festival of
Froville - purity
This concert highlights three great French composers: Maurice Duruflé, Francis Poulenc, and Olivier Messiaen. They all share a common thread: Gregorian chant, whose simplicity gives rise to a rich, luminous, and surprising polyphony. Built around Francis Poulenc's Mass in G major, this program immerses us in a world of striking purity, characterized by humility, clarity, and direct emotion. Poulenc, Messiaen, and Duruflé reveal the full artistry of French choral music: sensitive, sincere, and profoundly human. The spatial arrangement of the voices transforms the concert into a truly immersive experience: the singers surround the audience, the sound circulates, moves, and blends with the space. It's a way to rediscover these works from a vibrant and sensory perspective—as if the music itself were breathing around us.
