Music for the King's suppers
Concert date
Sunday, March 7, 2021 - 23:00
Concert Hall
Works by Mondonville, Rameau and Dauvergne
Works by Mondonville, Rameau and Dauvergne
Guest conductor : Mathieu Lussier, Artistic Director, Bassoon
Arion Baroque Orchestra in its full lineup of 22 musicians conducted by Mathieu Lussier will perform some of the greatest French orchestral works that accompanied the king’s suppers throughout the Age of Enlightenment. A most brilliant, virtuosic, and colorful offering!
Scores produced and edited by the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles
Available online only, from March 1 to March 7, 2021
Concert program
Music for the King's Suppers
Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville (1711-1772)
Sonata sesta, op. 3 (version orchestrale)
Allegro, Larghetto, Rondeau aria Amoroso, Gigha Allegro
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
Suite tirée des Indes galantes, arrangée à 5 parties
Ouverture, Air pour les esclaves, Air des sauvages, Chaconne
Antoine Dauvergne (1713-1797)
Quatrième Concert de simphonies, en la majeur, op. 4, no 2 (extraits)
Ouverture, Minuetto Gratioso 1o et 2o, Andantino gratioso cantabile, Chaconne
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Suite tirée de Dardanus, arrangée à 5 parties
Ouverture, Menuet, Bruit de guerre, Chaconne
Guest Artist(s)
Mathieu Lussier
Appointed Artistic Director of Arion Baroque Orchestra in 2019, Mathieu Lussier was also associate conductor of Les Violons du Roy chamber orchestra from 2012 to 2018, conducting this ensemble in Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. Mathieu Lussier was the a...
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