Covered with military glories, Louis XIV has just installed his court in Versailles, giving all the arts a new strength: architecture, sculpture, painting, music ... The gardens of the new castle hold an important place in this ensemble. Michel-Richard de Lalande, who has just been appointed sub-master of the Chapel, joins the librettist Antoine Morel (probably one of the singers of the king's music) in 1683 to propose an allegorical visit: Latona, Flora, Ceres, Ancelade ... The deities of the fountains gather together to celebrate the king, Versailles and its magnificent gardens. The Baroque Music Center of Versailles recreated this splendid entertainment in 1997 during a concert given by La Sinfonie du Marais under the direction of Hugo Reyne at the Rocailles grove. The work, of great elegance, alternates the tunes, the recitatives, the dances, the symphonies and the choruses ... Therefore, it is particularly well suited to the creation of an educational show bringing together, around a beautiful project, the different disciplines of a music school, and without obliging (as is often the case in operas) to a selection of extracts, since the work lasts around half an hour.
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