert, a musical Europe that knows no borders, catholic and protestant, that of the splendid chapels and the courts of the powerful and the elegant.
Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
Cantate BWV 78 (22 mn)
Jesu, der Du meine Seele / Jésus, toi mon âme
Jean Philippe RAMEAU (1683-1764)
Grand Motet In convertendo (25 mn)
Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1767)
Psaume Deus Judicium Tuum (20 mn)
Georg Friedrich HAENDEL (1685-1759)
Psaume Dixit dominus (20 mn)
Programme length : Approximately 1 ½ hours
History
This programme puts face to face France, particularly Burgundy, Germany, and England (or Italy) in the beginning of the 18th century. The greatest masters at the height of this baroque period are reflected one in the other: Jean-Philippe Rameau, George Philip Telemann, Johann-Sebastian Bach and George Friedrich Handel.
The Cantata Jesu, der Du meine Seele by J.S. Bach (1724): a magnificent choral cantata whose subject is the celebration and the entreating of the Lord. This cantata was played between the reading of the scriptures and the sermon. The genius of Bach is found in these pages which he so wrote for each Sunday.
The Grand Motet in convertendo by J.P.Rameau : composed on Psalm 125, one of the most beautiful texts of the Old Testament. Composed in 1713 and 1715, rearranged by Rameau in 1751, the rich and varied nomenclature of the choir and the orchestra, contribute in making this grand motet a work of great beauty which was rarely equaled in the Europe of the Age of Enlightenment.
The Psalm Deus Judicium tuum by GP Telemann was composed during Telemann’s stay in Paris and given in concert for the first time at the Tuileries palace in 1738. Telemann established his reputation in the French society through this first religious work which was “much appreciated”
The Dixit dominus by G.F Handel (1707): this motet calls mainly for the choir. It is strongly expressive in style and prefigures the great choral pageants to come.
Artistes
Arsys Bourgogne (28 singers - 4 soloists)
biographyEnsemble Harmonie Universelle (24 piece orchestra d’orchestre - Conductor: Florian Deuter)
biographyPierre Cao (Direction)
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