O quam suavis
Telemann, Purcell, Charpentier

Tuesday, July 21, 2026, 8:30 PM

Estimated Run Time: 1 hour

Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris

The solists of the Maitrise de Notre-Dame invite us on a European journey through the sacred music of the 17th and 18th centuries. Spirituality is expressed in many ways, carried by the eloquence of the voice. In the Italy of Monteverdi, Cima, Cavalli, and Grandi, music marries text in a new way to reveal its dramatic intensity: an expressive breath that would inspire all of Europe for centuries to come. In France, Campra and Charpentier integrated this heritage into their sense of refinement; in England, Purcell developed a new poetry in setting words to music; in Germany, Buxtehude and later Telemann synthesized Italian influences and Germanic rigor. From one language to another and from one style to another, music magnifies the sacred word.

Photo by ©Yannick Boschat

Program

Georg Philip Telemann (1681-1767)
Jauchzet, ihr Himmel TWV 1:957
Dies ist der Tag TWV 1:359

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Laudate Dominum
Ego dormio

André Campra (1660-1744)
Salve Regina

Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704)
Bone pastor H. 265

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Close thine eyes Z. 184
Sound the trumpet (excerpt from Come ye Sons of Art Z. 323)

Giovanni Paolo Cima (ca. 1570-1610)
Exaudi Domine
Benedicam Dominum

Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676)
O quam suavis
O Bone Jesu

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

Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
In te Domine speravi BuxWV 53

Cast

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