Les Métaboles – Léo Warynski, direction

Sculpted voices

From Roland de Lassus's Prophetiae Sibyllarum, arguably the most Michelangelesque composer of the Renaissance, to Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, transcribed in a new version for a cappella choir by Thibault Perrine, this program spans more than three centuries of history, notably illustrating the aesthetic shock experienced by nineteenth-century French composers upon discovering the beauty of the Italian Renaissance. A journey devised by conductor Léo Warynski and his ensemble Les Métaboles, recent revelations in choral music.

Program

Orlando di Lasso, Prophéties des Sibylles

Gregorio Allegri, Miserere

Charles Gounod, Miserere for 4 voices

Francesco Filidei, Tutto in una volta

Camille Saint-Saëns, Calme des nuits, Des Pas dans l'allée

Claude Debussy, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (transcription Thibault Perrine)

Cast

Les Métaboles (12 singers)

Léo Warynski, musical direction