La nuit des trois rois - Jordi Savall

Royal Festivals under Louis XIII, Louis XIV & Louis XV

The orchestra under Louis XIII

Collection of several arias by Philidor L’Aisné:

Music from the Dauphin’s childhood

Music for the King’s Coronation, 17 October 1610

Music for the marriage of Roy Louis XIII, 1615

Concert given to Louis XIII by the 24 Violons

Ballet Music 1634 – 1640

Glory under Louis XIV

Michel-Richard Delalande – De profundis

Marc-Antoine Charpentier – Te Deum

Lyric tragedy under Louis XV

Jean-Philippe Rameau

Les Boréades: overture, arias and chorales

La Capella Reial de Catalunya

Le Concert des Nations

Jordi Savall Conductor

After devoting a stunning night to Handel's works in 2014, Jordi Savall celebrates Louis XIV in his own way, once again taking over the three prestigious halls of the château to honour the three kings who shaped the architecture of Versailles.

Louis XIII, who chose the site and built the first château, was a musician and a good dancer in the Ballets de Cour. He favoured the development of royal music, the creation of the King's 24 violins, and the celebrations he organised foreshadowed those his son would bring to an apex. French ballet music owes almost everything to his reign. Louis XIV set up the comédie-ballet and then the tragédie lyrique, the academies, gave an unequalled scope to sacred music, and brought the theatre to the heart of the Court: Lully, Charpentier, Lalande, Marais and so many others were the heralds of the greatest King in the World.

Louis XIII, who chose the site and built the first château, was a musician and a good dancer in the Ballets de Cour. He favoured the development of royal music, the creation of the King's 24 violins, and the celebrations he organised foreshadowed those his son would bring to an apex. French ballet music owes almost everything to his reign. Louis XIV set up the comédie-ballet and then the tragédie lyrique, the academies, gave an unequalled scope to sacred music, and brought the theatre to the heart of the Court: Lully, Charpentier, Lalande, Marais and so many others were the heralds of the greatest King in the World.