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A La Venue De Noël: French sacred music of the seventeenth century for the Christmas Season
Ensemble Correspondances; Sébastien Daucé director, harpsichord, organ
Date
Wed 23 Dec 2015, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
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Artists

  • Ensemble Correspondances
    • Sébastien Daucédirector, harpsichord, organ

    Programme

    • Marc-Antoine Charpentier
      1643-1704
        • Noëls sur les instruments H534
          :
        • Or nous dites Marie
        • In nativitatem Domini nostri Jesu Christi canticum H414

    Interval

    • Marc-Antoine Charpentier
      1643-1704
        • Pastorale sur la naissance de notre Seigneur Jésus Christ H483
        • Litanies de la vierge H83

    Encore

    • Marc-Antoine Charpentier
      1643-1704
        • Pastorale sur la naissance de notre Seigneur Jésus Christ H483
          :
        • No. 8 Joignons nos flûtes et nos voix

    Overview

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s music for Christmas encapsulates the tenderness and loving-kindnesssurrounding the birth of Jesus and the celebration of his arrival in the world.

    Sébastien Daucé andEnsemble Correspondances have earned a deserved reputation as perceptive and characterfulinterpreters of the French composer’s work, attracting rave reviews to a recent recording of hisLitanies de la vierge.

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