One of the finest voices of her generation and winner of the Prix de la Critique 2024, mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre joins forces with lutenist Thomas Dunford—hailed by BBC Magazine as the "Eric Clapton of the lute"—to take audiences on a journey through three centuries of French love songs, from the court of Louis XIV to Satie’s Gymnopédies.
"Languor, longing, charm, joy—love takes many forms," they explain. Their rich and diverse program features works by Offenbach and Debussy alongside songs by two icons of French chanson, Barbara and Françoise Hardy, as well as the elegant lute dances of Robert de Visée, court musician to both Louis XIV and Louis XV.
Lea Desandre, mezzo-soprano
Thomas Dunford, lute
Honoré d'Ambruys
Le doux silence de nos bois
Reynaldo Hahn
Néère by Études Latines
Françoise Hardy
Le temps de l'Amour
Erik Satie
Gnossienne n. 1
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Celle qui fait tout mon tourment
Auprès du feu l'on fait l'amour
Tristes Déserts, Sombre Retraite
André Messager
J'ai deux amants
Erik Satie
Gymnopedie No.1
Michel Lambert
Ma bergère est tendre et fidèle
Reynaldo Hahn
A Chloris
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Sans Frayeur dans ce bois
Robert De Visée
Sarabande
from Suite No. 7 in D minor
Françoise Hardy
Le premier bonheur du jour
Sébastien Le Camus
On n'entend rien dans ce bocage
Claude Debussy
Mes longs cheveux descendent
from Pelléas et Mélisande
Michel Lambert
Ombre de mon amant
Vos mépris chaque jour
Robert De Visée
Chaconne
from Suite No. 7 in D minor
Barbara
Dis, quand reviendras-tu?
Sébastien Le Camus
Laissez Durer la Nuit
Jacques Offenbach
Amour Divin
INFORMATION
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Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
Jazz Club
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