Program presentation Queen's destinies
7 musicians and soprano Patricia Petibon
duration 80 minutes
Recorders and oboes, violin, alto, viol and cello, harpsichord, percussion, archilute and guitar
Creation on 14 avril 2023 at the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud
Recording of the cantata composed by Thierry Escaich in June 2024, release of the album Tombeau pour Aliénor le 7 February 2025 (Evidence Classics)
Sing Tomb for Eleanor : Co-commissioned by the Ensemble Amarillis and the Cultural Meeting Center of Ambronay
Creation and distribution supported by the National Music Center
Broadcast locations : CRR d’Ambronay, Grand Theater of Angers, Theater of Poissy, opening of the Chambord Festival, Nantes Opera, Grand Avignon Opera House, Châtelet Theater, Renaissance Arts (Auditorium St Pierre des Cuisines – Toulouse) …
The program is accompanied by a tour of’ a video creation produced by Camille Della Giustina and Robin Plastre, according to the technical possibilities of the broadcasting locations
Three queens, three destinies
First of all, Queen Mary, wife of William III of England, whose birthday and funeral Henry Purcell celebrated musically, and which inspired him even in his score ofThe Fairy Queen(The Queen of Fairies). Then the great Eleanor of Aquitaine, who was queen of France and England, mentioned by the composer Thierry Escaich in hisTomb for Eleanor, on a text by Olivier Py. An order from the Amarillis ensemble which also accompanies, to conclude this rich program, the imperial and imperious Agrippina, in one of Georg Friedrich Handel’s most vibrant operas.