Piety and play in Versailles
Sacred and secular works from the court of the Sun King
Add to my Calendar 02-08-2025 14:00 02-08-2025 16:00 36 Piety and play in Versailles We return to our beloved Iford Manor with a visit to Versailles in the period of Louis XIV. Our team of 3 sopranos (Jane Hunt, Maria Danishvar, and Philippa Neaverson) explore some wonderful music by Charpentier, Lully, and Lambert who made best use of their combination of voices in both sacred and secular forms. They'll be accompanied by Din Ghani playing continuo on archlute and baroque guitar. Weather permitting, we'll be in the magnificent Italian Cloister. Iford Manor, Bradford on Avon DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Iford Manor
Iford
Bradford on Avon
Wiltshire
BA15 2BA
England
Tickets
Prices: Included with garden entry (booking recommended)
Book Tickets
Programme
Marc-Antoine Charpentier – Domine salvum, H.300
Marc-Antoine Charpentier – Ecce panis Angelorum, H.242
Marc-Antoine Charpentier – Serve bone et fidelis, H.35
Marc-Antoine Charpentier – Domine quinque talenta, H.33
Jean-Baptiste Lully – Plainte d'Ariadne
Jean-Baptiste Lully – Que nos prairies
Michel Lambert – Admirons notre jeune et charmante déesse
Marc-Antoine Charpentier – O pretiosum et admirabile conviviu, H.247
Marc-Antoine Charpentier – Regina coeli, H.32
Marc-Antoine Charpentier – Gaudia virginus Mariae, H.59
Jean-Baptiste Lully – Ballet de la Raillerie, LWV 11
Performers
Maria Danishvar – soprano
Jane Hunt – soprano
Philippa Neaverson – soprano
Din Ghani – archlute / baroque guitar
Programme Note
We return to our beloved Iford Manor with a visit to Versailles in the period of Louis XIV. Our team of 3 sopranos (Jane Hunt, Maria Danishvar, and Philippa Neaverson) explore some wonderful music by Charpentier, Lully, and Lambert who made best use of their combination of voices in both sacred and secular forms. They'll be accompanied by Din Ghani playing continuo on archlute and baroque guitar.
Weather permitting, we'll be in the magnificent Italian Cloister.
