Le Concert Spirituel
Le Concert Spirituel is a French ensemble specialized in the performance of baroque music in historically informed performance. They have appeared internationally, playing sacred music and operas, and made recordings.
History
The ensemble is named after concert spirituel, the first private concert society in France, founded in the 18th century and dissolved with the French Revolution. The ensemble was founded by Hervé Niquet in 1987,[1] designed to revive the great works of the French repertoire played at the court of Versailles in concerts at the location.[2]
Le Concert Spirituel has collaborates closely with the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, with a focus on French composers such as Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Jean-Baptiste Lully, André Campra and Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.[1]
Le Concert Spirituel often play sacred music, they have also performed operas such as as Daphnis et Chloé by Boismortier, Rameau's Pygmalion, Purcell's King Arthur and The Indian Queen, and Mozart's Don Giovanni. The ensemble "rediscovered" forgotten operas from the French repertoire, such as Callirhoé by André Cardinal Destouches, Lully's Proserpine, Sémélé by Marin Marais, Guétry's Andromaque, Campra's Le carnaval de Venise and Catel's Sémiramis.[3]
At a BBC Proms concert in 2012 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, the ensemble played Handel's Water Music and the Music for the Royal Fireworks, with as a large formation with 18 oboes, nine each of trumpets and trombones, and strings to match, which is an authentic band for music planned to be played open-air.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Le Concert Spirituel". Linn Records. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ↑ Concert spécial Hervé Niquet. Le Concert Spirituel joue la Messe à 8 voix et 8 violons et flûtes H 3 de Charpentier on France Musique
- ↑ "Le Concert Spirituel". forumopera.com. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ↑ Ashley, Tim (19 July 2012). "Prom 7: Le Concert Spirituel/Niquet – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
External links
- Official website
- Le Concert Spirituel at AllMusic
- Le Concert Spirituel at Discogs
- Le Concert Spîrituel on ResMusica
- Le Concert Spirituel aux Nuits de la Citadelle de Sisteron
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