Name: Requiem
Start: 2022-12-08T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-12-08T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Chapelle Royale

Organization

organ

Nicolas Bucher

Zanger

Sebastian Monti

ténor

Dirigent

Fabien Armengaud

Instrumentalist

Eugénie Lefebvre

soprano

Clément Debieuvre

Haut-contre

David Witczak

Baritone

Opéra Royal de Versailles

Orchestra

Helsinki Baroque Orchestra

Others

Choeur des Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles

Centre de musique baroque de Versailles

Requiem

Versailles

Frankrijk

Chapelle Royale

Requiem Gilles

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Approved

Accordionist

Archlutenist

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Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da Gambist

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Acteur

Broadcasting

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Choreograaf

Chorus Director

Componist

Danser

Dramaturg

Extra

Geluidsontwerper

Haar stylist

Illustrator

Koor

Koor meester

Kostuum ontwerper

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Licht ontwerper

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Contralto

Countertenor

Bass

Mezzo-soprano

Tenor

Soprano

Bass-baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Jean Gilles, born in Tarascon in 1688, and chapel master at Toulouse cathedral from 1697, left an ensemble of exceptionally fine religious works. Acknowledged throughout the kingdom as a leading composer, he died too young, aged only thirty-seven to have a real career. He did, however, leave a unanimously admired masterpiece: his Requiem, performed after his death more than fifteen times at the Concert Spirituel in Paris.

This Mass for the Dead was the most famous French requiem and performed throughout the eighteenth century. The original version, completed in 1705, was played for the funerals of Gilles himself (1705), André Campra (1744), Pancrace Royer (1756), Jean-Philippe Rameau (1764), the King of Poland and Duke of Lorraine Stanisław Leszczyński (1766) and Louis XV. Sources from the early 18th century tell us that its composition was the result of a private funeral commission in Toulouse. Apparently, there was no discussion of money between the composer and his patrons, and when the time came for Gilles to be paid for his work, he argued that in view of the quality of his contribution, the compensation offered was unflattering. So, he refused the payment and took back his Mass for the Dead, saying that, in the circumstances, he preferred it to be used only for his own funeral. And this is exactly what happened: "for this purpose he sealed his score with his will in which he asked the Chapter to have this mass sung for the repose of his soul". For our great pleasure, Fabien Armengaud and his ensemble from the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles perform this masterpiece again...

This programme will be recorded on CD for the Château de Versailles Spectacles label

Co-direction Château de Versailles Spectacles, Centre de musique baroque de Versailles
Coproduction Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, Les Folies Françoises
Scores produced by the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles

English

Requiem by Gilles, J., do. 08 dec 2022, Van (2022/2022), Dirigent Fabien Armengaud, Chapelle Royale, Versailles, Frankrijk

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