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FULL TE DEUM pour les victoires de Louis XV (Henry Madin) Versailles 2015 Les Cris de Paris
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Te deum pour les victoires de Louis XV
- Composer: Madin Henry
- Libretto:
- Venue & Opera Company: Chapelle royale du Château de Versailles, France
- Recorded: 2015
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Anne Magouët, Robert Getchell, Alain Buet
- Conductor: Daniel Cuiller
- Orchestra: Ensemble Stradivaria
- Chorus: Les Cris de Paris
- Chorus Master: Geoffroy Jourdain
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: KTO TV
- Date Published: 2025
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Henry Madin (1698-1748)
Motet Diligam Te, Domine – HM 32
Te Deum – HM 28
Nicolas de Grigny (1672-1703)
Hymne A Solis Ortus
The reign of Louis XV saw long years of war on the borders of the Kingdom, notably the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748).
This royal military campaign was punctuated by some defeats, but mostly by dazzling victories, greeted throughout France by Te Deum in cathedrals and large parishes. The Chapelle Royale was obviously not to be outdone, and the official works of its Maîtres de Chapelle rang out at these moments of celebration.
Among them, Henry Madin (1698-1748), a native of Verdun, where he was a young Chapel Master at the Cathedral before occupying the same position in Tours and Rouen, joined the Chapelle Royale in Versailles in 1741 alongside Mondonville and Blanchard. His Te Deum of 1744, created to salute the capture of Fribourg, then given in 1745 for the surrender of Tournai, is the longest composed for the Versailles liturgy. Drums, trumpets, a large choir and a symphony celebrate the glory of the God of Battles, incarnated on earth by the Victorious King.
As a complement, the Motet Diligam Te Domine, which was very famous at the Concert Spirituel de Paris throughout the late 18th century.
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