Les Stabat Mater savants et populaires du Poème Harmonique à Lyon

By Beate Langenbruch, 21 November 2021

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“c’est une fête, cette soirée pourtant très spirituelle”

Reviewed at Auditorium de Lyon: Grand Hall, Lyon on 18 November 2021

Anonymous, Tarantella «Mo’ è benuto il giovedì santu»

Manuscrit de Monopoli, Stabat Mater

Durante, Concerto in F minor no.1, for Strings and Basso Continuo

Manuscrit d'Ostuni, Stabat Mater

Pergolesi, Stabat Mater

Le Poème Harmonique

Vincent Dumestre, Conductor

Sophie Junker, Soprano

Anthea Pichanick, Contralto

Serge Goubioud, Tenor

Hugues Primard, Tenor

Virgile Ancely, Baritone

A glimpse into grandeur: The Wedding of the Sun King

Mengguang Huang, 17th January

Le Poème Harmonique undertakes musical time-travelling from regal Versailles to vibrant Venice, where divine harmonies collide with earthly celebrations.

***11

Russia meets France: Lully’s Phaéton in Versailles

Laura Servidei, 3rd June

A successful musical production of Lully’s masterpiece with Perm Opera’s MusicAeterna chorus and orchestra, Le Poème Harmonique, and a tremendous French-Russian cast.

****1

Le Poème Harmonique dazzles with Briceño

Travis Mason, 21st October

Long-forgotten Spanish guitar music brought to life in a scintillating concert by Le Poème Harmonique at Wigmore Hall.

*****

Budapest's Early Music Festival opens with an evening of French Sacred Music

Nahoko Gotoh, 2nd March

Taking the scenic riverside tram route to Müpa in Budapest, you cannot but be impressed by the magnificent legacy of the Habsburgs in this beautiful historical city.

****1

The human comedy: Le Poème Harmonique at the Wigmore Hall

Emily Owen, 14th October

“We call you to witness that if our voices work wonders, our lutes, too, please both heart and ear”. These lines, taken from the translation of the first piece in tonight’s programme, summed up, for me, the evening. Not only did Le Poème Harmonique provide us with some truly magical singing, the instrumental group provided balance, entertainment and fun throughout.

*****

Le Poème Harmonique at Columbia University

Zerbinetta, 12th September

In his 1995 book Text and Act, the musicologist Richard Taruskin wrote of the historically-informed performance movement, “the very recent concept of historical authenticity is implicitly projected back into historical periods that never knew it.

***11

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Beate Langenbruch

Incapable de départager musique et littérature dans sa vie, Beate a décidé de se consacrer passionnément aux deux. La maîtresse de conférences en littérature française (Moyen Âge) et soprano allemande parcourt le monde pour ses recherches comme pour chanter, avec son trio de musique de chambre, en soliste ou en choeur. Ses années d'expériences instrumentales (piano, flûte, guitare) n'ont que très modérément entravé son amour inconditionnel de la voix et du répertoire choral en particulier.

Les Stabat Mater savants et populaires du Poème Harmonique à l'Auditorium de Lyon