Wednesday 16 December 2020, 9pm
Théâtre du Châtelet -streaming
Program
Antonio Lucio VIVALDI
Psaume 121 Laetatus sum
Domine ad adjuvendum me festina RV 593
Magnificat RV 610 en sol mineur « Mon âme magnifie le Seigneur » Psaume 147 Lauda Jerusalem
Gloria per l’ospedale RV 589 en ré majeur
Female choir
1h without interval
The program has been recorded by Alpha Classics in 2015.
Gloria & Magnificat by Vivaldi
Famous virtuoso violinist, and the author of over 500 instrumental concertos, sacred choral works and over 40 operas, Vivaldi wrote a lot of master pieces for the Ospedale della Pietà, a religious institution where young orphan or abandoned girls received a musical education, among which the Gloria RV 589 is one of his most beloved ones.
"Vivaldi is simply overwhelming. To approach his music is a bit like going to a yoga class: sometimes we are reluctant to go there but in the end, we are immersed in the greatest jubilation. After decades of looking at it, I'm still not tired of it." Hervé Niquet
Thus, Vivaldi benefited from the extraordinary opportunity to have one of the better venetian ensembles, and it is for these young girls that he composed his famous Gloria. Before the Gloria, Hervé Niquet chose to present Vivaldi’s Magnificat as well as three psalms: Laetatus sum, In exitu Israel, and Lauda Jerusalem.
During the concert, Vivaldi's scors will be given with equal voices, only for a female choir "en chapelle" - a vrey common way in the Baroque period.
