Splendid and ambitious, the Harmonia artificiosa is a work that reveals all the talent of its composer and marks the rising virtuosity of the violin. A collection of seven sonatas [...]
Silete Venti Naturalist Motet “Silete Venti” is a five-part motet for a soprano voice. It is probably inspired by Handel’s return to Italy in 1729. Recognized as one of the [...]
“Nigra Sum sed formosa” (I am black and I am beautiful) is a meeting between earthly and heavenly, gravity and elevation, past and present. Taken from the Song of Songs, [...]
C. W. von Gluck – W. A. Mozart It is not a play, it is not an opera, it is not a symphonic poem, it is a “ballet of action”.Combining [...]
In Paris, at the dawn of the 18th century, the Concert spirituel was created by the oboist Anne Danican Philidor.During the Parisian musical evenings of the Concert spirituel in 1750, [...]
Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons are the first four concertos to open the collection of twelve violin concertos composed between 1723 and 1725 entitled Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’inventione (The confrontation [...]
Feelings and torments, who could evoke them better than Henry Purcell?Passions and storms, who better to describe them than William Shakespeare? These two artists placed their genius at the service [...]
Paris, 1650. The regency of Anne of Austria was gradually ending, between the rebellion and the Thirty Years’ War. Cardinal Mazarin organized Peace in Europe through the signing of the [...]
Rediscover the cantatas of Georg Friedrich Handel through the prism of his trip to Italy. With a program that varies in its forms and emotions, imagine and explore Rome at [...]
Three musicians, one scale. A masterpiece of simplicity, emotions and subtlety. Marin Marais created this masterpiece that deployed all of his expressive palette. “La Gamme” (1723) by Marin Marais is [...]
Created with high standards and sensitivity, “Constellation Bach” is a selection of pieces that trace the evolution of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, up to the passing on of [...]
Italian influence When Handel arrived in Rome at the end of 1706, opera was no longer authorized there, deemed profane and scandalous for the Vatican. The secular nobility then turned [...]
Handel and Italy In 1706, Handel began a trip to Italy, where the geopolitical situation was turned upside down. The great Catholic monarchies were fighting over a divided Europe. He [...]
Rediscover “Les Leçons de Ténèbres”, François Couperin’s sacred and profoundly influential work. Created for Holy Week in the 18th century, the “Leçons de Ténèbres” are intended to prepare the faithful [...]
“This divine poem of pain, moving and profound” according to Bellini, conveys extreme emotion: it is not the swan song of an artist at the gates of death, but a [...]
