After a decade or so of revolution in pursuit of democracy followed by nearly fifteen years under Napoleon’s imperial rule, an exhausted France welcomed the Bourbons back to the throne with a sense of disillusioned joy. The return of King Louis XVIII, brother of the ill-fated Louis XVI, served as a pretext for celebrations the music of which remains virtually unknown today. Leading the Jacobins, a historical wind ensemble, Mathieu Lussier offers us a glimpse into Parisian musical life during this fascinating era.
Works by François-Adrien Boieldieu, François-Joseph Gossec, Louis-Ferdinand Hérold, Étienne-Nicolas Méhul, Hélène de Montgeroult and their contemporaries
After a decade or so of revolution in pursuit of democracy followed by nearly fifteen years under Napoleon’s imperial rule, an exhausted France welcomed the Bourbons back to the throne with a sense of disillusioned joy. The return of King Louis XVIII, brother of the ill-fated Louis XVI, served as a pretext for celebrations the music of which remains virtually unknown today. Leading the Jacobins, a historical wind ensemble, Mathieu Lussier offers us a glimpse into Parisian musical life during this fascinating era.
Works by François-Adrien Boieldieu, François-Joseph Gossec, Louis-Ferdinand Hérold, Étienne-Nicolas Méhul, Hélène de Montgeroult and their contemporaries
