Name: Requiem and Coronation Mass
Start: 2024-03-08T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Salle Bourgie

Organization

Admin

Centre de musique baroque de Versailles

Salle Bourgie

Conductor

Mathieu Lussier

Orchestra

Arion Baroque Orchestra

Singer

Soprano

Florie Valiquette

Sophie Naubert

Tenor

Nicholas Scott

Alexander Dobson

Baritone

Alexander Scott

Studio de musique ancienne de Montreal

Others

Requiem and Coronation Mass

Montreal

Canada

Requiem and Coronation Mass: Requiem, K. 626 Mozart (+1 More)

Public

Concert

Requiem

Super flumina Babylonis

Messe du Sacre du Roi Louis XVI

Pallavi Pawar

Approved

The CMBV continues its international partnership with the Arion ensemble in an effort to promote French Baroque music in Canada. This year highlights sacred music by François Giroust, the Royal Chapel’s last Music Master.

Mathieu Lussier, artistic director of Arion Baroque Orchestra in Montreal, is passionate about French Baroque music. His collaboration with the CMBV since 2021 has already produced two record albums, the first devoted to music at the royal table from the time of Lalande through to Francœur, and the second featuring music by neglected late 18th century composer Henri-Joseph Rigel. This year focuses on François Giroust, the Royal Chapel’s last Music Master during the reign of Louis XVI. Two iconic works feature – his Super flumina Babilonis motet for which he was awarded the Concert Spirituel sacred music prize in 1767, and his Coronation Mass which was performed in 1775 and later at the inauguration of the General Assembly in 1789. Mathieu Lussier then offers Mozart’s famous Requiem - in a version modified for French audiences and premiered in Paris under the Empire.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Ensemble

Co-Producer