2025-2026 Season

Haydn's Creation brought the 18th century to a glorious close and laid the foundations for what would become the oratorio in the 19th century. Performed more than forty times throughout Europe before the composer's death in 1809, it remains unanimously admired for the mastery of its vocal and orchestral writing and the power of its expressiveness.

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.

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.

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.

A journey through European Romanticism and Post-Romanticism via the traditions of the French, German, and Russian schools, represented by five geniuses who shared a desire to achieve the most intense emotional expression through new harmonic languages.