Chamber Music
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Amphithéâtre - Cité de la musique
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Duration: about
2h10
Program
Distribution
Joseph Haydn
Les Sept Dernières Paroles du Christ en Croix
Olivier Dejours / Jean-Luc Nancy
Sept paroles, pour quatuor à cordes et récitant
Quatuor Galuppi
Gabriel Richard
, violin
Elsa Benabdallah
, violin
Gilles Deliège
, viola
Jean-Christophe Marq
, cello
Didier Sandre
, narrator, (de la Comédie-Française)
Haydn’s “purely instrumental” work took inspiration from Christ’s words from the cross. Alongside these “lyrics” performed by a string quartet, Jean-Luc Nancy’s added text and Olivier Dejour’s music create a melodrama in the style of Monteverdi’s beloved Nuove Musiche—a new exploration of the long dreamt of medium of a spoken-sung hybrid combining the magic of song with the necessity of speech.
Getting here
Porte de Pantin station
Paris Underground (Métro) Line 5
Tram 3B
Address
221 avenue Jean-Jaurès, 75019 Paris
