Jean-Baptiste Lully: Le bourgeois gentilhomme

JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY
LE BOURGEOIS GENTILHOMME (excerpts)
Ouverture 7:14
Ritournelles 9:58
Premier intermède: air - Sarabande - Bourrée - Gaillarde - Canarie 15:45
Premier air des garçons tailleurs - Deuxiéme air - Marche pour la cérémonie des turcs 18:30
Troisième air 23:35
Le donneur de livre - Ritournelle des espagnols - Deuxieme air des espagnols 26:28
Ritournelle italienne 30:36
L’entrée des Scaramouches, trivelins et arlequins - Chaconne des Scaramouches 37:14
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Terje Tønnesen, artistic director
Teodor Janson, narrator
The NCO under the direction of Terje Tønnensen presents Lully's incidental music to Molière's comédie-ballet Le bourgeois gentilhomme (The Middle-Class Aristocrat). The play satirizes a bourgeois personality, monsieur Jourdain's attempts at social climbing while poking fun at the snobbish aristocracy. We are joined by actor and narrator Teodor Janson who takes us through the plot of the play while the Orchestra performs excerpts from Lully's musical creation.
This concert was recorded live at the University Aula in Oslo, April 2016.
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[@didierbordereaux5898]

Bravo à tous ces musiciens qui semblaient particulièrement heureux de jouer cette antique "comédie musicale". Ils ont bien adopté le style français de cette époque et j'ai apprécié le tempo assez lent de la turquerie finale

[@RomainRamier]

J'ai adoré la petite leçon d'histoire, en plus de la musique évidemment.

[@jackbarhillel1065]

C'est la performance la plus pathétique du Bourgeois Gentilhomme que j'aie jamais entendue, vraiment pas de quoi s'extasier! Les gens sur youtube s'extasient devant N'IMPORTE QUOI!... Compare avec d'autres interprétations sur KZbin celle-ci est ignoble! On peut pas faire ça à Molière et à Lully!

[@julianasm6443]

@@jackbarhillel1065 Alguna sugerencia?

[@__-1234]

@@jackbarhillel1065 Ce n''est pas une représentation de la pièce, mais une présentation et une explication du contexte, et qui est très bien faite. En plus les musiciens sont très bons, je ne vois pas où est le problème. Je ne sais pas si la pièce a déjà été présentée ou même traduite en Norvégien...

[@john.415]

Speaking as an insufferable Baroque "original instrument" snob, I found this performance just delightful! These are fine musicians, indeed, and credit to the sound and video crew, as well.

[@mauricecohen386]

JC Malgoire at the biginning was planin with modern instruments it was wonderful too you are right

[@davidestebanescobarruiz9082]

Brilliant! Glad to see a modern conductor-less orchestra with such a degree of precision and commitment to the spirit of the music!

[@patriciaanderson6975]

From the presenter's performance to the orchestra's, this was thoroughly enjoyable! I love Lully and appreciated the background information for the music

[@francoisheron5203]

Lully aurait surement et grandement apprécié ce spectacle !

[@heloisanovaes5702]

Belíssimo "gentilhomme"! Confesso que não conhecia as circunstâncias em torno de "Le bourgeois gentilhomme". Muito interessantes. Um elemento a mais para apreciar muito essa jóia do barroco. Obrigada.⚘

[@jacquesfontaine3384]

La musique pour unifier notre Europe d'antan , encore rurale même si pas tellement démocratique.Mais le capitalisme et la mondialisation , c'est une dictature qui ne vaux guère mieux et très franchement le temps musical nous redonne une fierté qu'il faut préserver à tout prix .Félicitations aux musiciens.

[@iparipaitegianiparipaitegi4643]

C’est sûr que l’anticapitalisme à la mode communiste, c’est bien mieux!

[@LucienMarine]

March for the Turkish Ceremony (Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs) was written by Jean-Baptiste Lully in 1670. It is taken from the ninth comedy-ballet entitled « Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme » by the playwright Molière. Comedy ballet is a combination of spoken comedies, singing, and dancing. This form was desired by King Louis XIV in order to sew together theater, music and dance without breaking the thread of the piece. Context: The King received the emissary of the Grand Turk represented by Suleiman Aga in 1669 but the diplomat's clumsiness and casualness turned into a caricature. It was then that the famous « Turkish ridiculous ballet » was born. The comedy-ballet is a veritable reservoir of the processes that Jean-Baptiste Lully will find in lyric tragedy. She is entirely instrumental and is intended to be danced. So it’s ballet music. To heighten the irony of this scene, the composer uses all the instruments at his disposal and also takes percussion with oriental sounds. The march is structured around two repeated musical phrases. From the first notes, everything is done to create a solemn character: the key of G minor, the dotted rhythms similar to opera overtures and supposed to represent the march of the Sun King. This colored piece also includes a small tessitura of which the repetitions offer a journey of exploration of the timbre in the composition. *Lucien*

[@user-xy1uq4of1c]

Спасибо, французский друг, за краткий исторический рассказ о культуре и истории любимой Франции! Очень интересно и содержательно...

[@bertcarter6176]

Absolutely delightful performance! Thanks for posting👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@urmorph]

Marvelous! I did not know there was such wit in Lully, or such potential for humor in hemiola. Thank you very much.

[@julieandrews730]

Total fun. Only NCO and Teodor Janson could make Tully come alive for us modern audiences!

[@jandrewscali]

oops! @@LucasSCarcavilla

[@agostinodelpiano3716]

excellente interprétation. Les musiciens ... tous très bons !!!

[@monteverdi11]

Suena demasiado barroco y demasiado francés para ser cierto. No lo puedo creer. Es increible. El estilo es fantástico. Muchas gracuas por compartir.

[@janklaassen4214]

Logico Bach tenia solo 2 años cuando murio Lully

[@nicolasportes3165]

Merci à vous amis norvégiens ! Bel hommage à Lully et Molière. Merci encore 🙏

[@dieguzki]

Väldigt duktiga musiker! Fullt avstemt og nøyaktig. Hilsen fra Argentina!

[@Rasplata5]

What a great ensemble! Fantastic!

[@yelinmanu7204]

Super gut erklärt und auch gespielt

[@danielforro-forrotronics3921]

Extraordinary performance! Your tempo and rhythm feeling is great.

[@ivanmisurecmouseproduction493]

Tak tady bych tak úplně nesouhlasil - hlavně tempo Ballet les Francais ( cca 41. min ) mi připadá extrémně pomalé a nelíbí se mi to. Pravda, nevím, jestli a jaké tempo předepsal Jean Baptiste do not, ale já mám tisíckrát naposlouchané celé představení od Le Poéme Harmonique / Benjamin Lazar, kde je tato část mnohem rychlejší a zní to podle mě lépe. Samozřejmě, jak třeba Ballet des Espagnoles, Entrée des Italiens a také Ballet les Francais jsou věci zpívané, což tady nesmírně chybí. K lepšímu pochopení celé věci bych každému doporučil zmíněné představení Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme - Le Poéme Harmonique / Benjamin Lazar. Dlouhé, ale nezapomenutelné po všech stránkách. At´ žije Lully 🙋🙂…!

[@ivanmisurecmouseproduction493]

Ballet les Francais cca 1’40🙋..: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3nSioVsdphrnsksi=OGPJ4OoGm2_GWQaI

[@danielforro-forrotronics3921]

@@ivanmisurecmouseproduction493 Hudba není olympiáda, a velmi často jsou dnes tempa historické klasické hudby přehnaně rychlá. Oni v té době nikam nespěchali...

[@danielforro-forrotronics3921]

@@ivanmisurecmouseproduction493 Díky za odkaz, pěkné.

[@andrewmicharin6217]

Jeg beundrer deg! Vær glad. Jeg er veldig takknemlig for deg.

[@__-1234]

Vive la Norvège !! :)

[@blinkyYA]

I'd like to know the name of the percussionist on the left side. Who knows It?

[@user-oo7ef5fj2v]

Ritka élvezetes előadás! Mekkora öröm, hogy részt vehettem rajta a KZbin-on, Magyarországon 2024-ben?!

[@purre25]

sounds pretty good in consideration that the orchestra is not using period instruments

[@magnus123DF]

Stfu they did a great job

[@purre25]

@@magnus123DF stfu? i hope it does not mean what im thinking about. Maybe you ment sure thanks for understanding.

[@Mercer1012]

@@purre25 I agree with you, a very good performance especially considering the tonal handicaps of modern instruments when playing period pieces.

[@francophone.]

It looks like they have a few period instruments

[@aronb1336]

It's a mixture of period and modern instruments. Amazing, how "french-baroque" the orchestra is playing.... Even the flutes sounds like flauto traverso. ... Best momemt: 38:46 and 39:48 again....😂🦆🦆...Lully and Moliere must have been inspired.

[@amesavis]

What an eccentric performance! From the concert master in his geisha top conducting from a platform with the biggest gestures, I thought he had ms or something, to the porcine narrator in his chemise and skinny jeans. Their sound however, was beautiful and authentic.

[@nandorblue]

Oh yes, the famous Franco-Ottoman alliance. At the expense of Eastern European Christian countries. For example, when Hungary was defeated by Suleiman the magnificent, Hungarians lost their country to the Ottomans for 168 years, It was the French ambassador who first congratulated the sultan on his victory, and shortly after they formed the alliance, basically legalizing the colonization of Eastern Europe and the slaving of millions of Eastern European Christians by a Muslim imperialist country. I’m Hungarian for the record. Yes their chickens have come home to roost now.

[@andrewmicharin6217]

Kyass! For en flott kar du er!

[@jimster24]

Fab-u-lous! ❤️❤️

[@evanstephen300]

Love a good frenzied Canarie

[@AlejandroDominguezParedes]

07:14 Empieza

[@__-1234]

Det er fantastik, bare en små fell, "Le Bourgois Gentilhome" er ikke en Opera men en teater spell.

[@edwardweaver1467]

The Middle Classed Gentlemen?

[@__-1234]

Yes, something like that, basically the title contains a contradiction, "gentilhomme" means noble in this context, and he is not a noble, he is a bourgeois who is a successful businessman but not a noble, but would like to be. So he tries to learn how to become one by learning noble occupations like speaking properly, fencing, dancing, music etc... but fails of course.

[@corrado1675]

Bravi!!!

[@francophone.]

I think that the Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs is at 44:39, not 18:30 (by the way, and this isn't really a big deal, but the t in Turcs has to be capitalized in French, in this case, or else it is a mistake in French - it is not capitalized if it is an adjective, but it is if it is a noun referring to a person or people from a certain area, as it is here, it is).

[@gavin146]

It occurs for the first time at 20:20 in the section beginning at 10:30, then is repeated at 44:39.

[@francophone.]

@@gavin146 Bien vu

[@danyelnicholas]

With modern instruments! Why? In 2021!

[@user-gd6sc2sq6l]

Loin d'être aussi brillante que celle du Concert des Nations - Jordi Saval .

[@bananasuite]

❤❤❤

[@franckranaivo666]

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[@philippehoyez9398]

For mye bla bla!

[@meilinchan7314]

The show ain't over till there's a small man banging a big stick on the podium to keep time for the orchestra.

[@עופרהקוקו]

♥♦♥🎻🥁🎶

[@kosone7504]

Ashkathegrest

[@carminecurro9924]

Trovo di pessimo gusto e inutile trasformare un concerto in una noiosa conferenza

[@annecampbell9236]

One way to lose weight….

[@jackbarhillel1065]

That's the most pathetic performance of the Bourgeois Gentilhomme I've ever seen, are you serious that's s a national orchestra? You can't do that to Molière and Lully! This music was written for Moliere's theater play of the same name to be played before the king (Louis the XIVth) in 1670 : I'm not sure of the fate of these musicians had they played before Louis XIV...

[@__-1234]

Mais n'importe quoi !!

[@edwardweaver1467]

Holy cow!

[@__-1234]

@@edwardweaver1467 Do not worry about what the person above wrote, he is wrong and bitter. I'm French, this theater play is a huge French classic, and I've listened to this with great interest. And the musicians are great. Of course a representation of the play in Norwegian would have been great, but I'm not even sure it has been translated in Norwegian.

[@blinkyYA]

I totally disagree. This Is a great performance merging together ancient and modern. Arcs, Guitar, percussions and winds are perfectly melted and the result Is fantastic