Concert

Jordi Savall conducts Bach, Vivaldi, Lully, and Handel

With La Capella Reial de Catalunya and Le Concert des Nations

Live
Certain chapters are not available.
Thank you for your understanding.

Cast

Hanna Bayodi-Hirt — Soprano

Johannette Zomer — Soprano

Damien Guillon — Countertenor

David Munderloh — Tenor

Stephan MacLeod — Baritone

La Capella Reial de Catalunya

Le Concert des Nations

Jordi Savall — Conductor

Program notes

Celebrated viola da gambist and ambassador of the early music movement Jordi Savall leads La Capella Reial de Catalunya and the Concert des Nations in a concert at the Chapelle Royale of the Château de Versailles celebrating the 300th anniversary of the 1713 Peace of Utrecht, which brought an end to the bloody War of Spanish Succession.

An accomplished group of soloists—sopranos Hanna Bayodi Hirt and Johannette Zomer, countertenor Damien Guillon, tenor David Munderloh, and baritone Stephan Macleod—joined Savall and his musicians for this program of masterpieces by French, German and Italian baroque composers. Highlights included Magnificats by Vivaldi and Bach, excerpts from Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3 and Handel’s Jubilate Deo (composed in celebration of the Peace of Utrecht itself), and Lully’s Jubilate Deo, Motet pour la paix (“Motet for Peace”).

A closer look: featured composers

Further listening: featured works

Appears in

More info