Early Music Vancouver revives le Grand Siècle with Plaisirs du Louvre
The concert by Ensemble Correspondances evokes the elegant musical era of 17th-century France
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Ensemble Correspondances. Photo by Molina Visuals
This May, join France's Ensemble Correspondances on a musical journey to the elegant court of Louis XIII at Plaisirs du Louvre.
Presented by Early Music Vancouver on May 6 at 7:30 pm at the Chan Centre, this concert features the 15-member Ensemble Correspondances from Lyon, France under the directorship of Sébastien Daucé.
Ensemble Correspondances is a group of singers and instrumentalists, all of whom are specialists in the music of the Grand Siècle. In a few short years of existence, they have become a benchmark ensemble in the 17th-century French repertory. During that historical period, the Louvre in Paris was the principal residence of King Louis XIII, and the musical genre air du cour had become the ruler’s favourite musical form.
Originating as improvised poetry set to lute accompaniment in the salons of the Parisian elite, air du cour became more complex as it developed, incorporating multiple instruments and/or voices. The style served as an ornament to royal ballets and divertissements, whose splendour it enhanced with large-scale récits (vocal solos) and dramatic choruses.
Join Early Music Vancouver and Ensemble Correspondances for an evening of beautiful music and be transported to another era.
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Ensemble Correspondances.
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