Our Programs and Our CreationsPolychoralité

Polychoralité

JOSQUIN DES PRES, GALLUS, MENDELSSOHN, BRAHMS, RACHMANINOV, MARTIN, MARKEAS

With 2, 4 or 6 choirs in front or spread throughout the concert hall, Les Éléments explores polychoral writing from the Renaissance to the present day. The audience is fully immersed in sound thanks to the “spatialisation” of some of the programme's works.

 

“Our favourite in 2018: the "Polychoralité" concert by the very beautiful Les Éléments choir. Whether surrounded by the singers, enveloping the venue with their music, or performing in front of the audience, we were treated to a journey from the 16th to the 21st century, with, in particular, a shivering rendition of Pater Noster by Rachmaninoff, a light-hearted Mass for Double Choir by Frank Martin and a surprise finale by Alexandros Markeas entitled Medea Cinderella, a musical play composed in 2011 for the choir.” S. Bourdais, Télérama, 27.09.2018

Distribution

Les éléments | 24 a capella singers | Direction Joël Suhubiette

Programme

Josquin Des Prés (1450-1521) : Qui Habitat

Jakob Händl Gallus (1550-1591) : Media Vita

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) : Ehre sei Gott in der höhe

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) : Wo ist ein so herrlich Volk

Sergueï Rachmaninov (1873-1943) : Pater Noster

Frank Martin (1890-1974) : Messe pour double choeur

Alexandros Markeas (1965) : Medea Cinderella (2010) / pour 24 voix solistes
Commande du Choeur de chambre les éléments

Next dates


22 July 2019 / 20H30 : Basilique Saint-Sernin, Toulouse - Festival Toulouse les Orgues


25 July 2019 / 20H30 : Cathédrale de Cahors - Festival Radio France Occitanie Montpellier