CORI ALLEGRI

Here, it's all about spirituality, a sense of space and affinities. Over the centuries, the ensemble headed by Léo Warynski unearths kinship, emphasizes family tunes, in a long line of composers touched by grace. Marc-Antoine Charpentier - who was able to observe during a trip to Italy what in Venice was called the “cori spezzati”: the dialogue of vocal groups installed on either side of a church - delivers a sumptuous Salve Regina with three choirs. But the centerpiece of this new program is signed Orazio Benevolo, an unknown musician, chapel master at the Vatican from 1646 to 1672. Thanks to the conductor and musicologist Louis Castelain, who patiently copied the score in a Roman library, Les Métaboles chantent for the first time since the 17th century this four-choir Mass by the Italian composer. A novel, in a way, which parallels the one written by the very young Lithuanian composer Juta Pranulyte. Beyond eras, beyond styles, musicians speak to each other.

Coproduction Les Métaboles - Fondation Royaumont with the support of La Fondation Bettencourt-Schueller

CORI ALLEGRI, L'ART DES CHŒURS SPATIALISÉS


Gregori Allegri - Miserere
Marc-Antoine Charpentier - Salve Regina
Orazio Benevolo, Messe à quatre chœurs (score by Louis Castelain)
Juta Pranulyte, Love


Les Métaboles (16 singers)
viola da gamba, contrabasse, organ

Léo Warynski, direction


Listen to the concert on France Musique here

2024

September

Sunday, September 15 2024 - 5:00 pmCori AllegriÉglise Saint Grégoire - Festival de Ribeauvillé

Les Métaboles and Léo Warynski shine the spotlight on the repertoire for multiple choirs. The principle of writing separate choirs experienced its Baroque golden age under the vaults of the Sistine Chapel – witness Allegri’s Miserere for two choirs, the sacred works of Marc-Antoine Charpentier, who admired these polyphonies during his trip to Italy, or Orazio Benevolo’s Missa tu es petrus, for four choirs, recently resurrected by Les Métaboles. Composed on the same principle of spatialization, Love by Juta Pranulyte will echo them.

April

Wenesday, April 10 2024 - 08:00 pmCori AllegriCité musicale - Metz, l'Arsenal

Les Métaboles and Léo Warynski shine the spotlight on the repertoire for multiple choirs. The principle of writing separate choirs experienced its Baroque golden age under the vaults of the Sistine Chapel – witness Allegri’s Miserere for two choirs, the sacred works of Marc-Antoine Charpentier, who admired these polyphonies during his trip to Italy, or Orazio Benevolo’s Missa tu es petrus, for four choirs, recently resurrected by Les Métaboles. Composed on the same principle of spatialization, Love by Juta Pranulyte will echo them.

2023

June

Wednesday, June 28 2023 - 8:00 pmCori AllegriFestival Les Flâneries musicales de Reims

During a trip to Italy, Marc-Antoine Charpentier observed what in Venice was called the "cori spezzati": the dialogue of vocal groups installed on either side of a church. In this program he works alongside Gregori Allegri and Lithuanian composer Juta Pranulyte. But the centerpiece of this new program is signed Orazio Benevolo, a little-known musician, chapel master at the Vatican from 1646 to 1672. Thanks to the conductor and musicologist Louis Castelain, who patiently copied the score in a Roman library, the Metaboles sing for the first time since the 17th century this four-choir Mass by the Italian composer.

2022

August

Friday, August 26 2022 - 4:00 pmCori AllegriFestival de Sablé - Sablé-sur-Sarthe

During a trip to Italy, Marc-Antoine Charpentier observed what in Venice was called the "cori spezzati": the dialogue of vocal groups installed on either side of a church. In this program he works alongside Gregori Allegri and Lithuanian composer Juta Pranulyte. But the centerpiece of this new program is signed Orazio Benevolo, a little-known musician, chapel master at the Vatican from 1646 to 1672. Thanks to the conductor and musicologist Louis Castelain, who patiently copied the score in a Roman library, the Metaboles sing for the first time since the 17th century this four-choir Mass by the Italian composer.

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Thursday, August 25, 2022 - 8:30 pmCori AllegriLes musicales de Normandie

During a trip to Italy, Marc-Antoine Charpentier observed what in Venice was called the "cori spezzati": the dialogue of vocal groups installed on either side of a church. In this program he works alongside Gregori Allegri and Lithuanian composer Juta Pranulyte. But the centerpiece of this new program is signed Orazio Benevolo, a little-known musician, chapel master at the Vatican from 1646 to 1672. Thanks to the conductor and musicologist Louis Castelain, who patiently copied the score in a Roman library, the Metaboles sing for the first time since the 17th century this four-choir Mass by the Italian composer.

Thursday, August 4, 2022 - 9:00 pmCori AllegriFestival de musique sacrée de Saint-Malo

During a trip to Italy, Marc-Antoine Charpentier observed what in Venice was called the "cori spezzati": the dialogue of vocal groups installed on either side of a church. In this program he works alongside Gregori Allegri and Lithuanian composer Juta Pranulyte. But the centerpiece of this new program is signed Orazio Benevolo, a little-known musician, chapel master at the Vatican from 1646 to 1672. Thanks to the conductor and musicologist Louis Castelain, who patiently copied the score in a Roman library, the Metaboles sing for the first time since the 17th century this four-choir Mass by the Italian composer.

2020

October

Sunday, october 25, 2020 - 3:30 pmCori Spezzati, l'art des chœurs spatialisésAbbaye de Royaumont - Asnières-sur-Oise

Through the centuries, Léo Warynski unearths relatives, emphasizes family tunes, in a long line of composers touched by grace. Rameau, offers an address to heaven, a five-part motet rarely given because cleverly concealed in his Treaty of Harmony. Marc-Antoine Charpentier - who was able to observe during a trip to Italy what in Venice was called the "cori spezzati": the dialogue of vocal groups installed on either side of a church - delivers a sumptuous Salve Regina with three choirs. But the centerpiece of this new program is signed Orazio Benevolo, a little-known musician, chapel master at the Vatican from 1646 to 1672. Thanks to the conductor and musicologist Louis Castelain, who patiently copied the score in a Roman library, the Metaboles sing for the first time since the 17th century this four-choir Mass by the Italian composer. A novel, in a way, which parallels the one written by the very young Lithuanian composer Juta Pranulyte.

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