Epiphany with Paul Agnew
BAROQUE MUSIC
Splendid voices of today
Introduction Michèle Larivière (in French)
// PRESENTATION
C’est en amoureux de la musique française — et en fin connaisseur du répertoire baroque — que Paul Agnew a imaginé ce concert insolite pour célébrer l'Epiphanie, depuis les plus grands compositeurs français du XVIIe siècle… jusqu’à Johann Sebastian Bach.
Une fête musicale, riche de surprises !
As both tenor and conductor, PAUL AGNEW carries the Baroque banner for Les Arts Florissants.
On stage and off, Paul Agnew projects a soft-edged but intense lyric precision, with bursts of endearing goofiness.
This is the haute-contre tenor well known to devotees of Baroque opera, who have heard him in Charpentier’s Medée, Rameau’s Hippolyte et Aricie and the unforgettable travesty title role in Rameau’s Platée.
In conversation, Agnew’s voice rises and falls dramatically; words are emphasized, italicized, as in the speech of an elected Parliament official (thank the Oxford education) or an actor or master teacher used to putting across ideas to large groups. This makes sense, because conducting has become a major part of Agnew’s career with Les Arts Florissants, and he has become increasingly visible as caretaker of the ensemble’s tradition.”
On stage and off, Paul Agnew projects a soft-edged but intense lyric precision, with bursts of endearing goofiness.
This is the haute-contre tenor well known to devotees of Baroque opera, who have heard him in Charpentier’s Medée, Rameau’s Hippolyte et Aricie and the unforgettable travesty title role in Rameau’s Platée.
In conversation, Agnew’s voice rises and falls dramatically; words are emphasized, italicized, as in the speech of an elected Parliament official (thank the Oxford education) or an actor or master teacher used to putting across ideas to large groups. This makes sense, because conducting has become a major part of Agnew’s career with Les Arts Florissants, and he has become increasingly visible as caretaker of the ensemble’s tradition.”
[ Jennifer Melick. Opera News May 2017 ]
// PERFORMERS
Les Arts Florissants (ensemble)
Juliette Perret (soprano)
Ellen Giacone (soprano)
Sean Clayton (haute-contre)
Martin Candela (ténor)
Igor Bouin (basse)
Emmanuel Resche (violon)
Tami Troman (violon)
Lucian Peralta (alto)
Cyril Poulet (basse de violon)
Sébastien Marq (flûte à bec)
Anaïs Ramage (flûte à bec)
Constance Taillard (orgue)
Paul Agnew (tenor and conductor)
// PROGRAM
MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER (1643-1704)
"Annuntiate superi, narrate cœli" H.333
Canticum in honorem Beatæ Virginis Mariæ
GABRIEL GUILLAUME NIVERS (1634-1714)
“Ecce advenit Dominator Dominus”
Introït de la Messe de l'Epiphanie de Notre Seigneur
MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER (1643-1704)
Ouverture pour le sacre d'un évèque H.536
Cum natus esset Jesus in Bethleem H.395
Pour la fête de l'Epiphanie
“Nuit”
extrait de In nativitatem Domini canticum H.416
“Omnes gentes plaudite manibus” H.192
extrait du Psaume 47
Transfige dulcissime Jesu" H.251
Motet (élévation à 5)
GABRIEL GUILLAUME NIVERS (1634-1714)
”Reges Tharsis et insulæ”
Offertoire de la Messe de l'Epiphanie de Notre Seigneur
Ecce venimus adorare
Motet à 2 parties pour la fête de l'Epiphanie
PAUSE
ANDRÉ CAMPRA (1660-1744)
“Omnes gentes plaudite manibus”
Extrait du Psaume 46
MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER (1643-1704)
Ouverture pour le sacre d'un évèque H.537
GABRIEL GUILLAUME NIVERS (1634-1714)
“Vidimus stellam ejus”
Communion de la Messe de l'Epiphanie de Notre Seigneur
GUILLAUME BOUZIGNAC (1587-1642)
Stella refulget
Motet pour l'Epiphanie
JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY (1632-1687)
“Omnes gentes plaudite manibus”
Extrait du Psaume 46
MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER (1643-1704)
Litanies de la Vierge H.85H.333
// PRICES
- SINGLE CATEGORY | CHF 60.-
- PASS MELOMANE | CHF 800.-
- PASS MELOMANE DUO | CHF 1 300.-
- CHILDREN UNDER 16 | FREE
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LAUENEN KIRCHE
- Kirchgemeinde,
3782 Lauenen
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This concert has been organized thanks to the extreme generosity, marvelous artistic vision and wonderful support of Mrs Aline Foriel-Destezet, the great patron of music.
