Gossec: La nativité, Messe des morts & Christe Redemptor

Featuring

Hendrickje van Kerckhove
Philippe Gagné
Robbert Muuse
Florian Heyerick
Elisabeth Scholl
Pascal Bertin

Robert Getchell
Dirk Snellings
Ex Tempore
Mannheimer Hofkapelle
Les Agrémens
François-Joseph Gossec

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Composer Biography

François-Joseph Gossec, a French composer, began his musical career as a choirboy at the age of six and later became a violinist in Jean-Philippe Rameau's private orchestra in Paris.

Performer Biography

Florian Heyerick, the artistic director of Ex Tempore and Mannheimer Hofkapelle, is a versatile musician active as a conductor, flautist, pianist, educator, and musicologist.

Interpretation

The Mannheimer Hofkapelle, led by Florian Heyerick, plays music of the 'Mannheim School' on original instruments, using the exact instrumentation of the period.

Historical Context

Gossec played a prominent and lasting role in the French capital's music scene for almost eighty years, a scene heavily influenced by Freemasonry.

Composer Biography

As the official composer of the French Revolution, Gossec was particularly known for his hymns and songs, and he later became a composition teacher and inspector at the Paris Conservatory.

Composer Biography

Gossec was a versatile musician, working as an orchestral musician, conductor, organizer, and director of various institutions like the Concert des Amateurs and Concert Spirituel.