Adoramus te
Monteverdi, Cavalli, Schütz

Tuesday, June 23, 2026, 8:30 PM

OTHER PERFORMANCES

Estimated Run Time: Durée : 1 hour environ

Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris

A true golden age of music, the 17th century was marked by an exploration of human emotions and a blossoming of vocal expressiveness. In flamboyant Italy, composers developed a free vocal style centered on words and emotion—the “seconda prattica.”
The simultaneous arrival of opera, led by a few great figures such as Claudio Monteverdi, brought a new dramatization of musical discourse that had repercussions in all European countries and in all repertoires, including sacred music.
In Germany, Schütz combined these innovations with Lutheran rigor, followed by Buxtehude, whose music already foreshadowed Bach's future brilliance.
Later, Telemann and Purcell were the heirs to these traditions, which focused on the expressiveness of the text. Performing some of the gems of these repertoires, the soloists of the Maitrise de Notre-Dame celebrate the diversity of languages.

Photo by ©Yannick Boschat

Program

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Es segne uns Gott

Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
Ego dormio
Vulnerasti

Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
In te, Domine, speravi

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Nigra sum
Salve Regina
Laudate Dominum

Jacopo Corsi (1561-1602)
Adoramus te

Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676)
Ave Regina cælorum
O quam suavis
O Bone jesu

Francesco Gasparini (1661-1727)
Adoramus te

Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)
Laudate Dominum

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
Exaudi Domine

Henry Purcell
Lord, I can suffer omnes
Beati omnes

Cast

Thaïs Raï-Westphal, soprano
Joséphine Geoffray, alto
Mathias Deau, tenor
Maxime Saïu, bass
Yves Castagnet, organ and artistic direction

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