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Claire Lefilliâtre
Claire Lefilliâtre, in ''le Festin romain'', concert in the Spanish Hall of the Prague Castle, 6 August 2013 Claire Lefilliâtre is a contemporary French soprano specialising in Baroque music repertoire. Lefilliâtre collaborates mainly with the ensemble Le Poème Harmonique of Vincent Dumestre. Discography (selection) Recordings with Le Poème Harmonique * 1999 ''L'Humaine Comédie'' by Etienne Moulinié with Sophie Watillon and Friederike Heumann (Alpha) * 2001 ''Aux Marches du Palais'' (Alpha) * 2001 ''Lamentations'' by Emilio de Cavalieri (Alpha) * 2002 ''Le Consert des Consorts'' by Pierre Guédron with Sophie Watillon and Friederike Heumann (Alpha) * 2002 ''Il Fasolo ?'' (Alpha) * 2002 ''Tenebrae'' by Michel-Richard de Lalande (Alpha) * 2003 ''Nova Metamorfosi'' (Alpha) * 2003 ''Je meurs sans mourir'' by Antoine Boesset (Alpha) * 2004 ''Plaisir d'amour'' with Bruce Duisit and Isabelle Druet * 2005 '' Le Bourgeois gentilhomme'' at the Royal Opera of Versailles wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claire Lefilliatre Prague 2013 Croped
Clair or Claire may refer to: People and fictional characters * Claire (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Clair or Claire * Clair (surname), a list of people with the surname Clair or Claire Places * Clair, New Brunswick, Canada, a former village, now part of Haut-Madawaska * Clair Parish, New Brunswick, Canada * Clair, Saskatchewan, Canada * Clair oilfield in the Atlantic Ocean, 75 km west of Shetland Arts and entertainment * Claire (band), an electronic-pop band using English lyrics from Munich, Germany * Claire (album), ''Claire'' (album), a 2002 album by Claire Sweeney * Clair (song), "Clair" (song), a 1972 hit for Gilbert O'Sullivan * Claire (1924 film), ''Claire'' (1924 film), a German silent film * Claire (2001 film), ''Claire'' (2001 film), a fantasy film * Claire (2007 film), ''Claire'' (2007 film), written by Drew Seeley * "Claire", an episode of American radio and television anthology series ''Screen Directors Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Académie Charles-Cros
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and Skills, skill, north of Ancient Athens, Athens, Greece. The Royal Spanish Academy defines academy as scientific, literary or artistic society established with public authority and as a teaching establishment, public or private, of a professional, artistic, technical or simply practical nature. Etymology The word comes from the ''Academy'' in ancient Greece, which derives from the Athenian hero, ''Akademos''. Outside the city walls of Athens, the Gymnasium (ancient Greece), gymnasium was made famous by Plato as a center of learning. The sacred space, dedicated to the goddess of wisdom, Athena, had formerly been an olive Grove (nature), grove, hence the expression "the groves of Academe". In these gardens, the philos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chœur De Chambre De Namur
The Choeur de Chambre de Namur (founded 1987) is a choir based in Namur, which is sponsored by the Communauté française de Belgique. Since 2010 the artistic director has been Leonardo García Alarcón and conductor of the instrumental ensemble is Guy Van Waas. The choir has worked with many visiting conductors: Louis Devos, Eric Ericson, Marc Minkowski, Pierre Cao, Jean-Claude Malgoire, Simon Halsey, Sigiswald Kuijken, Jean Tubéry, Roy Goodman, Michael Schneider, Philippe Herreweghe, Peter Phillips, Jordi Savall, Christophe Rousset, and Eduardo López Banzo. The choir has a baroque instrumental ensemble, Les Agrémens LES or Les may refer to: People * Les (given name) * Les (surname) * L.E.S. (producer), hip hop producer Space flight * Launch Entry Suit, worn by Space Shuttle crews * Launch escape system, for spacecraft emergencies * Lincoln Experimental S ... which works exclusively in session under the direction of invited conductors or the current chief conductor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich Schütz
Heinrich Schütz (; 6 November 1672) was a German early Baroque music, Baroque composer and organ (music), organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach and one of the most important composers of the 17th century. He is credited with bringing the Italian style to Germany and continuing its evolution from the Renaissance music, Renaissance into the early Baroque music, Baroque. Most of his surviving music was written for the Lutheran church, primarily for the Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, Electoral Chapel in Dresden. He wrote what is traditionally considered the first German opera, ''Dafne (Opitz-Schütz), Dafne'', performed at Torgau in 1627, the music of which has since been lost, along with nearly all of his ceremonial and theatrical scores. Schütz was a prolific composer, with more than 500 surviving works. He is commemorated as a musician in the Calendar of Saints (Lutheran), Calendar of Saints of some North American Luth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivier Schneebeli
Olivier Schneebeli is a French conductor and choirmaster, as well as music teacher, known for his work on Baroque music. He was named to the Legion of Honour in 2021. Olivier Schneebeli won a Diapason d'Or with Ensemble Vocal. Schneebeli led the Petits Chanteurs de Saint-Louis choir, producing a notable recording of Fauré's Requiem (1893 version) with the Collegium Vocal de Gent in 1988 for Harmonia Mundi recording of Fauré's ''Requiem'' with Philippe Herreweghe conducting. Beginning in 1991, Schneebeli led a choir called "Les Pages et les Chantres" at the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, retiring after thirty years in 2021. With this choir, Schneebeli sought to establish a major French choir to perform the 17th and 18th century repertoire of Versailles and the French cathedrals. Dis ...
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Claude Lejeune
Claude Le Jeune (; 1528 to 1530 – buried 26 September 1600) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the late Renaissance. He was the primary representative of the musical movement known as ''musique mesurée'', and a significant composer of the "Parisian" chanson, the predominant secular form in France in the latter half of the 16th century. His fame was widespread in Europe, and he ranks as one of the most influential composers of the time. Life He was born in Valenciennes, where he probably received his early musical training. Sometime fairly early in life he became a Protestant. The first record of his musical activity is from 1552, when four chansons attributed to him were published at Leuven, in anthologies of works by several composers. In 1564, he moved to Paris, where he became acquainted with the Huguenots. By this time, he had already acquired some international fame, as evidenced by the appearance of his name in a list of "contemporary composers of excellence" in a manu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Verany
Disques Pierre Verany is a French classical music record label named after its founder and producer. Verany, a producer and sound engineer, ran his own label "Disques Pierre Verany" for many years — concentrating on Italian and French baroque music Baroque music ( or ) refers to the period or dominant style of Classical music, Western classical music composed from about 1600 to 1750. The Baroque style followed the Renaissance music, Renaissance period, and was followed in turn by the Class ... - before selling the label in 1997 to the Arion (record label) of Manuela Ostrolenk, who had acquired Arion from the first owner Ariane Segal in 1985. "On relève à côté de Mozart, Schumann et Bartok names like Emmanuel Chabrier, François Devienne, François-Joseph Naderm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarquinio Merula
Tarquinio Merula (24 November 1595 – 10 December 1665) was an Italian composer, organist, and violinist of the early Baroque era. Although mainly active in Cremona, stylistically he was a member of the Venetian school. He was one of the most progressive Italian composers of the early 17th century, especially in applying newly developed techniques to sacred music. Life He was born in Busseto. He probably received early musical training in Cremona, where he was first employed as an organist. In 1616 he took a position as organist at the church of Santa Maria Incoronata in Lodi, where he remained until 1621, at which time he went to Warsaw, Poland to work as an organist at the court of Sigismund III Vasa. In 1626 he returned to Cremona, and in 1627 became ''maestro di cappella'' at the cathedral there, but he only remained for four years, moving to Bergamo to accept a similar position in 1631. Alessandro Grandi, his predecessor, had died in the Italian plague of 1629–31 (whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arion (record Label)
Arion is a French record company and label founded in 1962 by Ariane Segal. The label takes its name from the ancient Greek poet and lyre-player, Arion. In the 1960s and 1970s Arion was seen as one of the most adventurous and innovative independent labels in France with an eclectic catalogue ranging from classical music to ethnic music to jazz. Its strengths were, and remain, rarely performed classical works and ethnic music.''Gramophone'' (1993). "French independents: A tour d'horizon", Vol. 71, p. 4Roux, Marie-Aude (8 April 2011)"Ariane Ségal, éditrice de musique" ''Le Monde''. Retrieved 28 June 2015 (subscription required for complete article) . History In 1962 Ariane Segal, who had been working as a producer for the French division of Ricordi, left the firm with her entire team, including her sound engineer Claude Morel. She established a new independent label, Arion, serving as its president and managing director, while Morel served as the label's artistic director. By 1967 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Campra
André Campra (; baptized 4 December 1660 – 29 June 1744) was a French composer and conductor of the Baroque era. The leading French opera composer in the period between Jean-Baptiste Lully and Jean-Philippe Rameau, Campra wrote several '' tragédies en musique'' and ''opéra-ballets'' that were extremely well received. He also wrote three books of cantatas as well as religious music, including a requiem. Biography Campra was the son of Giovanni Francesco Campra, a surgeon and violinist from Graglia, Italy, and Louise Fabry, from Aix-en-Provence. His father was his first music teacher. He was baptised on 4 December 1660 in the Église de la Madeleine in Aix. He became a choirboy in the Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur there in 1674 and commenced ecclesiastical studies four years later. He was reprimanded by his superiors in 1681 for having taken part in theatrical performances without permission, but was nevertheless made a chaplain on 27 May of that year. He served as ''maître d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
