L’Ensemble Artifices fait résonner Biber au Printemps des Arts

L'Ensemble Artifices dans la Salle des Franciscains à Nice

By Manon Decroix, 23 March 2026

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“Une expérience sonore riche et habitée”

Reviewed at Théâtre National de Nice: Salle des Franciscains, Nice on 21 March 2026

Biber, Rosary Sonata no. 14 in D major: The Assumption of our Lady

Biber, Harmonia artificioso-ariosa: Partia I

Biber, Harmonia artificioso-ariosa: Partia II

Biber, Harmonia artificioso-ariosa: Partia III

Biber, Rosary Sonata no. 10 in G minor: The Crucifixion

Biber, Harmonia artificioso-ariosa: Partia V

Ensemble Artifices

Alice Julien-Laferrière, Conductor, Violin

Minori Deguchi, Violin

Maguelonne Carnus-Gourgues, Cello, Viola da Gamba

Mathieu Valfré, Harpsichord, Organ

Carles Dorador, Theorbo, Percussion

Turangalîla underwhelms at the Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Roy Westbrook, 23rd April

Serious music ill-matched by filmic limitations as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra tackles Messiaen’s epic “symphony” as part of the Southbank’s cross-genre festival.

**111

Immersive OAE submerged at Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Mark Valencia, 22nd April

The road to immersion is paved with modish deflections as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment performs 20th-century English string music.

**111

A dream of a Gerontius from Pappano, the LSO and Chorus

Roy Westbrook, 21st April

Giving their 27th performance of the oratorio, the London Symphony Chorus excel as angelic angels and demonic demons.

****1

Benedetti ablaze with the Philharmonia

Christopher Woodley, 19th April

As gifts to the Philarmonia's 80th birthday season, Nicola Benedetti gives a barnstorming account of Elgar's Violin Concerto before Cristian Mӑcelaru gets emotionally drained by La Mer.

*****

Nicholas McGegan brings delicacy and elegance to Mendelssohn

Erica Miner, 18th April

The Seattle Symphony offers an enchanting evening immersed in the joy and brilliance of both the young and the mature genius of Felix Mendelssohn.

****1

Wrangling the octopus: Mahler’s Ninth with Sir Simon Rattle

Chanda VanderHart, 17th April

Less a symphony, more a force of nature, Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in a turbulent, yet spacious reading of Mahler's Ninth Symphony in the Musikverein.

****1

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Manon Decroix

Titulaire d'un master de musicologie (Université Nice Côte d’Azur), Manon mène des recherches dans le but d’améliorer la compréhension du poème symphonique romantique. Altiste et professeur d’éducation musicale, elle participe à de nombreux projets de recherche, radiophoniques et pédagogiques en France et à Monaco. Elle se passionne pour les interprétations historiquement informées.

Biber en résonances : l’Ensemble Artifices fait vibrer le Printemps des Arts à Nice