Leçons de Ténèbres

William Christie _{director, organ}_; Les Arts Florissants; Ilja Aksionov _tenor_; Padraic Rowan _{bass-baritone}

Date: Wed 16 Apr 2025, 7.30pm
Tickets: £50 £42 £32 £26 £18
Duration: This concert will be approximately 70 minutes in duration, without an interval.
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Slight Change of Programme and Concert Duration

Please note that the above concert will now be approximately 70 minutes in duration, without an interval. The programme for the concert has changed slightly and will now be as below.

Artists

William Christiedirector, organ
Les Arts Florissants
- Emmanuel Resche-Casertaviolin
- Sophie de Bardonnècheviolin
- Myriam Rignolviola da gamba
- Hugo Abrahamviolone
- Sébastien Marqrecorder
- Tiam Goudarzirecorder
- Sergio Buchelitheorbo
Ilja Aksionovtenor
Padraic Rowanbass-baritone

Programme

Marc-Antoine Charpentier
1643-1704
- - Missa Assumpta est Maria H11
    :
  - Prélude
- - Troisième leçon de Ténèbres du Mercredi Saint pour une basse H141
- - Premier répons après la première leçon du second nocturne du Jeudi Saint "Tanquam ad latronem" H133
- - Second répons après la seconde leçon du second nocturne du Jeudi Saint "Tenebrae factae sunt" H129
- - Orphée descendant aux enfers H471
    :
  - Prélude
- - Seconde leçon de Ténèbres du Mercredi Saint H138
- - Troisième répons après la troisième leçon du second nocturne du Mercredi Saint "Unus ex discipulis" H132
- - Troisième répons après la troisième leçon du second nocturne du Vendredi Saint "Ecce quomodo" H131
- - Symphonies pour un reposoir H515
- - Troisième leçon du Vendredi Saint H95
- - Second répons après la seconde leçon du premier nocturne du Mercredi Saint "Tristis est anima mea" H126

Overview

Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Leçons for the Wednesday of Holy Week, intensely personal responses to the Lamentations of Jeremiah, capture the intense drama and pathos of the nocturnal service of Tenebrae. William Christie and Les Arts Florissants bring insights gained over decades of performance and reflection to Charpentier’s intimate, profoundly expressive works.

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William Christie director, organ; Les Arts Florissants; Ilja Aksionov tenor; Padraic Rowan bass-baritone