Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists: Charpentier and Bach
Tuesday 17 December 2024
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Call it savoir-faire, call it je-ne-sais-quoi, but French music has always had a certain flair – a style that’s all its own. It was the tradition in 17th century Paris to celebrate Christmas Eve with old-fashioned carol tunes, and when the brilliant Marc-Antoine Charpentier incorporated ten of them into his Messe de Minuit, the result was a choral work of quite irresistible exuberance and charm.
Who better to perform it this Christmas than the world-class singers and period instrumentalists of the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists – and what finer way to launch the festivities than with Bach at his jubilant best?
Charpentier – Messe de Minuit
Bach – Cantata Schwingt freudig euch empor, BWV 36
Bach – Cantata Unser Mund sie voll Lachens, BWV 110
Hilary Cronin soprano
Laurence Kilsby tenor
Florian Stoertz bass
The Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
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Tue 17 Dec | 7:30 PM | £80/£70/£48/£35/£10 | Book |
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