This concert (re)discovers two contrasting Masses heard in France during the reigns of Louis XVI and Napoleon. Written by Mozart in 1791 on his deathbed, at the urgent request of an enigmatic figure, his Requiem was performed in Paris for the first time in 1804 in a slightly reworked version, conducted by Luigi Cherubini. It was a triumph! A little earlier, in 1774, Fran\u00e7ois Giroust, the last representative of the French grand motet, had been commissioned to compose the music for Louis XVI’s coronation mass in Reims cathedral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Ce concert propose de (re)d\u00e9couvrir deux Messes contrast\u00e9es entendues en France sous les r\u00e8gnes de Louis XVI et de Napol\u00e9on. \u00c9crit par Mozart en 1791 sur son lit de mort, \u00e0 la demande pressante d\u2019un personnage \u00e9nigmatique, son Requiem est donn\u00e9 \u00e0 Paris pour la premi\u00e8re fois en 1804 dans une version l\u00e9g\u00e8rement remani\u00e9e et sous la direction de Luigi Cherubini. C\u2019est un triomphe ! Un peu auparavant, en 1774, c\u2019est Fran\u00e7ois Giroust, le dernier repr\u00e9sentant du grand motet \u00e0 la fran\u00e7aise, qui avait \u00e9t\u00e9 charg\u00e9 de composer la musique de la messe du sacre de Louis XVI en la cath\u00e9drale de Reims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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