Dixit Dominus

Les Accents

Brilliance and grace

Flamboyant and spectacular, the Dixit Dominus is nevertheless the work of a young Lutheran composer who was uncomfortable with the Catholic liturgy of his patrons, princes of the Roman Church. This psalm set to music was so popular that Haendel was persuaded to convert to Catholicism – which he politely declined. Less famous is the cantata Donna che in ciel, a jewel of fervent theatricality, dedicated to the Virgin Mary and brought to incandescence by Natalie Perez and Thibault Noally’s Accents.

CAST

Georg Friedrich Haendel
Overture (HWV 336)
Donna che in ciel, cantata (HWV233)*
Dixit Dominus (HWV232)

Marlène Assayag, soprano
Natalie Perez, mezzo-soprano*
Anthea Pichanick, alto
Antonin Rondepierre, ténor
Nicolas Brooymans, basse

Les Accents
Thibault Noally, violin & conductor

Duration 1h40 with an intermission
In Italian and Latine, with French surtitles