La Tempête
For Azahar ('orange blossom'), La Tempête can be found in a palace of mirrors à la Escher. The collective around Simon-Pierre Bestion pits the early polyphony of Guillaume de Machaut - key figure of the Ars Nova - against a mass composed in 1948 by Igor Stravinsky for mixed choir and double wind quintet.
They also juxtapose the poetry of the Cantigas de Santa Maria, from the time of Alfonso X el Sabio, with contemporary songs by Maurice Ohana. ‘I do like to disorientate the listener,’ Bestion admits. Amazement and surprise prevail in this exciting sonorous scenario full of finesse and intense sound: ‘I am only too happy to share that physical sensation with the audience,’ Bestion adds.
Programme
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Alfonso X el Sabio
Santa Maria, strela do dia
(from: Cantigas de Santa Maria)1221-1284 -
Guillaume de Machaut
La Messe de Nostre Dame
Kyriec1300-1377 -
Igor Stravinsky
Mass
Gloria1882-1971 -
Guillaume de Machaut
La Messe de Nostre Dame
Gloria -
Igor Stravinsky
Mass
Credo -
Guillaume de Machaut
La Messe de Nostre Dame
Sanctus -
Igor Stravinsky
Mass
Sanctus
Agnus Dei -
Guillaume de Machaut
La Messe de Nostre Dame
Ite Missa est -
Alfonso X el Sabio
Quenas sas figuras da Virgen partir
(from: Cantigas de Santa Maria) -
Maurice Ohana
Cantiga de los Reyes Magos
(from: Cantigas)1913-1992 -
Alfonso X el Sabio
Quen na Virgen groriosa
(from: Cantigas de Santa Maria) -
Maurice Ohana
Cantiga del destierro
(from: Cantigas) -
Alfonso X el Sabio
Tod a quel que pola Virgen
(from: Cantigas de Santa Maria) -
Maurice Ohana
Cantiga de Vela
Cantiga del Azahar
(from: Cantigas) -
Alfonso X el Sabio
Rosa das rosas
(from: Cantigas de Santa Maria) -
Maurice Ohana
Cantiga de la Noche Santa
(from: Cantigas) -
Alfonso X el Sabio
Sancta Maria, strela do dia
(from: Cantigas de Santa Maria) -
Maurice Ohana
Cantiga del Nacimiento
(from: Cantigas)Programme subject to change
Musicians
- La Tempête
- Simon-Pierre Bestion musical direction
