Since 1978, the Les Arts Renaissants association has continued its commitment to early music while highlighting the new generation of performers. The upcoming season, from November to April, will offer six concerts mixing major works from the repertoire and more intimate formats. Two anniversaries will mark this edition, including the 40th anniversary of the Les Passions Orchestra and a tribute to Beethoven.
Since 1978, the Les Arts Renaissants association has been working for early music and the young generation of artists. Each season, six meetings punctuate the months from November to April, offering an interesting panorama of instrumental and vocal practices. And this year does not break the rule with, in addition, two anniversaries at celebrate: the 40th anniversary of the Les Passions Orchestra (accompanied by the singers of Dulci Jubilo for an Italian program) and the bicentenary of Beethoven’s death in 2027.The latter will be celebrated by the “promising” Quartet Métamorphoses, in the words of the artistic director of Arts Renaissants.
The same mentions “more intimate concerts, promoting emotion and interiority” thanks to the performances of the native of the country, Thibaut Garcia, who will play with his classical guitar accomplice Antoine Morinière. Both are engaged in the “project of their lives”, namely the complete rereading of Bach’s magnificent “Goldberg Variations” for two guitars. The second duo now identified, formed by the mezzo-soprano Maria Mirante and the pianist Paul Beynet, will take its audience into the Venetian salons where Mozart, Donizetti, Rossini and others will pass.
And, when it comes to ancient music, travel is also on the agenda. The Poème harmonique will take its spectators to the heart of the court of the Sun King through the music of De Lalande, composer in the service of the monarch, to a more “country” concert thanks to the virtuosity of the Ensemble La Rêveuse which will transport you to the countryside of the 18th century thanks to the tunes by Lully, Couperin and other composers adept at the use of the hurdy-gurdy, the court musette or the theorbo.
