Philippe Jaroussky et L'Arpeggiata séduisent la Halle aux grains

By Arnaud Saura-Ziegelmeyer, 18 October 2024

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“une voix toujours très cristalline, de belles tenues peu ornées”

Reviewed at Halle aux grains, Toulouse on 15 October 2024

Boësset, Nos esprits libres et contents

Bataille, El baxel

Improvisation, La Dia Spagnola

de Bailly, Passacaille (La Folie): Yo soy la locura

Guédron, Aux plaisirs, aux délices bergères

Boësset, À la fin cette bergère

Allegri, Canario

Moulinié, Concert des différents oiseaux

Moulinié, Orilla del claro Tajo

Lambert, Ma bergère est tendre et fidèle

Mealli, Sonata "La Vinciolina", Op. 4 no.6

Moulinié, Enfin la beauté que j'adore

Monteverdi, Si dolce è'l tormento, SV332

Cazzati, Ciaccona

Monteverdi, L'incoronazione di Poppea: Oblivion soave

Monteverdi, Ohimè ch'io cado, SV 316

Rossi, Dormite, begl'occhi

Rossi, Orfeo: Lasciate, Averno

Purcell, Timon of Athens, Z 632: Curtain Tune

Purcell, Oedipus: Music for a While, Z 583 no.2

Philippe Jaroussky, Countertenor

Christina Pluhar, Conductor, Theorbo

L'Arpeggiata

25 years on, Jaroussky and L'Arpeggiata entrance Ambronay

David Karlin, 5th October

The superstar countertenor revisit the site of one of their early successes, with hits from Monteverdi and the court of Louis XIII. It makes for an extraordinary evening.

*****

Pluhar leads a great Monteverdi Vespers from L'Arpeggiata

Roy Westbrook, 14th December

An outstanding performance from Christina Pluhar's army of generals, but a flawed Barbican live stream.

****1

L’Arpeggiata brings the spirit of Italian Baroque to Enescu Festival

Edward Sava-Segal, 10th September

A radiant chemistry between Céline Scheen and Philippe Jaroussky is evident in an evening of Caldara and Pergolesi in Bucharest.

****1

L'Arpeggiata jazzes up Purcell in Auckland

Simon Holden, 15th March

While maybe not for the musical puritans, this was the perfect showcase for an exceptional group of musicians to demonstrate their formidable technical and interpretative talents and to respectfully give some new vitality to the magical works of Purcell.

****1

La dama d'Arago: L'Arpeggiata

Frances Wilson, 21st December

L’Arpeggiata brought the sensuous heat and vibrancy of Catalonia to London's Wigmore Hall in a concert featuring songs and music from the Aragon region of Spain.

****1

An inventive Dido and Aeneas in Utrecht

David Pinedo, 5th September

A refreshing, unconventional reworking of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas by L'Arpeggiata in Utrecht.

****1

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Arnaud Saura-Ziegelmeyer

Maître de conférences en histoire ancienne à l'Institut Catholique de Toulouse, Arnaud enseigne également à l'Université Toulouse II et à l'Institut National Universitaire d'Albi. Passionné de musique, violoniste et pianiste, il a poursuivi en parallèle de ses études en histoire un cursus au Conservatoire de Toulouse et y a obtenu plusieurs prix. Ses recherches portent sur l’histoire des religions antiques et notamment sur l’utilisation de la musique dans le cadre des cultes polythéistes.