Lyon - un concert pour Mazarin - November 10th 2010

Alas, I was not there. But my sister attended this concert.
Following are some of her impressions :

The "Chapelle de la Trinité" was fully booked. It was the first time she heard Philippe Jaroussky "live" and she was thrilled by his voice, especially when he sang "a capella".
He once turned his back from the audience and his voice came out beautifully, filling the whole place. She noticed that he sang with his whole body, moving along the songs, kind of "opening" his soul when opening his arms.
During the interval, the audience could have some "vin chaud" (warm wine) or "soupe", quite unusual !
Philippe gave two encores. The one from Haendel was especially moving.
Unfortunately, she couldn't take any pictures.

Congratulations to your sister!!

J'adore "Un concert pour Mazarin"! Comme j'aurais aimé être à côté de votre soeur...

Salut!

Mercé, je fais passer le message ...

Balletlover

Oh, thank you so much for thr experience of your lucky sister! [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

This program is quite rare to listen in an concert!
Did Philippe sing "La Monica" ( some first lines a capella) ?

yes, he did sing La Monica.
My sister will send me a copy of the program, so I can tell you exactly what he sang.
The other encore was a Vivaldi.
I haven't found any review yet. I must search again !

I just found the following article, which is very interesting :

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In this article, Jean Tubéry, founder and musical director of the ensemble La Fenice speaks about Philippe Jaroussky. How they met, and how and when they worked together.

He first met him more than ten years ago. Philippe had just made it to the Conservatoire de Paris. Jean Tubéry was looking for a special voice for the annual concert of the Department of Ancient Music. The thema of the concert was : "la rappresentatione di anima e di corpo".
This concert was to be given later at the Théâtre de la Monnaie (in Brussels, Belgian) with Carlos Mano.

A few years later, Philippe still being a student at the Conservatoire, he stood in for Carlos Mano only a few days before the recording of La Morte Delusa from Bassani.

Just a few months later, Jean Tubéry decided to record a concert program, un concert pour Mazarin, La Fenice had given for the first time in 1992. They hadn't found the ideal voice. They found it with Philippe Jaroussky.
Jean Tubéry writes : "PJ avait la virilité d'un homme, la sensibilité d'une femme, la fraîcheur d'un enfant... et le talent et la grâce de lui-même."
(PJ had the masculinity of a man, the sensibility of a woman, the purity of a child ...and the talent and grace of himself)

The concert, on November 10th, was quite special as it was the 20th anniversary of the ensemble La Fenice.

Philippe Jaroussky et La Fenice, mercredi 10 nov. à la Chapelle

Spoiler:

Balletlover

Thanks for the pictures ! It was on wednesday 10th and not 17th ...

of course! already corrected

Quote :

"PJ avait la virilité d'un homme, la sensibilité d'une femme, la fraîcheur d'un enfant... et le talent et la grâce de lui-même."

Exhaustingly observed.

Very interesting interview ! It's nice to have the opinion of a musician about Philippe's debuts : Jean Tubéry seems to have been charmed from the very first moment, just like us !

Balletlover
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Quote :

"PJ avait la virilité d'un homme, la sensibilité d'une femme, la fraîcheur d'un enfant... et le talent et la grâce de lui-même.

Great words - short and absolutely precise describing. Bravo, Maestro Tubéry!

Joanna

The photos....( especially trh first one...such atmosphere........ [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] ).

Thank you for all this details! I love the CD and the "Monica" should have been a great moment !! I remember the "choc" it was for me while listening to his song the first time ...

First part of the concert :

Prima parte : « Italiani a Parigi… »

Marco Uccellini (1603-1680)
Toccata seconda
À sei, in due cori l’”L’Ozio Regio”, decidato al cardinale Giulio Mazarino)

Alessandro Grandi (1577-1630)
Sumite psalmum
Motteto a voce sola con sinfonie

Giovanni Legrenzi (1626-1690)
Canzon La Buscha
A 6, per due cornetti, due violini et due bassi

Anonyme
Madre non mi far monaca
Per canto solo

Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
Partite sopra La Monica

Anonyme
Bienheureuse est mon âme
Sopra La Monica

Francesco Foggia (1604-1688)
O quam clemens et pia
Motet à 2 dessus

François Roberday (1624-1680)
Fugue chromatique « sur un sujet italien »

Francesco Corbetta (1651-1681)
« Trompettes et tambour de France fait en contre-partie sur la prise de Maastricht »

Marco Uccellini
Sinfonia in battaglia col tremolo

Maurizio Cazzati (ca 1620-1677)
Acclamate de terraMotetto con ritornelli

Second part, soon !

Seconda parte : … de provinces en Provence”

Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682)
Sonata
Per cornetti e violini, in due cori divisi

Gian Paolo Cima (ca1570-1622)
Surge amica mea
Motteto in echo

Claudio Monterverdi (1567-1643)
Sancta Maria
Sopra la cantilena
(Promptuarii musicii, Strasbourg 1627)

Giuseppe Giamberti (1600-1662)
Veni Hilecta mea
Antiphona à quattro soprani

Nicolo Fontei ( ?-ca1647)
Laudate pueri
Per canto, violini et basso
(bibliothèque Inguimbertine de Carpentras)

Maurizio Cazzati
Capriccio sopra dodici noti

Luigi Rossi (ca1597-1653)
Passacaille « del Seigneur Louigi » (sic)
Per la arpa, manuscrit Bauhyn, Angers-Villers

G. Battista Bassani (1647-1716)
In caligine umbrosaMotet à voix seule et 2 dessus
(Toulouse, bibliothèque des fonds anciens)

The program of this concert is full of information, very well done.

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The program is absolutely astonishing, great, such a gift for the audience, true treasures !

Giovanni Battista Bassani (ca.1657-1716).

"In caligine umbrosa", cantate pour voix seule et deux dessus.

- Recitativo 'In caligine umbrosa'.
- Aria 'Festinate, o penæ terrenæ'.
- Recitativo 'Ah! non conturbate'.
- Aria 'Alta gloria, cara vita!'
- Recitativo 'Anhelo spe costante'.
- Aria 'O auræ serenæ'.
- Recitativo 'Ardendo suspiro'.
- Aria 'Jam gratæ memoriæ'.

Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor.

Ensemble La Fenice , Jean Tubéry, cornetto.
(Virgin Veritas 2004)

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