Sacred Baroque Splendours
Monteverdi, Campra, Charpentier

Tuesday 22 September 2026, 8:30 PM

OTHER PERFORMANCES

Estimated Run Time: 1 hour

Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris

In the 17th and 18th centuries, sacred music experienced a remarkable flourishing, fuelled by artistic exchanges between Italy and France. Monteverdi opened up new expressive paths that would leave a lasting mark on European composers, while Charpentier and Campra developed a musical language in which Italian influence merged with French elegance.
Bringing together motets, hymns and liturgical excerpts, this programme reveals the richness of the Baroque sacred repertoire, from the intimacy of prayer to the splendour of great celebrations. A captivating panorama of two musical traditions united by the same quest for beauty and transcendence.

Photo by ©Yannick Boschat

Program

Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)
Salve Regina secondo
Adoramus te
Cantate Domino
Ave Maris Stella (from Vespro della Beata Vergine)

Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704)
O Sacrum convivium
Salve Regina à trois chœurs H 24
Hymnum dicamus Domino

André Campra (1660–1744)
Missa Ad majorem Dei Gloriam

Antonio Lotti (1667–1740)
Crucifixus a 8 voci

Alessandro Grandi (1590–1630)
Hodie nobis de cælo

Guillaume Bouzignac (1587–1643)
Jubilate Deo

Cast

Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris
Yves Castagnet, positive organ

Henri Chalet, conductor

Other performances

Saturday 3 October 2026 at 7:00 pm – Thoronet Abbey
Sunday 4 October 2026 at 3:00 pm – Antibes Cathedral