Recital Series

Ensemble Correspondances

Recital Series

Ensemble Correspondances

May 18, 2022

Veterans Room

The “musically exquisite” (The New York Times) Ensemble Correspondances brings together under the direction of the harpsichordist and organist Sébastien Daucé a collective of singers and instrumentalists, specialists in the music of the Grand Siècle. The ensemble has become a major force in the 17th-century French repertory and in period compositions of the early music canon. They will present a program of period music from the Plaisirs du Louvre, Music for the Chamber of Louis XIII.

Performances

Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at 6:00pm

Program

Includes works by Louis Couperin, Antoine Boësset, François de Chancy, Pierre Guedron, Étienne Moulinié, J. Champion de Chambonnières, M. de la Voye, and Louis Constantin

“Exquisite singing that is most beguiling”

Opera News

Gallery

  • French period orchestra and choir Ensemble Correspondances led by harpsichordist and organist Sébastien Daucé in the Veterans Room.
    Photo: Stephanie Berger

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  • Harpsichordist and organist Sébastien Daucé leading French period orchestra and choir Ensemble Correspondances in the Veterans Room.
    Photo: Stephanie Berger

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  • Simon Pierre (violin), Thibaut Roussel (theorbo) Marielou Jacquard (mezzo-soprano), Paul Figuier (countertenor), and Antonin Rondepierre (tenor) of Ensemble Correspondances in the Veterans Room.
    Photo: Stephanie Berger

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  • Étienne Floutier (viola da gamba), Louise Bouedo(viola da gamba), Mathilde Vialle (viola da gamba), Paul Figuier (countertenor), Antonin Rondepierre (tenor), Étienne Bazola (bass-baritone), and Renaud Brès (bass) of Ensemble Correspondances in the Veterans Room.
    Photo: Stephanie Berger

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Support

The Recital Series is supported in part by The Reed Foundation and the Howard & Sarah D. Solomon Foundation.

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