Envolée céleste ou ténor et soprano dans la musique sacrée

With the monarchical absolutism of divine right, the Baroque period could only conceive of music in the service of religious power or political power. The Reformation and the Counter-Reformation had a strong impact on consciences. Faced with problems of doctrinal unity, the Catholic Church intended to exercise stricter control over the population. Music was also subject to this influence. Each person must undertake a more authentic religious devotion.

In the 17th and 18th centuries, vocal music found new impetus during the Baroque period and sacred music evolved with many musical innovations. Thus, we can then understand the particular theatricalization of feelings and passions through the use of theatrical vocalises and songs that must serve to elevate souls. In the service of the sacred, composers thus renewed motets, oratorios and other masses.

This recital is structured around excerpts taken from the most beautiful pages of French and German Baroque sacred music, served by the brilliance and agility of the tenor and soprano voices.