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© Palace of Versailles
Sonya Yoncheva Chante Noël
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VIP CATEGORY: Best seats in house with complimentary glass of champagne and programme.
PRESTIGE CATEGORY: Excellent seats with complimentary glass of champagne and programme.
Program and cast
Chœur de l’Opéra Royal
Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal
Under the high patronage of Aline Foriel-Destezet
Stefan Plewniak: Conductor
PROGRAMME
First part: 40min
Intermission
Second part: 40min
Chant traditionnel: Joy to the world
Georg Friedrich Haendel (1685-1759): Le Messie, HWV 56 : Partie III, scène 1 « I Know That My Redeemer Liveth »; Le Messie, HWV 56 : Partie I, scène 12 « For unto us a child is born »
Charles Gounod (1818-1893): Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile : « Repentir » (O Divine Redeemer)
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713): Concerto pour la nuit de Noël, op. 6 n°8
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924): Sogno d’or
Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945): Cavalleria Rusticana : « Intermezzo » et « Ave Maria »
Intermission
Andrew Lloyd Webber (né en 1948): Requiem : « Pie Jesu » pour soprano et enfant soprano
Irving Berlin (1888-1989): White Christmas
Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706): Canon
Adolphe Adam (1803-1856): Cantique de Noël ; Arru, Arrurrú (chant de nativité du Honduras) pour soprano, chœur et orchestre
Joseph Mohr (1792-1848): Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
Royal Chapel of Versailles
The Royal Chapel was finished in 1710 at the end of Louis XIV’s reign. Jules Hardouin-Mansart proposed the plan to the King in 1669. The First Architect died in 1708 without seeing the end of the works which were taken over by his brother-in-law Robert De Cotte. The reigning monarch only came for major religious festivals where he received communion, for ceremonies of the Order of Saint-Esprit, for the baptisms and weddings of the royal children celebrated from 1710 to 1789. This exceptional palatine chapel was also used for a wide range of religious ceremonies, including the marriage of Archduchess Marie-Antoinette with the future Louis XVI.
Above the altar, around the organ by Clicquot decorated with a fine relief of King David, played by great masters like François Couperin, the Chapel’s music, famous all over Europe, sung motets everyday during all religious services. Today Handel’s Dixit Dominus or Messiah, Bach’s Oratorios, Magnificat, Cantatas or Passions, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater or Charpentier’s Te Deum ring out in this majestic architecture.
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