Chapelle Royale - Charpentier and Italy: Mass for four choirs

Tuesday 12 November 2024

20:00 to 21:30

Location : Opéra Royal

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Place d'Armes

78000

Versailles

GPS coordinates

Latitude : 48.804917

Longitude : 2.122239

Event Organizer

Château de Versailles Spectacles

Phone : +33 1 30 83 78 89

"Château de Versailles Spectacles"

Location

Opéra Royal

Place d'Armes

78000

Versailles

Château de Versailles Spectacles

Presentation

Marc-Antoine Charpentier was an accomplished singer and composer who returned to France a few years later with a grandiose Messe à quatre chœurs, probably composed in Rome or shortly after his return.

This concert traces the direct influences of Italy on Charpentier, with an obligatory stopover in the Vatican, where polychorality is the order of the day, but also a visit to the City of the Doges, where Venetian composers made a major contribution to the dissemination and teaching of one of the most grandiose musical styles of the 17th century.