Michael Palin as Louis XIV
Versailles and Paris Month: A Musical Day in the Life of Louis XIV
Sunday 10 February 2008 13:00-14:00 (Radio 3)
BBC Radio 3's series dedicated to the music of Paris continues as Lucie Skeaping recreates a possible day in the life of King Louis XIV. After waking in his sumptuous bedchamber, the king follows a busy schedule before entertaining guests at supper and retiring late in the evening. At every part of the day, musicians are on hand to entertain or soothe him, or to trumpet his arrival. Olivier Baumont, a harpsichordist and expert on French Baroque music, guides Lucie through the Palace of Versailles to illustrate some of the music the king may have heard.
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Playlist
Michel Richard de Lalande - Concert de trompettes pour les Festes sur le canal de Versailles (3rd Air)
Orchestre de Chambre Jean-Francois Paillard
Conducted by Jean-Francois Paillard
APEX 2564 60450-2
Track 3
Francois Couperin - Pieces de clavecin 9 - 4th ordre (Le Reveil-matin)
Olivier Baumont (harpsichord)
MUSIFRANCE 0630-10694-2
Disc 3 Track 4
Henry Desmarest - De profundis (Et lux perpetua)
Sophie Daneman (soprano) / Arnaud Mazrzorati (bass)
Le Concert Spirituel
Directed by Herve Niquet
MBF 1107
Disc 7 Track 24
Track 19
Michel Richard de Lalande - Confitebor tibi Domine (Intellectus bonus; Gloria)
Choir & Orchestra Les Arts Florissants
Conducted by William Christie
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901351
Tracks 31-32
Jean-Henry D'Anglebert - Pieces in D major (Chaconne de Galatee)
Christophe Rousset (harpsichord)
DECCA 458 588-2
Disc 2 Track 27
Marc-Antoine Charpentier - Les Plaisirs de Versailles (Overture)
Choir & Orchestra Les Arts Florissants
Conducted by William Christie
ERATO 0630 14774-2
Track 1
Lully - Reprise de la Marche pour la ceremonie des Turcs
Capriccio Stravagante Orchestra
Directed by Skip Sempe
ALPHA 016
Track 10
Francois Couperin - Deuxieme Concert Royal (Air tendre)
Musica Florea
Directed by Marek Stryncl
MPF 1107
CD 5 Track 9
Andre Philidor l'aine - La Chasse
La Simphonie du Marais
Directed by Hugo Reyne
VIRGIN VERITAS 7243 561778-2
Tracks 32-34
Michel Richard de Lalande - Concert de trompettes pour les Festes sur le canal de Versailles (1st Air)
Orchestre de Chambre Jean-Francois Paillard
Conducted by Jean-Francois Paillard
APEX 2564 60450-2
Track 1
Michel Richard de Lalande - La grande piece royale S.161
Ex Cathedra
Conducted by Jeffrey Skidmore
HYPERION CDA 67325
Track 21
Marin Marais - Sarabande
Jay Bernfeld & Arianne Maurette (bass viol) / Skip Sempe (harpsichord)
ALPHA 016
Track 19
Robert de Visee - Suite in D minor (Sarabande)
Nigel North (guitar)
AMON RA SAR 18
Side 1 Track 5
