La Semaine Mystique - Devotional songs from the reign of Louis XIII
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Label: Alpha
Cat No: ALPHA103
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 27th November 2006
Contents
Works
La n'etaient que gibetsBeni soit sur tout ce grand Dieu
O qu'un bonheur mondain
Ou va ce flambeau de ma vie?
Que je veux mal a ce peintre fantasque
Sortez, larmes sanglantes
Blanc est le vetement
O heureuse nuitee
Vous a qui plait la danse
A Paris sur petit pont
Benis Dieu, o mon ame
Hola, Caron, nautonier infernal
Le Seigneur est mon flambeau
Si tu veux apprendre le pas a danser
Dans le lit de la mort
Qu'est-ce que la foi?
Quand je pense, Seigneur
Artists
Ensemble FaenzaConductor
Marco HorvatWorks
La n'etaient que gibetsBeni soit sur tout ce grand Dieu
O qu'un bonheur mondain
Ou va ce flambeau de ma vie?
Que je veux mal a ce peintre fantasque
Sortez, larmes sanglantes
Blanc est le vetement
O heureuse nuitee
Vous a qui plait la danse
A Paris sur petit pont
Benis Dieu, o mon ame
Hola, Caron, nautonier infernal
Le Seigneur est mon flambeau
Si tu veux apprendre le pas a danser
Dans le lit de la mort
Qu'est-ce que la foi?
Quand je pense, Seigneur
Artists
Ensemble FaenzaConductor
Marco HorvatAbout
Singing, as a source of elevation as much as of sensual pleasure, can make the soul of the sinner, like a fragile funambulist, topple this way or that, towards salvation on the one side or damnation on the other. The Jesuits, who were spiritual directors to many staunch believers among the aristocracy, had no qualms in using the sensual pleasures of the arts as instruments of salvation.
To structure this recording Alpha used the method recommended by the Jesuit Philippe d'Angoumois in his Occupation continuelle en laquelle l'ame devote s'unit toujours avecque Dieu, a treatise written in 1618 for the use of ladies of the aristocracy. In this work he advises them to meditate each day of the week on a religious subject, in order to include the mysteries of spirituality in their daily routine. After a short catechism intended for children and a severe condemnation of the lewd song, the programme follows that path, with prayers on different themes for each day, thus creating an imaginary spiritual progression, as the soul seeks its salvation. In this 'mystical week', the soul moves from meditation on its sins (Monday) to contemplation of the glories of paradise (Sunday), from the fractures of the heart to inner healing, from primal Chaos to the Harmony of the spheres.
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