Once upon a time... the "recitar cantando" - Les Talens Lyriques

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Partnership between Les Talens Lyriques & the École Normale de Musique de Paris 

The École Normale de Musique de Paris and Les Talens Lyriques are launching a new partnership starting with the 2025/2026 season, featuring a series of four Saturday events at the Salle Cortot in Paris. The second concert of the series will take place on Saturday, November 8, at the Salle Cortot, and will be devoted to the “Recitar cantando”. This early Baroque practice, literally “to recite while singing”, lies at the heart of Italian vocal expression at the turn of the 17th century. Blending speech and song, it gave rise to opera and profoundly influenced the relationship between text and music in later vocal art.

Each event consists of a public masterclass led by Christophe Rousset with the singing students of the École Normale, followed by a one-hour commented concert with Les Talens Lyriques. Christophe Rousset will guide the audience through each program, highlighting a particular feature or concept related to the repertoire. 

These concerts, entitled “Once Upon a Time…”, are open to all audiences and aim to foster a deeper understanding and appreciation of the works performed.

Saturday, October 11, 2025 – Once Upon a Time… the "recitar cantando"
7:00 PM – MASTERCLASS
8:30 PM – CONCERT

PROGRAM
 

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

L’incoronazione di Poppea (1642)
Ouverture
« Signor, deh non partire »
« Speranza tu mi vai »
« Come dolci signor »
« Signor, signor oggi rinascio »
« Sento un certo »

Settimo libro de madrigali (1619)
« Ohimè, dov’è il mio ben »
« Chiome d’oro »

Andrea Falconieri (1585-1656)

Il primo Libro (1650)
Sonata Folias echa para mi Señora Doña
Tarolilla de Carallenos
L’Eroica, sonata a tre

Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676)

Veramonda l’amazzone di Aragona, « Il Delio » (1652)
Sinfonia, Prologo
Sinfonia

Il Ciro (1654)
« O rigor d’iniqua stella »
« Amanti fuggite »
« In mezzo le schiere »
« Ai sospiri d’Arpago »

DISTRIBUTION

Apolline & Thaïs Raï-Westphal, sopranos  

Gilone Gaubert,Benjamin Chénier & Roldán Bernabé-Carrión, violins
Emmanuel Jacques, cello
Karl Nyhlin /Yuli Bayeul, lute  

Christophe Rousset, harpsichord, organ & conductor

Once upon a time... the "recitar cantando" - Les Talens Lyriques

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