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Performer: Le Poème Harmonique

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ParisLe Carnaval Baroque

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Fasolo, Monteverdi
Vincent Dumestre; Cécile Roussat; Maxence Rapetti-Mauss; Chantal Rousseau; Christophe Naillet

ParisDidon et ÉnéeConcert performance

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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Vincent Dumestre; Le Poème Harmonique; Ana Quintans; Adèle Charvet; Henry Neill
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A glimpse into grandeur: The Wedding of the Sun King

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

***11
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Russia meets France: Lully’s Phaéton in Versailles

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
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Le Poème Harmonique dazzles with Briceño

Long-forgotten Spanish guitar music brought to life in a scintillating concert by Le Poème Harmonique at Wigmore Hall.
*****
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Budapest's Early Music Festival opens with an evening of French Sacred Music

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
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The human comedy: Le Poème Harmonique at the Wigmore Hall

“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.
*****
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Le Poème Harmonique at Columbia University

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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