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Messe de Minuit pour Noël
November 19, 2016, 7:30 PM
FreeThe highly celebrated French composer, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, rivaled Jean-Baptiste Lully, another prolific 17th-century composer, but Charpentier’s style evolved over time to represent a synthesis of the French and Italian schools. His late work, Messe de Minuit pour Noël was composed during his final post as maître de musique of the Sainte-Chapelle, the glorious Gothic chapel in Paris. Directed by Jesse Wakeman, Colby’s Collegium Musicum brings to life this delightful and dance-like Mass of French carols, performed as both vocal and instrumental movements as was customary in France at the time.