Honneur aux compositeurs baroques Français

In the middle of the 17th and until the end of the 18th century, French baroque music could rival that of Antonio Vivaldi's Italy, Johann Sebastian Bach's Germany, or Henry Purcell and George Frideric Handel's England.

Marc-Antoine Charpentier, though remaining in the shadows during the reign of the Sun King, excelled in sacred music and imported the art of the oratorio from Italy.

André Campra, basking in full light under the Regency, shared his talent between operatic compositions and sacred music, particularly, like M.A. Charpentier, among the Jesuits of the Collège Louis le Grand.

The Concert Spirituel he directed provided Jean Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville, protégé of Madame de Pompadour, with a prestigious venue to perform his most flamboyant oratorios.

Program:

Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704), Te Deum H 146 and Midnight Mass for Christmas

André Campra (1660-1746), Exaudiat te Dominus

Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville (1711-1772), Dominus Regnavit