Western religious music from different centuries.
In this episode, we’ll listen to ‘Messe des Morts’ which Charles-Henri Plantade wrote as a tribute to Marie Antoinette in 1793. We’ll listen to two pieces by Franz Xaver Richter after that.
Charles-Henri Plantade (1764-1839)
1. ‘Messe des Morts’ in D minor, as a tribute to Marie Antoinette, wife of the French king Louis XVI, who died in 1793.
Performed by: Le Concert Spirituel conducted by Hervé Niquet
(CD label Alpha no. 251)
Franz Xaver Richter (1709-1789)
2. ‘Te Deum’, 1781
Performerd by: Markéta Böhmová, soprano. Piotr Olech, countertenor. Jaroslav Brezina, tenor. Jirí Miroslav Procházka, bass. Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra & Choir conducted by Roman Válek
(CD label Supraphon no. SU 4240-2)
Franz Xaver Richter
3. From ‘Quatro Motetti per la processie del Corpus Christi’: ‘Exsultate Deo’
Performed by: Pavla Radostová, soprano. Piotr Olech, countertenor. Jakub Kubín, tenor. Jirí Miroslav Procházka, bass. Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra & Choir conducted by Roman Válek
(CD label Supraphon no. SU 4240-2)
In addition:
Joseph Martin Kraus (1756-1792)
4. Part 3 ‘Choral’ from the Trauersinfonie
L’Arte del Mondo conducted by Werner Ehrhard
(CD Deutsche Harmonia Mundi no. 88883764542)
Photo: Marie-Antoinette
