Name: Petite messe solennelle
Start: 2024-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Opéra national de Lorraine

Organization

Conductor

Guillaume Fauchère

Opéra national de Lorraine

Orchestra

Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Lorraine

Petite messe solennelle -  (Little solemn mass)

Nancy

France

Public

Little solemn mass

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

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 gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass-baritone

Singer

Countertenor

Contralto

Bass

Tenor

Baritone

Mezzo-soprano

Soprano

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

« Bon Dieu… la voilà terminée cette pauvre petite messe. Est-ce bien de la musique sacrée que je viens de faire ou de la sacrée musique ? J’étais né pour l’opera buffa, tu le sais bien ! Peu de science, un peu de cœur, tout est là. Sois donc béni et accorde-moi le Paradis. » Rossini, dans sa dédicace à Dieu lui-même, semble bien un peu matois avec cette partition qu’il considérait comme son « dernier péché de vieillesse »... Car si cette messe écrite sur le tard - le compositeur a soixante-quinze ans - est petite par ses effectifs instrumentaux (la version originale ne comprend que piano et harmonium avant que Rossini ne l’orchestre trois ans plus tard), elle ne l’est guère dans ses proportions et se révèle rien moins que pauvre ! Les genres s’y entremêlent en effet avec une candide et sincère ferveur emplie de foi simple, et une réelle grandeur.

Testament artistique de Rossini, elle témoigne d’une évolution du style du compositeur surprenante si l’on garde à l’esprit que ce dernier avait depuis plus de trente ans abandonné toute activité musicale. Tournant résolument le dos à toute affliction, elle baigne dans une lumière toute de douceur et d’ardeur juvénile, comme si le compositeur y trouvait le miracle d’une seconde jeunesse. Pleine de science et d’audaces, d’une clarté de facture exceptionnelle, elle n’en contient pas moins des hardiesses inattendues chez le compositeur et, tout en portant un regard nostalgique de vieil homme sur son passé, n’en scrute pas moins l’avenir avec bonhommie et gourmandise.

polski

“ Good God…that poor little mass is over. Is it really sacred music that I have just made or sacred music? I was born for opera buffa, you know that! A little science, a little heart, it's all there. So be blessed and grant me Heaven. » Rossini, in his dedication to God himself, seems a little sly with this score which he considered his « last sin of old age »... For if this mass written late in life - the composer was seventy-five years - is small in terms of its instrumental numbers (the original version only includes piano and harmonium before Rossini orchestrated it three years later), it is hardly small in its proportions and turns out to be nothing less than poor! The genres are in fact intertwined with a candid and sincere fervor filled with simple faith, and a real greatness.

An artistic testament to Rossini, it bears witness to a surprising evolution in the composer's style if one bears in mind that the latter had abandoned all musical activity for more than thirty years. Resolutely turning his back on all affliction, it bathes in a light full of sweetness and youthful ardor, as if the composer found there the miracle of a second youth. Full of science and audacity, with an exceptional clarity of craftsmanship, it nevertheless contains unexpected boldness in the composer and, while casting an old man's nostalgic gaze on his past, none the less scrutinizes the future with kindness and greed.

English

Little solemn mass by Rossini, Sun 24 Mar 2024, From (2024/2024), Conductor Guillaume Fauchère, Opéra national de Lorraine, Nancy, France

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