A gigantic joy
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A gigantic joy

Rabelais with Renaissance music

Orangery Palace Sanssouci | Raffael Hall / Address: An der Orangerie 3-5, 14469 Potsdam

Music for singers and instruments
by Clément Janequin (1485-1558), Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594), Josquin Desprez (1450/55-1521), Claudin de Sermisy (1490-1562) et al.
is played around delightful and disturbing matters
from the novel "Gargantua and Pantagruel" by François Rabelais (1494-1553)
as well as amorous matters by other poets.

artists

LES SACQUEBOUTIERS
Jean-Pierre Canihac, zink | Daniel Lassalle, renaissance trombone | Philippe Canguilhem, shawm | Laurent Le Chenadec, dulcian | Yasuko Bouvard, positiv organ & harpsichord | Florent Tisseyre, percussions | Pierre Margot, speaker

ENSEMBLE CLEMENT JANEQUIN
Dominique Visse, countertenor (artistic direction) | Hugues Primard, tenor | Vincent Bouchot, bariton | Renaud Delaigue, François Fauché, bass

description

Fittingly for offspring from an ancient dynasty of giants Gargantua was born during a drunken revelry and then fed by 17,913 cows. He marches into the world bursting with a zest for life and a desire for freedom. When he pees he might accidentally drown a quarter of a million Parisians. François Rabelais describes the young giant's "course of education" as fantastically anarchic world theatre, bursting with the vigorous spirit of an age when people sense they might be giants. Two ensembles, both of which have set new standards for Renaissance music meet a literature classic. Powerful voices and irresistible wind instruments create Rabelais' world of wonders.

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