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Founded in Lyon in 2009, Correspondances brings together under the direction of the harpsichordist
and organist Sébastien Daucé 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, Correspondances has become a
benchmark ensemble in the seventeenth-century French repertory. Placing itself under the auspices
of Baudelaire’s notion of correspondences between the arts, it performs music whose sonorities can
still directly touch today’s listeners while presenting staged productions of rarer and more original
forms.
The rediscovery of previously unpublished works, and the expression of a style as close as possible
to the 17th Century’s, is at the core of the ensemble's project. Its long-term research programs have
led to moving events, such as the monumental reconstruction of the Coronation of Louis XIV, or of the
music of the Ballet Royal de la Nuit, thus allowing us to rediscover a major musical moment of the
17th Century, which inaugurated the reign of the Sun King.
The ensemble’s twin commitments to breathing new life into already well-known composers and
restoring the image of figures less familiar today but celebrated and frequently performed in their
own time has already yielded seventeen critically acclaimed recordings, which have earned national
and international distinctions. Among them: Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s “Litanies de la Vierge” (2013),
“Pastorale de Noël et O de l’Avent” (2016), and “Histoires Sacrées” (2019); Etienne Moulinié and his
“Meslanges pour la Chapelle d’un Prince” (2015), the grands motets of Henry du Mont (2016) and
Michel- Richard de Lalande (2022); “Perpetual Night”, Lucile Richardot’s first solo recording (2018); or
Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri (2021).
In the same momentum of rediscovering the lyrical scene that preceded opera, Correspondances is
keen to revive French or foreign scenic forms such as the ballet de cour, the “sacred story”, the
semi-opera or the mask. In 2017, Le Ballet royal de la nuit was created at the théâtre de Caen, a
grandiose, magical and contemporary show imagined by choreographer Francesca Lattuada. The
ensemble continues its exploration of the experimental formats that marked the Grand Siècle with
staged productions as Songs directed by Samuel Achache, for the voice of Lucile Richardot, or the
mask Cupid & Death created in 2021 at the théâtre de Caen, an eccentric entertainment in an upside
down world shaped by Jos Houben and Emily Wilson. For the first time in 2021, Correspondances is
premiered at the Festival d’art lyrique d’Aix-en-Provence with Combattimento, the black swan theory, a
creation about masterpieces of Monteverdi and Italian composers from the 17th Century staged by
Silvia Costa.
Off the beaten track, Correspondances brings polyphony and lyrical to places where they are not
expected. Since 2020, the ensemble has been cycling the roads every summer, bringing the 17th
Century music at the heart of Normandy. A musical, sporting and Norman adventure for all ages.
Correspondances is in residence at the theater of Caen. It is associated with the Musée du Louvre. It receives
the support of la vie brève - Théâtre de l'Aquarium for its creation residency.
Correspondances is supported by the Ministry of Culture - DRAC Normandie, the Normandy Region, the
Calvados department, the City and the Theater of Caen.
The ensemble is assisted by the Correspondances Foundation, which brings together music lovers active in
supporting research, publishing and interpretation of 17th Century music.
It receives regular support from the Calvados department, the French Institute, the ODIA Normandie and the
Centre National de la Musique for its concert, export and recording activities.
The Ensemble Correspondances is a member of Arviva - Arts vivants, Arts durables, and is committed to the
environmental transition of performing arts.
The ensemble is a member of FEVIS, Profedim and the European Early Music Network.

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