Jeudi musical

Thu 04 March

Royal Chapel, Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France

[Canceled] Sacred music under Louis XIII*

In the context of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic, the jeudi musical on March 4 at the Royal Chapel of Versailles is canceled.  Program Motets from Music Manuscript N° 168 [...]

Concert

Mon 08 March

Müpa (Budapest Palace of Arts), Budapest, Hungary

Sat 27 March

Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Les Fêtes d’Hébé ou Les Talents lyriques (1747 version)

Following the government's decisions on coronavirus COVID-19: - The performance of March 8 at the Palace of Arts of Budapest is only broadcast online on their website and YouTube channel . The pre-concert [...]

Seminar

Tue 09 March

Webinaire

ThéPARis

SESSION I Chair: Emanuele De Luca (Université Côte d’Azur, CTEL) Speaker: Marina Nordera (Université Côte d’Azur, CTEL) Circulations, appropriations et actualisations des « Caractères [...]

Seminar

Thu 11 March

Webinaire

The early French music copyists' workshops

Speakers Pascal Denécheau et Laurent Guillo Le projet AteCop : méthodologie et premiers résultats​ Alessio Ruffatti Les copies françaises de musique italienne dans la mouvance de [...]

Jeudi musical

Thu 11 March

Royal Chapel, Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France

[Canceled] Flos florum, fleur des fleurs

In the context of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic, the jeudi musical on March 11 at the Royal Chapel of Versailles is canceled.  Program Sacred music by Hugo de Lantins, Guillaume [...]

Jeudi musical

Thu 18 March

Royal Chapel, Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France

[Canceled] English Baroque from the 17th century

In the context of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic, the jeudi musical on March 18 at the Royal Chapel of Versailles is canceled.  Program Motets by Thomas Weelkes, Thomas Tomkins, [...]

Concert

Tue 23 March

Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France

Didon

Hervé Niquet and Le C oncert Spirituel  return to their roots for their Résidences Croisées joint residency project with the CMBV at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. A staunch promoter of late [...]

Jeudi musical

Thu 25 March

Royal Chapel, Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France

[Canceled] Le Triomphe de l’Harmonie

In the context of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic, the jeudi musical on March 25 at the Royal Chapel of Versailles is canceled.  Program Orchestral suites from Jean-Philippe Rameau’s [...]

Concert

Tue 30 March

Opéra de Massy, Massy, France

Back to Lully

Following the government's decisions on coronavirus COVID-19, the performance of November 21, 2020 at the Arsenal in Metz is canceled. The performance of December 1st, 2020 at the Opéra de Massy is postponed [...]

Jeudi musical

Thu 01 April

Royal Chapel, Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France

Convent music

Jeudis musicaux concerts offer a special opportunity to hear the CMBV choir Les Pages & Chantres and other partner conservatoires and ensembles in the magnificent setting of the Royal Chapel at Versailles. [...]

Seminar

Thu 01 April

Webinaire

The early French music copyists' workshops

Speakers Rosalba Agresta Présentation du projet REMDM (BnF-IReMus) Nathalie Berton-Blivet et Fabien Guilloux L'économie de la copie dans une maîtrise capitulaire : l'exemple de [...]

Jeudi musical

Thu 08 April

Royal Chapel, Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France

Sacred music under Louis XIII*

Jeudis musicaux concerts offer a special opportunity to hear the CMBV choir Les Pages & Chantres and other partner conservatoires and ensembles in the magnificent setting of the Royal Chapel at Versailles. [...]

Jeudi musical

Thu 15 April

Royal Chapel, Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France

The Spirit of the 17th & 18th Centuries

Jeudis musicaux concerts offer a special opportunity to hear the CMBV choir Les Pages & Chantres and other partner conservatoires and ensembles in the magnificent setting of the Royal Chapel at Versailles. [...]

Seminar

Thu 15 April

Webinaire

ThéPARis

Chairs: Dominique Quéro (Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, CRIMEL) & Marie-Emmanuelle Plagnol-Diéval (Université Paris-Est Créteil, EA LIS Lettres, Idées, Savoirs) Speakers: [...]

Concert

Fri 16 April

Royal Opera, Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France

David et Jonathas

The CMBV choir Les Pages & les Chantres transport us to the stage of the prestigious Jesuit college Louis-le-Grand in 1688 with a performance of Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s masterpiece David et Jonathas. [...]

Concert

Tue 04 May

Auditorium de Radio France, Paris, France

Rameau chez la Pompadour

This is the second Résidences Croisées joint residency project with the Les Surprises ensemble and the Sinfonia en Périgord festival. Three short operas by Rameau and Bury recreate court entertainment [...]

Jeudi musical

Thu 06 May

Royal Chapel, Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France

Henri Frémart, Chapel Master at Notre-Dame de Paris*

Jeudis musicaux concerts offer a special opportunity to hear the CMBV choir Les Pages & Chantres and other partner conservatoires and ensembles in the magnificent setting of the Royal Chapel at Versailles. [...]

Seminar

Wed 12 May

Webinaire

The early French music copyists' workshops

Speakers Jean Duron Les copistes de la collection de musique française manuscrite réunie par Sébastien de Brossard Jean-Philippe Goujon Les autographes de Campra Beverley Wilcox [...]

Seminar

Tue 18 May

Webinaire

ThéPARis

Chair: Jean-Noël Laurenti (CESR, Scène européenne) Speakers: Marie Demeilliez (Université de Grenoble) Une grande réunion de danseurs : les ballets du collège jésuite Louis-le-Grand [...]

Jeudi musical

Thu 20 May

Royal Chapel, Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France

Les Prophéties des Sibylles by Roland de Lassus

Jeudis musicaux concerts offer a special opportunity to hear the CMBV choir Les Pages & Chantres and other partner conservatoires and ensembles in the magnificent setting of the Royal Chapel at Versailles. [...]

Study day

Sat 22 May

Université d’Oxford

Opera singers and their roles during the early modern period

In conjunction with Oxford University, the CMBV is holding a seminar focusing on a comparative study of the relationship between opera singers and their repertoire in 17th and 18th century Europe. Opera [...]

Jeudi musical

Thu 27 May

Royal Chapel, Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France

Dies Irae by Jean-Baptiste Lully*

Jeudis musicaux concerts offer a special opportunity to hear the CMBV choir Les Pages & Chantres and other partner conservatoires and ensembles in the magnificent setting of the Royal Chapel at Versailles. [...]

Seminar

Thu 03 June

Webinaire

The early French music copyists' workshops

Speakers   Rebekah Ahrendt The Legacy in Vocal Music of Charles Babel, Prolific Transcriber of Italian Arias Louis Delpech Copistes francophones et ateliers de copistes dans [...]

Jeudi musical

Thu 03 June

Royal Chapel, Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France

Music for the Field of the Cloth of Gold, 1520

Jeudis musicaux concerts offer a special opportunity to hear the CMBV choir Les Pages & Chantres and other partner conservatoires and ensembles in the magnificent setting of the Royal Chapel at Versailles. [...]

Concerts & Stage productions

Fri 04 June

Hotel de ville de Versailles

Music for the Field of the Cloth of Gold, 1520

Jeudis musicaux concerts offer a special opportunity to hear the CMBV choir Les Pages & Chantres and other partner conservatoires and ensembles in the magnificent setting of the Royal Chapel at Versailles. [...]

Jeudi musical

Thu 10 June

Royal Chapel, Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France

Evocative Gabrieli

Jeudis musicaux concerts offer a special opportunity to hear the CMBV choir Les Pages & Chantres and other partner conservatoires and ensembles in the magnificent setting of the Royal Chapel at Versailles. [...]

Jeudi musical

Thu 17 June

Royal Chapel, Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France

Messe à quatre chœurs H4 by Marc-Antoine Charpentier*

Jeudis musicaux concerts offer a special opportunity to hear the CMBV choir Les Pages & Chantres and other partner conservatoires and ensembles in the magnificent setting of the Royal Chapel at Versailles. [...]

Concert

Sun 20 June

Abbaye de Saint-Michel en Thiérache, France

Rivals

Sandrine Piau and Véronique Gens, who have been involved in the baroque revival from the start, come together to perform a series of duets portraying two late 18th century stars of the stage, Madame Dugazon [...]

Seminar

Thu 01 July

Webinaire

The early French music copyists' workshops

Speakers Denis Herlin Un scribe mystérieux et prolifique : le cas du copiste Z        Bénédicte Hertz Copier de la musique pour une Académie de Concert : de la constitution [...]

Concert – Choir school

Thu 08 July

Royal Chapel, Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France

Grands Motets by Clérambault

The CMBV choir Les Pages & les Chantres and Collegium Marianum have come together to perform Louis-Nicolas Clérambault’s Grands Motets and resurrect these dramatic sacred frescoes, emblematic [...]

Academy

Du 813 July

Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, Versailles, France

[Canceled] Académie baroque de Versailles

In the context of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic, the Académie Baroque de Versailles is canceled.  The CMBV will be holding its first academy of French baroque song, music and dance in [...]

Stage production

Sun 11 July

Courtyard of the Chambord Castle, France

Le Roi danse !

The CMBV is deeply involved in early dance and a driving force behind many stage productions, including this one by Marie-Geneviève Massé. As the Sun King aged only memories remained of the young [...]

Academy

Du 1318 July

Prague conservatoire, Prague, Czech Republic

Akademie Versailles

The fifth Akademie Versailles, organised in Prague by the CMBV and Czech partners Collegium Marianum to promote French baroque music. 2021 will be the fifth Akademie Versailles, an event set up [...]

Concert

Sat 28 August

Théâtre de l'Odyssée, Périgueux, France

Rameau chez la Pompadour

This is the second Résidences Croisées joint residency project with the Les Surprises ensemble and the Sinfonia en Périgord festival. Three short operas by Rameau and Bury recreate court entertainment [...]

Stage production – Teaching project

Sat 18 September

Opéra de Limoges

La Vénitienne

For two years Limoges, in partnership with the CMBV, focuses on French baroque music highlighted by the first ever stage performance of a long forgotten masterpiece, La Barre’s La Vénitienne . Through [...]