a nocte temporis / Reinoud van Mechelen
Jéliote, Rameau’s haute-contre
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Recorded live at TivoliVredenburg/Grote Zaal, Utrecht, 28 August 2022
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About this concert
In mid-eighteenth-century France, Pierre de Jéliote shot through the opera firmament like a comet. His strength was his voice: a voluminous, agile and expressive high tenor or 'haute-contre' with a silver lining. With that unique sound Jéliote became the apple of Jean-Philippe Rameau's eye.
Hautre-contre Reinoud Van Mechelen and a nocte temporis have assembled an exquisite sample of the music that Rameau and his contemporaries composed for Jéliote. With this Rococo concert programme they once again prove that they justly belong among the showpieces of the early music scene: with an eye for detail, substance and urgency, instrumental craftsmanship and a front man with a one-in-a-thousand voice.
Programme
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Les débuts, 1733-1741
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Jean-Philippe Rameau
Ouverture
Plaisirs doux vainqueurs
(from: Hippolyte et Aricie)1683-1764 -
François Collin de Blamont
Les prix que la gloire presente
(from: Les fêtes grecques et romaines)1690-1760 -
Jean-Féry Rebel / François Francœur
Muses, je viens encore
(from: Scanderberg)1666-1747 / 1698-1787 -
Les premiers rôles, 1741-1750
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Jean-Philippe Rameau
Lieux funestes
(from: Dardanus)
Ouverture
Que ce séjour
Marche pour la danse
(from: Platée) -
Pierre de Jéliote
Ici les ris et les jeux
(from: Zélisca)1713-1797 -
La fin à l’Opéra, 1750-1755
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Jean-Philippe Rameau
Ces oiseaux par leur doux ramages
(from: Le temple de la gloire) -
Jean- Marie Leclair
Simphonie pour la descente de Vénus
(from: Scylla et Glaucus)1697-1764 -
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Séjour de l’éternelle paix
(from: Castor et Pollux) -
Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville
Hélas qui me raméno
Air du Pays
(from: Daphnis et Alcimadure)1711-1772 -
Le retour à la cour, 1762-1765
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Pierre-Montan Berton
Ce n’est pas un crime en aimant
(from: Erosine)1727-1780 -
Jean-Benjamin de La Borde
Pourquoi cruel amour
(from: Ismène et Ismenias)1734-1794 -
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Charmes trop dangereux
Entrée des muses
Que l’amour embellit la vie
(from: Les Boréades)Coproduction Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles | AMUZ | a nocte temporis | Alpha Classics.
The score was created thanks to CMBV. This programme was recorded for the label Alpha Classics.
Musicians
- Anna Besson, Sien Huybrechts flute
- Benoit Laurent, Shunsuke Kawai oboe
- Julian Zimmermann trumpet
- Rodolfo Richter, Izana Soria, Marrie Mooij, Maia Silberstein, Ortwin Lowyck dessus de violon
- Michiyo Kondo, Ingrid Bourgeois haute-contre de violon
- Hilla Heller, Justin Glorieux taille de violon
- Ronan Kernoa, Thomas Luks, Mathilde Wolfs, Edouard Catalan basse de violon
- Sanne Deprettere double bass
- Benny Aghassi bassoon
- Koen Plaetinck timpani
- Vincent Bernhardt harpsichord
- Reinoud Van Mechelen haute-contre and musical direction
About the performers
After several years of working as a soloist with conductors including William Christie, Philippe Herreweghe and Hervé Niquet, tenor Reinoud Van Mechelen formed his own ensemble a nocte temporis in 2016. He surrounded himself with like-minded musicians such as Anna Besson (traverso) and Ronan Kernoa (cello). The group’s name, meaning ‘since time immemorial’, is a nod to the past. The ensemble’s CDs have been very well received. Their album with music by Louis-Nicolas Cérambault has been awarded with a CHOC de Classica, a Diapason d'Or, a Diamant d’Opéra and a Le Choix de France Musique award.