Damien Guillon & Le Banquet Céleste: Baroque Dreams (John Dowland, Henry Purcell)

Rennes Opera House, 2020
Throughout his career, the talented countertenor Damien Guillon has observed that the music of Henry Purcell and John Dowland possesses a rare ability to transport listeners into a state of deep contemplation. These baroque masters evoke emotion through their harmonies, silence, and expressive melancholy, qualities that Guillon brings to life in his performances. To heighten this contemplative power, Cécile Roussat and Julien Lubek stage the works of these composers within a dreamlike, immersive atmosphere. Through a poetic interplay of mirrors, lighting, and evocative scenography, they invite the audience to explore not only the emotional depth of the music but also the soul of the artists themselves.

0:04:00 Philip Rosseter - What Then is Love but Mourning
0:06:13 Henry Purcell - Strike the Viol
0:09:06 Henry Purcell - Suite en re mineur Z.668 (Almand)
0:11:43 Henry Purcell - Here Let my Life
0:14:25 The Gilly Flower (unknown composer)
0:17:49 John Dowland - A Dream
0:20:50 John Dowland - Flow my Tears
0:26:24 Tobias Hume - Captain Hume's Pavan
0:31:26 John Dowland - Come Heavy Sleep
0:36:47 Marc-Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant - La Solitude
0:38:29 Henry Purcell - A New Ground
0:43:51 John Dowland - Melancholy Galliard
0:46:16 John Dowland - I Saw my Lady Weep
0:52:40 Henry Purcell - Music for a While
0:56:19 Henry Purcell - O Solitude
1:01:29 John Dowland - Now, o now, my needs must part

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Cécile Roussat & Julien Lubek - Directors
Damien Guillon - Conductor & Countertenor
Isabelle Saint-Yves - Viola de Gamba
André Henrich - Lute
Aurélien Oudot - Dancing

Corentin Leconte - TV Director

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