The Early Music Show - Versailles and Paris Month: A Musical Day in the Life of Louis XIV

In another edition of The Early Music Show's programmes dedicated to the music of Paris, Lucie Skeaping recreates a possible day in the life of King Louis XIV. Upon waking in his sumptuous bedchamber, the king follows a busy schedule before entertaining guests at supper and retiring late in the evening. At every part of the day, musicians were on hand to entertain him, to soothe him or to trumpet his arrival. Olivier Beaumont - the harpsichordist and expert on French Baroque music - guides Lucie through the palace of Versailles to illustrate some of the music the king may have heard. Playlist: Michel Richard de Lalande – Concert de trompettes pour les Festes sur le canal de Versailles (3rd Air) Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard Conducted by Jean-François Paillard APEX 2564 60450-2 Track 3 Francois Couperin – Pièces de clavecin 9 – 4th ordre (Le Réveil-matin) Olivier Baumont (harpsichord) MUSIFRANCE 0630-10694-2 Disc 3 Track 4 Henry Desmarest – De profundis (Et lux perpetua) Sophie Daneman (soprano) / Arnaud Mazrzorati (bass) Le Concert Spirituel Directed by Hervé Niquet MBF 1107 Disc 7 Track 24 Track 19 Michel Richard de Lalande – Confitebor tibi Domine (Intellectus bonus; Gloria) Choir & Orchestra Les Arts Florissants Conducted by William Christie HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901351 Tracks 31-32 Jean-Henry D’Anglebert – Pieces in D major (Chaconne de Galatée) Christophe Rousset (harpsichord) DECCA 458 588-2 Disc 2 Track 27 Marc-Antoine Charpentier – Les Plaisirs de Versailles (Overture) Choir & Orchestra Les Arts Florissants Conducted by William Christie ERATO 0630 14774-2 Track 1 Lully – Reprise de la Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs Capriccio Stravagante Orchestra Directed by Skip Sempe ALPHA 016 Track 10 Francois Couperin – Deuxième Concert Royal (Air tendre) Musica Florea Directed by Marek Stryncl MPF 1107 CD 5 Track 9 André Philidor l’ainé – La Chasse La Simphonie du Marais Directed by Hugo Reyne VIRGIN VERITAS 7243 561778-2 Tracks 32-34 Michel Richard de Lalande – Concert de trompettes pour les Festes sur le canal de Versailles (1st Air) Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard Conducted by Jean-François Paillard APEX 2564 60450-2 Track 1 Michel Richard de Lalande – La grande pièce royale S.161 Ex Cathedra Conducted by Jeffrey Skidmore HYPERION CDA 67325 Track 21 Marin Marais - Sarabande Jay Bernfeld & Arianne Maurette (bass viol) / Skip Sempe (harpsichord) ALPHA 016 Track 19 Robert de Visee – Suite in D minor (Sarabande) Nigel North (guitar) AMON RA SAR 18 Side 1 Track 5