Ténèbres et Abysses

Fiocco, Joseph-Hector;
Forqueray, Jean-Baptiste;
Pollio, Pierre-Louis;
Boismortier, Joseph Bodin de;
Michel, Joseph;
Lalande, Michel-Richard de

Lefebvre, Eugénie;
Ensemble Leviathan;
Tessier, Lucile

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The Leçons de Ténèbres (Tenebrae Lessons) fall within the tradition of French sacred music under the reigns of Louis XIV and Louis XV. These late-night services during Holy Week, which set the lamentations of the prophet Jeremiah to music, find three successive visions in Lalande (Versailles), Fiocco (Brussels) and Pollio (Northern France), in which an increasing theatricality and Italianness emerge. With her Ensemble Léviathan, Lucile Tessier crafts a showcase worthy of the King’s Chamber for the melismas of the Soprano Eugénie Lefebvre: the shadows come alive, a long lamentation rings out from the abysses, in the flickering flame of candlelight…

Works:

•Hector-Joseph Fiocco: Lamentatio Prima
•Jean-Baptiste oder Antoine Forqueray: Suite a 3 voices
•Pierre-Louis Pollio: Premiere lecon de Jeremie du Samedi Saint
•Joseph Bodin de Boismortier: Sonate für 3 Flöten
•Joseph Michel: Troisieme lecon du deuxieme jour
•Michel-Richard Delalande: Troisieme lecon du Vendredy

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Château de Versailles Spectacles

01-03-2023

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