Laudate Dominum
Monteverdi, Grandi, Campra

Tuesday, July 14, 2026, 8:30 PM

OTHER PERFORMANCES

Estimated Run Time: 1 hour

Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris

In 17th-century Italy, sacred vocal music became a veritable theater of faith. With Monteverdi, Cavalli, and Grandi, the seconda prattica emerged: a new art form based on the expressiveness of the text and the freedom of musical discourse. While providing the aesthetic foundation for opera, these innovations revolutionized religious music, infusing it with a new humanity and unprecedented dramatic intensity. This stylistic revolution spread throughout Europe and influenced many generations of composers. In Germany, musicians appropriated these contributions and integrated them into a style of writing that was often denser, focused on meditation and Lutheran fervor. In France, the flexible vocality inherited from the Italian style was assimilated into a language marked by elegance and balance.

Photo by ©Yannick Boschat

Program

Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
Cantate Domino BuxWV 12

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Pulchra es
Laudate Dominum
Ego dormio
Laudate Dominum
Salve Regina

Giovanni Paolo Cima (vers 1570-1610)
Gustate et videte

Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676)
Ave Regina cælorum

Alessandro Grandi (vers 1590-1630)
Hodie nobis de cælo
O quam tu pulchra es

André Campra (1660-1744)
Salve Regina
Tota pulchra es

Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)
Alleluia - Laudem dicite

Cast

Solists from the Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris
Yves Castagnet, organ and artistic direction

Other performances

Tuesday, July 7, 2026 - 8:30 PM - Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris