season@HOME | Episode 10: Holy Week in France
Pre-concert Talk
3 April 2021
Some of the most beautiful and virtuosic music of the Baroque was written for use during Holy Week. Why were these seven days so important?
Join Music & Artistic Director Michael Thomas Asmus as he uncovers the history behind the celebration of Holy Week in France.
Concert Performance
3 April 2021
Complete with readings, chants, and beautiful music, explore what a Holy Week service might have sounded like in 1680s Paris.
We perform vocal music written by Michel Lambert and Marc-Antoine Charpentier with instrumental selections by Henry Dumont and Charpentier.
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