10th Festival Palazzetto Bru Zane Paris
Motets from the Second Empire to the Third Republic
Concert
Sacred Music
Auditorium de Radio France

Although France was moving rapidly towards secularisation, the production of motets during the Second Empire and the Third Republic, reflecting the phenomenal progression at that time of the cult of the Virgin Mary, never waned. Many French composers – organists of the main Parisian churches, choirmasters or simply fervent Catholics – took an interest in the genre and gave it new codes. Under pressure from ecclesiastical reformers, they paid particular attention to respecting the sacred text and moved towards a certain stylistic sobriety. Palestrina’s compositions and Gregorian chant became the absolute models for those wishing to return to the origins of Christian piety. Promoting an aesthetic between archaism and modernity, motets soon joined the concert repertoires.
Dates
Performers
CHŒUR DE RADIO FRANCE
Christophe Grapperon conductor
Judith van Wanroij soprano
Isabelle Druet mezzo-soprano
Cyrille Dubois tenor
Thomas Dolié baritone
Lucile Dollat organ
Victor Julien-Laferrière cello
Manon Galy violin
Yann Dubost double bass
Anaïs Gaudemard harp
Motets by FAURÉ, CHAUSSON, SOHY, CHAMINADE, GOUNOD, SAINT-SAËNS, GRANDVAL, BONIS and DELIBES
Christophe Grapperon conductor
Judith van Wanroij soprano
Isabelle Druet mezzo-soprano
Cyrille Dubois tenor
Thomas Dolié baritone
Lucile Dollat organ
Victor Julien-Laferrière cello
Manon Galy violin
Yann Dubost double bass
Anaïs Gaudemard harp
Motets by FAURÉ, CHAUSSON, SOHY, CHAMINADE, GOUNOD, SAINT-SAËNS, GRANDVAL, BONIS and DELIBES
Co-production Radio France / Palazzetto Bru Zane