Airs sérieux et à boire, vol.1
Lambert, Couperin, Charpentier
Musical direction
Cast
Emmanuelle DE NEGRI, dessus
Anna REINHOLD, dessus
Marc MAUILLON, basse-taille
Lisandro ABADIE, bass
Florence MALGOIRE, violin
Tami TROMAN, violin
Myriam RIGNOL, viole de gambe
Thomas DUNFORD, théorbe
William CHRISTIE, clavecin
Cyril AUVITY, haute-contre - Saison 2013/2014
Reinoud VAN MECHELEN, haute-contre - Saison 2014/2015
Musical editions: Published at Éditions des Abbesses in the “Les Arts Florissants” collection (Catherine Massip – Fannie Vernaz) : Michel Lambert, Airs et Récits à quatre ou cinq voix for: « D’un feu secret je me sens consumer »; « Il faut mourir plutôt que de changer »; « Chantez petits oiseaux dans la saison nouvelle »; « Que d’Amants séparés languissent nuit et jour »; « Tout l’Univers obéit à l’Amour ».
Program
Michel LAMBERT - D'un feu secret je me sens consumer
Michel LAMBERT - Le repos, l'ombre, le silence
Michel LAMBERT - Ah! qui voudra désormais s'engager
Michel LAMBERT - Il faut mourir plutost que de changer
François COUPERIN - Épitaphe d'un paresseux "Jean s'en alla"
François COUPERIN - Les pellerines
La Marche
La Caristade
Le Remerciement
Michel LAMBERT - Iris n'est plus, mon Iris m'est ravie
Michel LAMBERT - Bien que l'amour fasse toute ma peine
Joseph Chabanceau de LA BARRE - Quand une âme est bien atteinte
Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER - Ouverture de la Comtesse d'Escarbagnas et Intermèdes nouveaux du Mariage forcé (Molière) H. 494
Michel LAMBERT - Chantez petits oiseaux
Michel LAMBERT - Pour vos beaux yeux, Iris, mon amour est extrême
Michel LAMBERT - Que d'amants separez languissent nuit & jour
Honoré d' AMBRUIS - Le doux silence de nos bois
Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER - Ayant bu du vin clairet H. 447
Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER - Auprès du feu l'on fait l'amour H. 446
Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER - Beaux petits yeux d'écarlate H. 448
Michel LAMBERT - Jugez de ma douleur en ces tristes adieux
Michel LAMBERT - Il est vrai, l'amour est charmant
Michel LAMBERT - Tout l'Univers obéit à l'Amour
What is an air de cour? The term was first coined in 1571 when Adrien Le Roy published a collection of songs for voice and lute entitled Livre d'airs de cour mis sur le luth. The term 'air de cour' was adopted in preference to that of 'voix de ville' which eventually became corrupted to 'vaudeville'. It refers to a simple air that can be sung by anyone, labourers and ladies' maids alike. However, in the 17th century, this popular genre gravitated from the street to the salon where it became fashionable amongst the rich and aristocratic who adopted it with extraordinary fervour. It was to become serious, joyful and even licentious by turns and was haunted by lovelorn shepherds and solitary longings. The air de cour requires exponents specialised in its performance: Pierre de Nyert and Michel Lambert, Lully's father-in-law, were the most illustrious of its champions. As early as 1984, William Christie and Les Arts Florissants took an interest in them with a first recording on the Harmonia Mundi label devoted to the work of Michel Lambert.
The current programme explores all the possibilities of the air de cour, a genre which can also be performed by groups of voices, male and female alike, depending on what is appropriate: the serious airs tell of the pains of love whereas the drinking songs invite joyful companions to sing of pleasure and licentiousness, in counterpoint to the lovers' moans. This concert is also the opportunity to hear Joseph Chabanceau de la Barre and the rarely heard Honoré d'Ambruys.
With the support of The American Friends of Les Arts Florissants.
Previous dates
Nantes / France
La Cité, Centre des Congrès
- Monday, May 11 2015, 8pm
Los Angeles / United States
LA Phil
- Wednesday, May 6 2015, 8pm
Santa Barbara / United States
Campbell Hall
- Tuesday, May 5 2015, 7pm, UCSB arts & lectures
Berkeley / United States
First Congregational Church
- Friday, May 1 2015, 8pm, Cal Performances
Miami / United States
New World Center
- Wednesday, April 29 2015, 8pm
Paris / France
Cité de la musique
- Friday, December 20 2013, 8pm
London / United Kingdom
Wigmore Hall
- Thursday, December 19 2013, 7.30pm
Versailles / France
Opéra Royal
- Monday, December 16 2013, 7pm
Arles / France
Chapelle Saint-Martin-du-Méjan
- Sunday, December 15 2013, 8.30pm
Caen / France
Grand Auditorium du Conservatoire National de Région
- Saturday, December 14 2013, 8pm
Arles / France
Chapelle Saint-Martin-du-Méjan
- Thursday, December 12 2013, 8.30pm