Emmanuelle Haïm conducts French Baroque music
“Nothing that touched the heart”, complained one critic after the premiere of Jean-Philippe Rameau’s opera Hippolyte et Aricie. Rameau’s expressive, harmonically daring music irritated the audience, who were used to the simpler style of Jean-Baptiste Lully. Rameau or Lully? A question that caused a veritable culture clash. Today, both are regarded as the key composers of the French Baroque. Emmanuelle Haïm, an expert in Early music, sheds light on this fascinating controversy – an evening full of elegance and dramatic intensity.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Emmanuelle Haïm
Lauranne Oliva
Reinoud Van Mechelen
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