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Founded fifty years ago and directed by Joël Suhubiette for the last twenty years, the Ensemble Jacques Moderne - composed of a vocal and instrumental ensemble and enriched by musicological research - performs two centuries of ancient European music, from Renaissance polyphony to Baroque vocal music.

JOYFULLY WE SING !

Clément Janequin
Claude Lejeune
Guillaume Costeley
Pierre Attaignant
4 singers
1 musician | lute
1 sound technician
Published 09/02/2024

Joël Suhubiette has imagined a program adapted to outdoor concerts in squares, markets, guinguettes, museum courtyards... He has chosen a joyful, festive, buffoonish but also poetic repertoire, suitable for all audiences.

Four singers of the Ensemble Jacques Moderne, accompanied by the lute, invite you to celebrate the gardens through the songs of the Renaissance. They praise nature, flowers, trees and birds, but also aromatic plants, vegetables and vines, which will delight our tables.

Whether it is a pleasure garden, a vegetable garden, a secret garden or a Garden of Eden, this theme has always inspired many poets and musicians.

Initially composed to accompany feasts and banquets, the works in this program are drawn from the French polyphonic repertoire of the Renaissance and the popular tradition.

Come and stroll through the gardens of France in music !

 

  


press REVIEW

"In their bag, some selected Rabelaisian delights, chosen with humor by Joël Suhubiette. [...] Before parting, the voices of both the singers and the audience join in the chorus of a drinking song. Cheers, this round is on Jacques Moderne !"

La Nouvelle République

Program

 
  • LE JARDIN RETROUVÉ 
Claude Lejeune (1525-1600)
Voicy le vert et beau may
Clément Janequin (1485-1558)
Herbes et fleurs
 
Musical pieces for lute
 
  • THE NOURISHING GARDEN
Clément Janequin
Les cris de Paris
Guillaume Costeley (1531-1606)
La terre va les eaux buvant
Pierre Attaignant (1494-1552)
Tourdion
Claudin de Sermisy (1490-1562)
La, la maistre Pierre
Vignon, Vignette
 
Musical pieces for lute
 
  • THE SECRET GARDEN
Guillaume Costeley
Mignonne allons voir si la rose
Clément Janequin
La meusniere de Vernon
Martin menoit son pourceau au marché
Adrien Willaert (1490-1562)
Dessus le marché d'Arras
Francesco Da Milano (1497-1543)
De mon triste déplaisir
 
  • THE GARDEN OF EDEN
Clément Janequin
Bel aubépin
Le Rossignol
Le chant des oiseaux
Didier Le Blanc
Les mariniers adorent un beau jour
Pierre Guédron (1565-1620)
A Paris sur petit pont
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