Alliance Française of Madras Indo-French Cultural Centre
Date/Time
Date(s) - 03/11/2015
7:00 pm
Location
Rukmini Arangam, Kalakshetra
Categories
Alliance Française of Madras and Institut Français in India with the support of Saint Gobain as the AFM Gold Sponsor 2015, The Park, Chennai as Hospitality Partner and Eventjini.com as Online Partner
Present
LEÇONS DES TÉNÈBRES ET RAGA DE LA NUIT
(a performace by Le Concert de l’Hostel Dieu)
Venue : Rukmini Arangam, Kalakshetra Foundation, Besant Nagar
Date : 3rd November, 2015
Time : 7 PM
Free passes Eventjini.com
“LESSONS OF DARKNESS AND RAGAS OF THE NIGHT”
Two cultures, two religions, but the same poetry… The three “Leçons de ténèbres” by François Couperin celebrate the death of Christ by means of a poetic and sombre text impregnated with solitude. The night also has its musical homage in northern and southern India, where it takes the form of the ragas of darkness. In this programme, the works of Louis XIV’s composer are interspersed with three ragas taken from the traditional Indian repertoire. The melismas of the bansuri flute alternate with the two high baroque voices in an ethereal and mesmerizing dialogue.
Program :
First Tenebrae Reading for one solo voice, François Couperin
Alaap (Indian Raga for night time, first part)
Second Tenebrae Reading for one solo voice, François Couperin
Jor (Indian Raga for night time, second part)
Third Tenebrae Reading for two solo voices, François Couperin
Jhala (Indian Raga for night time, third part)
With :
Estelle Béréau & Violaine Le Chenadec, sopranos
Nicolas Muzy, theorbo
Nolwenn Le Guern, viola
Patrick Rudant, bansuri flutes
Franck-Emmanuel Comte, organ & direction
Artists on stage :
2 soloists, 4 instrumentalists + Indians musicians
