Program
Nicolas de Grigny (1672 – 1703)
Ave Maris Stella (Ave Maris Stella – Plain Chant – Fugue à 4 – Plain Chant – Duo – Plain-Chant – Dialogue sur les Grands Jeux)
Jean-Baptiste Morin (1677 – 1745)
Regina caeli, Motet for the Blessed Virgin during Easter
Edme Foliot (16… – 1752)
Salve Regina, Motet for the Blessed Virgin
Nicolas Bucher
Improvisations on the grand organ
Edme Foliot
Ave Verum, Motet for the Holy Sacrament
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 – 1704)
Messe for the Port-Royal H5 (Kyrie – Gloria – Credo – Sanctus – Agnus Dei)
Domine salvum fac Regem H290 (incl. improvisations on the grand oran)
Alternating the grand organ and the choir was an essential part of liturgy in France during the Ancien Régime. Here, four female singers from the CMBV are led and accompanied by Fabien Armengaud and Nicolas Bucher (CMBV Managing Director and organist at Saint-Gervais church in Paris, in the footsteps of the Couperin). The performance is sure to bring new life to this musical practice with verve and flamboyance, the dialogues punctuated with improvisations. There are plenty surprises
in store!
