The Chœur de Chambre de Namur and the Millenium Orchestra, conducted by Leonardo García-Alarcón, perform three Grands Motets by Jean-Baptiste Lully in the Royal Chapel of Versailles. An emblematic programme from the French sacred repertoire, brought to life by large forces in an acoustic ideally conceived for this music. 
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Poised between official ceremony and court music, Jean-Baptiste Lully’s Grands Motets reveal a musical form designed to structure space, text and ritual. Te Deum, De Profundis and Dies Irae trace a journey from splendour to gravity, performed in the very setting for which they were conceived: the Royal Chapel of Versailles, with the Chœur de Chambre de Namur, the Millenium Orchestra and Leonardo García-Alarcón.
Versailles, the cradle of the Grand Motet
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