Concert dessiné : La magie des saisons

PROGRAM:

JEAN-FÉRY REBEL (1666-1747)

Les Élémens (1737) – excerpts

JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU (1683-1764)

Les Indes galantes, « Ballet des Fleurs » (1735) – excerpts

ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741)

Le Quattro Stagioni, op.8 (1723)

CAST:

GRÉGOIRE PONT, live illustration and animation

GILONE GAUBERT, solo violin

LES TALENS LYRIQUES

CHRISTOPHE ROUSSET, harpsichord and direction

"Rebel's Les Élémens, the « Ballet des fleurs » from Rameau's Les Indes galantes and Vivaldi's The Four Seasons are works that have always touched me by their desire to represent elements of Nature through pure music, without the help of words. The sonic and visual intertwine with an almost cinematographic dimension, even though they are the fruit of composers from rival nations in music during the Baroque era: France and Italy. They display a highly descriptive imagination, both very naive yet underpinned by great skill, a true mastery of composition. It is no coincidence that The Four Seasons are among Vivaldi's most famous works: they are both very accessible to the listener and immensely scholarly when observed in detail! It is this landscape dimension, at times deeply pastoral, that Grégoire Pont captures in his live drawing. As many visual and sonic universes unfold before our eyes and ears, postcards in perpetual evolution and journeys guided by the tip of the bow and pencil..."

- Christophe Rousset

LES TALENS LYRIQUES are supported under agreement by the DRAC-IdF for the 2026-2027-2028 period