Arion Baroque Orchestra – The Sun’s King Chapel (Webcast)

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Throughout his reign, Louis XIV encouraged the kingdom’s best musicians to compose motets of various scales, festive or contemplative, destined to the royal chapel to accompany daily worship as well as special ceremonies. – At our concert, you will be introduced to a rare and impressive instrument, the serpent. The bass of the cornett family, instruments made of leather-covered wood fitted with a brass mouthpiece, the serpent as its name suggests is curved so the player can easily finger all the notes. It was used in church choirs to reinforce the bass voices up until the early 20th century. (In collaboration with the Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal)à

Webcast online on demand till Nov, 29, 11:59 p.m.

Concert program

Marc-Antoine Charpentier

Ouverture pour le sacre d’un évêque

Henry Dumont
Nisi Dominus

Symphonie en sol 

Jean-Baptiste Lully

De profundis 

Henry Dumont

Symphonie en ré 

Michel Richard Delalande

De profundis

Nicolas Clérambault

Regina Coeli

In collaboration with Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal

Scores produced and published by the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles

Event Artists

Arion Baroque Orchestra: Mathieu Lussier, conductor

Arion Baroque Orchestra – The Sun’s King Chapel (Webcast)

Date/Time

Monday, November 22, 2021
12:00 pm - 11:59 pm

Location

Arion Orchestre baroque
None / Aucune
Montreal, Québec
Canada,

Price

$12

Phone

514-285-2000

Website

https://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/activities/arion-orchestre-baroque-great-motets-22/

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