The Chœur d'Oratorio de Paris (

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choir of Paris) is a French

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, funded in 1989 by Jean Sourisse. After forming the Chœur of the

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orchestra and conducting it for seven years, Jean Sourisse created the Chœur d'Oratorio de Paris in November 1989; the Chœur today consists of 70 to 80 experienced but non-professional singers. The Chœur d’Oratorio de Paris addresses the repertoire best suited to its size and vocation:

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es,

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and

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s by Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Brahms, César Franck, Gabriel Fauré, Maurice Duruflé, Francis Poulenc, without neglecting the secular repertoire of the 19th and 20th centuries: Schumann, Berlioz, Ravel and many others. Since its creation, the Choir has been hired by

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(Festival des instruments anciens and Festival de la Chaise-Dieu in 1990), and the

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, then conducted by

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, orchestras with which the Choir has had the opportunity to collaborate many times since then. Since then, he has participated in numerous productions, being regularly invited by the greatest conductors: (

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, John Nelson,

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, Tamas Vasary,

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, ) and is associated with renowned soloists including

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… The Chœur d’Oratorio de Paris has been invited on numerous occasions since 1992 by the Festival de Saint-Denis, and is collaborating on this occasion with the

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and the

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as well as the Orchestre de chambre de Paris. It performed Gounod's '' St. Cecilia Mass'' in June 2004, as well as Schubert's Mass in E-flat, Gabriel Fauré's

in June 2003, under the direction of John Nelson. In 2005, it was again under the direction of John Nelson that the Chœur d'Oratorio de Paris gave Beethoven's '' Ninth Symphony'' in concert at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, and in

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for the opening concert of the "". It then recorded the work as part of a complete discography of the nine symphonies, published in December 2006 by Ambroisie. The choir also performs annually under Sourisse's direction, works such as Liszt's ''

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'' by Brahms, the Requiem by

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, Duruflé's

, Bach's

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, Mendelssohn's

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's ''Grand motet'', and Marc Antoine Charpentier's ''Grand motet''.

Recordings

* 2006: Beethoven's '' Symphony No. 9'' (as part of Beethoven's complete symphonies, Chœur d’oratorio de Paris. Ensemble orchestral de Paris, Direction John Nelson) * 2002:

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's ''Three Great Psalms'' for solo, choir and orchestraMendelssohn - Trois Grands Psaumes pour soli, chœur et orchestre
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References

External links

Website of the Chœur d'Oratorio de Paris

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