Wrocław Baroque Ensemble / fot. Łukasz Rajchert
Wrocław Baroque Ensemble / fot. Łukasz Rajchert
Orchestral concerts
Les Plaisirs des Muses. At the Court of Louis XIII
16.06.2024
Sun.
6:00 PM
Wrocław, Town Hall, Principal Room
Programme:

Le mortel (Mortal)
J. de Sainte-Colombe XLIV Concert à deux violes esgales "Tombeau Les Regrets” (Tombeau Les Regrets, Quarrillon, Apel de Charon, Les pleurs, Joye des Elizées, Les Elizées)
P. Guédron Cesse mortel d’importuner; Quels tourments rigoureux
E. Moulinié Il sort de nos corps emplumés

Les Dieux (Gods)
J. de Sainte-Colombe XVIII Concert à deux violes esgales „Les Bateries“
A. Boësset Noires forêts, demeures sombres; Conseille-moi mon cœur
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Le sommeil (Slumber)
A. Boësset Quelle merveilleuse Aventure
E. Moulinié Rompez les charmes du sommeil

L‘amour (Love)
J. de Sainte-Colombe X Concert à deux violes esgales "Les Couplets“
F. de Chancy Rares fleurs vivante peinture
A. Boësset Que prétendez-vous, mes désirs

Performers:

Andrzej Kosendiak – artistic direction
Maud Bessard-Morandas – dessus 
Aleksandra Turalska – dessus
Vojtěch Semerád – haute-contre
Maciej Gocman – taille
Tomáš Král – basse-contre
Julia Karpeta – soprano viola da gamba, bass viola da gamba 
Krzysztof Firlus – soprano viola da gamba, bass viola da gamba
Maurycy Raczyński – tenor viola da gamba  
Krzysztof Karpeta – bass viola da gamba, violone 
Přemysl Vacek – lute
Marta Niedźwiecka – chest organ, harpsichord

Venue:
Wrocław, Town Hall, Principal Room
Rynek 1, 50-996 Wrocław
Pricelists:
from 25 to 75 zł

The musical culture during the reign of Louis XIII - the second French king from the Bourbon dynasty – had a lot in common with the period when the last representatives of the Valois dynasty reigned. Already in the 16th century, the arts and court ceremonies clearly emphasised the political domination of the monarch, excellent examples of which were ballet de cour performances that had their heyday in the following century. However, what was new at the court in the first decades of the reign of the Bourbon dynasty were the influences of bourgeois culture. At that time, bourgeois galant customs began to have an influence in the Louvre.

Galant culture (in the 18th century the term described the musical style represented by Couperin and Rameau), focused on elegance and sociable charm, harmonised perfectly with the subtle airs de cour fashionable at that time, usually focused on the contemplation of love. A great contribution to the dissemination of this repertoire was made by the Ballard family company, which for many generations enjoyed a royal privilege to print sheet music, and that led to Ballard’s monopoly. These types of pieces will be the core of the programme presented by the Wrocław Baroque Ensemble.

The most important musical ensemble at the court of Louis XIII was the vocal-instrumental Musique de la Chambre du Roi, serving at both religious and secular events. It was led by a musician with the highest court title of surintendant, and his duties included composing music for ballets. His assistant was the so-called maître. Pierre Guédron, the oldest of the airs composers, performed both functions at the court successively. His protégé was Antoine Boësset, also a superb composer of this era, nicknamed the “Apollo of France”. He married Guédron’s daughter, became his assistant, and after his father-in-law’s death, he obtained the coveted highest musical title at the court. During the concert, we will hear the work of musicians in the service of other most important figures in France in the first half of the 17th century. Étienne Moulinié held the title of intendant de la musique under Gaston d'Orléans, the king’s brother. François de Chancy, before he came to the royal court, worked for Cardinal Richelieu. The concert programme will be complemented by works for two gambas by Jean de Sainte-Colombe, whose persona was made world famous by the 1991 film Tous les matins du monde.

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