Proms Chamber Music 3: Les Talens Lyriques

1 Aug 2011, Cadogan Hall

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Proms 2011 Proms Chamber Music 3: Les Talens Lyriques

13:00 Mon 1 Aug 2011 Cadogan Hall

Couperin, Lully, Rameau and Mont茅clair expertly revived in an intimate conspectus of the French Baroque.

Programme

- - Fran莽ois Couperin
  - Les nations - La Piemontaise(19 mins)
- - Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully
  - Les amours d茅guis茅s - 'Ah Rinaldo, e dov猫 sei?'(7 mins)
- - Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
  - Pi猫ces de clavecin en concerts(12 mins)Premier Concert
- - Michel Pignolet de Mont茅clair
  - Cantata 'Morte di Lucretia'(14 mins)

Performers

Eug茅nie Warnier
soprano
soprano
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset
harpsichorddirector
harpsichorddirector

Composers

About this event

Christophe Rousset's supremely elegant ensemble, which has been breathing new life into the rich legacy of the French Baroque for more than 20 years, presents a programme squarely in the Gallic tradition but with influences from across the Alps.

The programme includes a selection from Couperin's colourful Les nations and Rameau's delicately poised Pi猫ces en concerts.

Less familiar may be the eloquent cantata by Michel Pignolet de Mont茅clair, an important musical figure in the period between Lully and Rameau, who counted Couperin's daughters among his pupils.

The story of Lucretia and her suicide is taken up by a young soprano who has been making quite a name for herself since abandoning a career in medicine for the healing balm of music.

There will be no interval