Judith, Mary Magdalene and Cecilia: Trois histoires sacrées by Charpentier : Vincent Huguet (stage director), Sébastien Daucé (conductor) -- Ensemble Correspondances / Benjamin Bleton alias Karl More, director.

Format:

Conference/Event

Video

Contributor:

Bleton, Benjamin, film director.

Huguet, Vincent, stage director.

Maestre, Aurélie, art director.

Pernoud, Clémence, lighting designer.

Couderc, Bertrand, lighting designer.

Robert, Christophe, stage director.

Daucé, Sébastien, conductor.

Ensemble Correspondances, performer.

Karl More Productions.

France. Armée. Corps des volontaires françaises.

Société nationale télévision française 1.

Conference Name:

Château de Versailles Spectacles.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sacred songs with instrumental ensemble.

Motets.

Oratorios.

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with string orchestra.

Genre:

Songs.

Sacred music.

Oratorios.

Filmed performances.

Internet videos

Internet videos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 31 min., 32 sec.)) : sound, color

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Karl More Productions : CVS : TF1, 2016.

System Details:

digital

video file

Summary:

Stage director Vincent Huguet takes up eternal themes--liberation and courage, devotion and doubt, tragedy and acceptance--to stage three histoires sacrées (sacred histories) written by Marc-Antoine Charpentier more than 300 years ago. The economical use of a small instrumental ensemble over Latin vocal lines creates space for sublime surprises: more than abrupt mood changes or an unexpected fortissimo, we become attuned to the slightest dissonance, the delicate softness of instruments in unison, the briefest moments of silence. After three centuries, the drama of the work hits just as potently in the 21st century. These three histoires are actually three motets designed for religious introspection; bringing them to the stage is a bold undertaking that feels immediately justified by the music's sublime expressiveness. The result is a profoundly moving spectacle, intensely human and exquisitely rendered in the grandest of spaces, the Royal Chapel at Versailles. With Sébastien Daucé conducting the Ensemble Correspondances, the performance boasts "a sophisticated level of detail, authenticity and authority ... ever tasteful and stylistic, the voices blending in sheer beauty" (The Classic Review). © Photo: Philippe Delval

Contents:

Motet 'O sacramentum pietatis', H. 274 / Marc-Antoine Charpentier

Judith, sive Bethulia liberata H. 391 / Marc-Antoine Charpentier

Motet 'In odorem unguentorum', H. 51 / Marc-Antoine Charpentier

Magdalena Lugens, H. 343 / Marc-Antoine Charpentier

Caecilia Virgo et Martyr, H. 397 / Marc-Antoine Charpentier

Motet 'Sub tuum præsidium', H. 28 / Marc-Antoine Charpentier.

Participant:

Vincent Huguet ; Aurélie Maestre ; Clémence Pernoud ; Bertrand Couderc ; Christophe Robert.

Credits:

Vincent Huguet, Stage director ; Aurélie Maestre, Set designer ; Clémence Pernoud, Lighting designer ; Bertrand Couderc, Lighting design assistant ; Christophe Robert, Production stage manager.

Notes:

Vendor-supplied metadata.

Contains:

Container of: Charpentier, Marc-Antoine, 1643-1704. O sacramentum pietatis, H. 274

Container of: Charpentier, Marc-Antoine, 1643-1704. Judith.

Container of: Charpentier, Marc-Antoine, 1643-1704. In odorem unguentorum.

Container of: Charpentier, Marc-Antoine, 1643-1704. Magdalena lugens.

Container of: Charpentier, Marc-Antoine, 1643-1704. Caecilia, virgo et martyr, H. 397

Container of: Charpentier, Marc-Antoine, 1643-1704. Sub tuum praesidium.

OCLC:

1190903494

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.