This programme will include royal baroque music in honour of King’s Day: ‘Concerts Royaux’ no.2 and 3 by François Couperin, and one of the Odes that Henry Purcell composed for members of the British monarchy.
François Couperin (1668-1733)
1. Concert Royal no 2 in D
Les Timbres
(CD: “Concerts Royaux” – Flora 4218, 2018)
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
2. Ode “From those serene and rapturous joys” (Z 326)
Céline Scheen and Suzanne Jerosme, soprano. Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, alto. Nicholas Scott and Zachary Wilder, tenor. Benoît Arnould, bass. Le Banquet Céleste conducted by Damien Guillon
(CD: “Royal Odes” – Alpha 780, 2021)
François Couperin
3. Concert Royal no 3 in A
Les Timbres
(CD: see 1)
additionally:
François Couperin
4. From 20th Ordre in G: La Princesse Marie
Michael Borgstede, harpsichord
(CD: “4 Livres de pièces de clavecin – Complete harpsichord music” – Brilliant Classics 93082, 2005)
