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Carissimi & Charpentier Musical Tears

Live performance of Charpentier Le Reniement de St Pierre (ending), St John's Smith Square, London, February 2010. Solomon Consort, dir. Jonathan Sells.
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If [Solomon's Knot] can make [an] appearance with singing and playing of such a consistently high quality, it ought to have a starry future Musical Opinion, Jul/Aug 2010 read full review here

Project overview
The French oratorio, or histoire sacrée, was a modest and short-lived affair compared with the prodigious development of the genre in Germany and England.  Nonetheless, its one true champion, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, wrote astonishing masterpieces in this form when he imported it from Italy after his studies in Rome with Giacomo Carissimi.  Le Reniement de saint Pierre is perhaps the finest example.

In this programme we also juxtapose 'the two C's' liturgical music, with two fantastically joyful compositions for three lower male voices, and one of Charpentier's deeply affecting Requiem masses.

Project repertoire & personnel
Marc-Antoine Chapentier (1643-1704):     Magnificat à 3 H73
                                                             Messe des morts H7
                                                             Le Reniement de saint Pierre H424
Marin Marais (1656-1728):                      pièces de viole

Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674):               Missa a quinque et a novem (version for TTB) (doubtful)
                                                             Historia de Jephte

6 singers ~ 3 viols ~ flute (optional) ~ organ ~ theorbo ~ harpsichord (optional)

Performances
February 2010: St John's Smith Square, London
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