Messe de minuit pour Noël
Messe de minuit pour Noël | |
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Messe de minuit pour Noël (Midnight mass for Christmas),[1] H.9 (see note 1), is a mass for four voices and orchestra by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, written in 1694 based on the melodies of ten French Christmas carols. Charpentier called for eight soloists, a duo of two sopranos and two trios of alto, tenor and bass, but it can be performed by five soloists. Choir and orchestra are in four parts, scored for flutes, strings (violins and viols), organ and basso continuo. The mass is regarded as unique in both the composer's work and in the genre.[2] While in Charpentier's time, the mass was performed by all-male choirs, it has later been performed and recorded also by mixed choirs with modern instruments.
History
Charpentier composed the Messe de minuit pour Noël c. 1694 for the
Publication
Charpentier's manuscript is held by the
Scoring and structure
Charpentier structured the mass in several
- Kyrie
- 1. Kyrie I "Joseph est bien marié" ("Quand Biron voulut danser ")[2]: 15, 73
- 2. Christe eleison "Or nous dites, Marie"[2]: 19, 73–74
- 3. Kyrie II "Une jeune pucelle"[2]: 20, 74
- Gloria
- 4. Et in terra pax
- 5. Laudamus te "Tous les bourgeois de Chatres"[2]: 26, 74–75
- 6. Gratias agimus tibi
- 7. Domine Deus Rex coelestis
- 8. Quoniam tu solus Sanctus "Où s'en vont ces gais bergers" ("Çà, bergers, assemblons-nous ")[2]: 33, 75
- 9. Amen
- Credo
- 10. Patrem omnipotentem
- 11. Deum de Deo "Vous qui désirez"[2]: 40, 75
- 12. Genitum non factum
- 13. Et incarnatus est
- 14. Crucifixus "Voici le jour solennel de Noël"[2]: 48, 75
- 15. Et ascendit in coelum
- 16. Et in Spiritum Sanctum "A la venue de Noël"[2]: 57, 76
- 17. Et unam sanctam
- Sanctus e Benedictus
- 18. Sanctus "O dieu ! Que n'ètait-je en vie"[2]: 64, 76
- 19. Benedictus
- Agnus Dei
- 20. Agnus Dei "A minuit fut fait un réveil"[2]: 70, 76
Some of the sections use a single carol, including Kyrie I, for which Charpentier quoted a cheerful carol first unchanged and repeated, then with different instrumentation and some imitation, then in two more again different treatments. In Kyrie II, he does not quote the carol completely but only the beginning for imitation music. He did not write a Kyrie III, but the organ would repeat the carol from Kyrie 1.[2]: 12
Recordings
The Messe de minuit pour Noël H.9 was recorded by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, and the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by David Willcocks in 1967,[5][6] and in 1988 by the Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, and the City of London Sinfonia, conducted by George Guest.[3][7]
The mass was recorded, with other Christmas music (H.416) by Charpentier including four instrumental settings (H.531 n°2, H.534 n°3,4,6) of carols used in the mass, in 2002 by Les Arts Florissants Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by William Christie.[8][9]
The Messe de minuit H.9 was recorded, with other Christmas music (H.416, H.421, H.44, H.147) by Charpentier including two instrumental settings (H.534 n°3 & H.531 n°2) of carols used in the mass, in 2023 by L’Ensemble Corresondances conducted by Sèbastien Daucé. CD Harmonia Mundi.
Notes
- 1.^ Charpentier's compositions were catalogued by H. Wiley Hitchcock in his Les œuvres de Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Catalogue Raisonné, (Paris: Picard, 1982); references to works are often accompanied by their H (for Hitchcock) number.
References
- ^ a b c d "Marc-Antoine Charpentier / Messe de Minuit pour Noël / Midnight Mass for Christmas H 9". Carus-Verlag. 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Ryschawy, Hans (2016). "Marc-Antoine Charpentier / Messe de Minuit pour Noël / Midnight Mass for Christmas H 9" (PDF). Carus-Verlag. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Marc-Antoine Charpentier / Messe de Minuit pour Noël" (PDF). Chandos Records. 1988. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- JSTOR 3128071. Retrieved 11 December 2022. Accessed via JSTOR (subscription required)
- ^ "M.A. Charpentier: Te Deum, Messe de Minuit pour Noel (Reissues on CD)". isrbx.net. 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- OCLC 53256417
- OCLC 811241102
- ^ "Charpentier In Natavitatem Domini Canticum; Messe de Minuit; Noëls". Gramophone. January 2002. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
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