Lea Desandre / Thomas Dunford / Song Recital

• Classical Music

Jean-Baptiste Lully once mocked the sound of the lute as a »mosquito hum«. Fortunately, not all composers saw it like this and appreciated its bright and silvery sound very much. When Thomas Dunford strums the lute, it becomes a heavenly partner for Lea Desandre’s agile mezzo soprano. And does so through all eras: her programme »Idylle« (Paradise) bridges the baroque and chanson.

Her programme includes composers such as Marc-Antoine Charpentier; the familiar Eurovision fanfare stems from his »Te Deum«. Above all, however, a lot that is unfamiliar and worth discovering rings out from the baroque via impressionism to the chanson of the 20th century, for instance by the two charismatic chansonnières Barbara and Françoise Hardy. Dunford also lets his lute sound solo from time to time, however – the perfect way to experience this exquisite instrument in all its facets.

PERFORMERS

Lea Desandre mezzo-soprano

Thomas Dunford lute

PROGRAM

»Idylle«

Honoré d’Ambruys
Le doux silence de nox bois

Reynaldo Hahn
Néère

Françoise Hardy
Le temps de l’amour

Erik Satie
Première Gnossienne

Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Celle qui fait tout mon tourment, H.450

Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Aupres du feu l’on fait l’amour, H.446

Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Tristes déserts, sombre retraite, H.469

André Messager
J’ai deux amants

Erik Satie
Première Gymnopédie

Michel Lambert
Ma bergère est tendre et fidèle

Reynaldo Hahn
À Chloris

Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Sans frayeur dans ce bois, H.467

Robert de Visée
Sarabande

Françoise Hardy
Le premier bonheur du jour

Sébastien Le Camus
On n’entend rien dans ce bocage

Claude Debussy
Mes longs cheveux descendent

Michel Lambert
Ombre de mon amant

Michel Lambert
Vos mépris chaque jour

Robert de Visée
Chaconne

Barbara
Dis, quand reviendras-tu?

Sébastien Le Camus
Laissez durer la nuit

Jacques Offenbach
Amours divins!