Conduisez les Plaisirs dans les climats lointains !
Music & Weather
Seasons & Weather Events in Music from the 16th to the 18th Centuries
Works by Marenzio, Chastillon, Lully, Purcell, Monteclair, Rameau…
Musical distribution
Les Meslanges Ensemble
Thomas van Essen, baritone
Jérôme van Waerbeke, violin
Ondine Lacorne-Hébrard, viola da gamba
Frédéric Hernandez, harpsichord
Teaser
Statement of Intent
Concerns about the climate are not unique to our time; they have shaped history. While painters have been privileged observers of these phenomena, musicians have also depicted the seasons and their effects, as well as grape harvests, grain harvests, and village festivals… Moreover, extreme cold, heat, storms, and fierce winds have inspired composers to create vocal and orchestral works that remain famous to this day!
The works in this program span from the 16th century—the Renaissance—to the 18th century—the Baroque era, a period included in what climate historians call the Little Ice Age (approximately 1300 to 1860). This was a time when human activity did not yet have the impact we now know it has on the climate and on living things…
“Lead us to pleasures in distant climes”: these lines from Rameau’s Indes galantes will take us far away, across time and continents. Expect variations and contrasts—both climatic and musical!
This program was created as a trio for the Itinéraire Baroque Festival in the Périgord Vert and for the European Day of Early Music in March 2025.
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Broadcast
2027
Sunday, May 23, at 6:00 p.m., Notre-Dame Church in Pommeroeul (Belgium)
Harmonia Sacra – Embar(o)quement Immédiat
2026
Saturday, March 7, 2026, Notre-Dame de Bon Secours Chapel
Harmonia Sacra – Ch’ti concert parisien
2025
Monday, March 17, Coursac (24)
Concerts en milieu scolaire (écoles maternelles et élémentaires)
Festival Itinéraire Baroque en Périgord Vert
Tuesday, March 18, Mensignac (24) and Tocane-St-Apre (24)
Concerts in schools (preschools and elementary schools)
Festival Itinéraire Baroque en Périgord Vert
Thursday, March 20, St-Vincent-de-Connezac (24)
Concerts in schools (preschools and elementary schools)
Festival Itinéraire Baroque en Périgord Vert
Friday, March 21, Mareuil (24)
Concerts in schools (preschools and elementary schools)
Festival Itinéraire Baroque en Périgord Vert
Saturday, March 22, at 6 p.m., Cherval, church (24)
Festival Itinéraire Baroque en Périgord Vert
Monday, April 14, Annesse-et-Beaulieu (24)
Concerts in schools (preschools and elementary schools)
Festival Itinéraire Baroque en Périgord Vert
Tuesday, April 15, Périgueux (24)
Concerts in schools (preschools and elementary schools)
Festival Itinéraire Baroque en Périgord Vert
Thursday, April 17, Razac (24) and Marsac-sur-l’Isle (24)
Concerts in schools (preschools and elementary schools)
Festival Itinéraire Baroque en Périgord Vert
Friday, April 18, Marsac-sur-l’Isle (24)
Concerts in schools (preschools and elementary schools)
Festival Itinéraire Baroque en Périgord Vert