The baroque spirit in all his musical shapes.
Carnaval Baroque. As February draws to a close, carnival is in full swing in the southern regions. Carnival was also celebrated extensively in Baroque times, and today you will be able to experience this with us.
André Campra (by Nicolas Edelinck, 1725)
André Campra (1660 – 1744)
1. From: Le carnaval de Venise (1699), Dernier divertissement, Le Bal
– Carnival March
– Recit L’Hyver a beau s’armer
– Bourrée
– Menuet I and II en rondeau
– Recit Je veux joindre à ces jeux
– Chaconne
– Air of the Chinese maskers
– Air Per piacer
– Forlane
– Air Chantez dansez
Luigi de Donato, bas. Sarah Tynan, soprano. Choeur et Orchestre du Concert Spirituel and Les Chantres du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles conducted by Hervé Niquet
(CD: André Campra – Le Carnaval de Venise. Glossa GCD 921622, 2011)
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 – 1767)
2. Overture burlesque in B-flat major, TWV 55.B8 (1717)
– Overture
– Scaramouches
– Harlequinade
– Colombine
– Pierrot
– Minuet I – minuet II
– Mezzetin and Turc
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin conducted by Bernfard Forck
(CD: Georg Philipp Telemann – Viola Concertos. Harmonia Mundi HMM 902342, 2022)
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632 – 1687)
3. From: Le carnaval: mascarade royale, LWV36, (1668)
– Overture
– Air des Biscayens
– Air pour la galanterie
– Menuet de Daphenis
– Air pour le marié et la mariée
– Les trivelins
– Chaconnes d’Arlequin
Orchestre André Campra conducted by Clovis St-Jacques
(CD: Postero Ostium. Orchestre André Campra, 2020)
André Campra
4. From: Le carnaval de Venise (1699)
– Overture
– Air for the arts
– First Air
– Second Air
– First and second Passepied
– Act I Finale
– First air for the followers of Fortune
– First and second Canaries
– Act II Finale
From first divertissement ‘Orfeo nell’ inferi’:
– Symphony
– Air for the familiar spirits
Choeur et Orchestre du Concert Spirituel and Les Chantres du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles conducted by Hervé Niquet
(CD: André Campra – Le Carnaval de Venise. Glossa GCD 921622, 2011)
