Ronsard Et La Musique. Cueillez, Cueillez Votre Jeunesse !

2024 marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of Ronsard, known as the Prince des Poetes, whose poems have been set to music more than four hundred times over the centuries. This programme has been curated by Denis Raisin Dadre and compares several settings of the same sonnet by 16th-century musicians (Gardane, Lassus, Castro, Bertrand, Costeley) and by such later composers as Charles Gounod, Camille Saint-Saens, Paul Dukas, Maurice Ravel, Theodore Gouvy, Pauline Viardot and Arthur Honegger, all of whom were clearly seduced by the same Bonjour mon coeur and the famous Mignonne, allon voir si la rose some three centuries later. A truly fascinating playlist of songs inspired by a genius whose beau style bas, populaire et plaisant has stood the test of time. The musicians of Doulce Memoire re-create the Renaissance settings here, whilst singer Marc Mauillon and pianist Anne Le Bozec perform the songs of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Antoine Gardane (1508-1569) , Guillaume Boni (1530-1594) , Orlando di Lasso (Lassus) (1532-1594) , D'Entraigues (16th century) , Jean de Castro (1540-1600) , Andreas Pevernage (1543-1591) , Anthoine de Bertrand (1540-1581) , Clement Janequin (1472-1559) , Philippe de Monte (1521-1603) , Pierre Phalese (1510-1575) , Claude Goudimel (1510-1572) , Jehan Chardavoine (1537-1580) a.o.

• Antoine Gardane: Chanson
  +Guillaume Boni: Chanson
  +Orlando di Lasso: Chansons
  +D'Entraigues: Chanson
  +Jean de Castro: Chansons
  +Andreas Pevernage: Chansons
  +Anthoine de Bertrand: Chason
  +Clement Janequin: Nature Ornant la Dame (Intrumental)
  +Philippe de Monte: Chanson
  +Pierre Phalese: Allemande (Intrumental); Allemande et Courante (Instrumental)
  +Claude Goudimel: Chanson
  +Jehan Chardavoine: Chanson
  +Guillaume Costeley: Chanson
  +Didier le Blanc: Amour Dis-Moi de Grace
  +Pierre Clereau: Chanson
  +Rinaldo Del Mel: Chanson
  +Fabrice-Marin Caietain: Chanson
  +Paul Lacome: Que Dites-Vous Mignonne
  +Charles Gounod: Heureux Sera Le Jour
  +Clemence de Grandval: Mignonne
  +Jacques Durand: Esperance
  +Camille Saint-Saens: Grasselette et Mairgrelette; L'Amant Malheureux
  +Albert Groz: Les Amours de Marie op. 8
  +Maurice Ravel: Ronsard A Son Ame
  +Jacques Ibert: Chanson Du Depart De Don Quichotte
  +Theodore Gouvy: Bon Jour; Que Dites-Vous, Que Faites-Vous, Mignonne; Du Grand Turc Je N'Ai Souci; Rossignol, Mon Mignon
  +Pauline Viardot: Bon Jour Mon Coeur
  +Paul Dukas: Sonnet
  +Arthur Honegger: Chanson; La Terre Les Eaux Va Buvant
  +Francis Poulenc: A Sa Guitare
  +Cecile Chaminade: Mignonne
  +Alfredo Casella: Sonnet