Photo courtesy of Rémi Sourisse
Strictly Singing Jean Maillard:
International Man of Mystery
Where: Paris, France
When: April 11-14 2024
With whom: Rory McCleery
Program: 16 th century French composer Jean Maillard
For whom: experienced choral singers with good sight-reading skills.
Cost: 380 € per person. non-singers 90 €
April in Paris: Strictly Singing’s first workshop of 2024 explores the work of 16 th century French composer Jean Maillard, a successful and much celebrated musician of his time, whose works have mysteriously been rarely performed in modern times.
Award-winning British conductor and countertenor Rory McCleery, artistic director of The Marian Consort, will lead us in exploring the music of this unjustly forgotten French musical master in his home city. Despite being described as “one of the most important French composers of the 16 th century” by renowned musicologist François Lesure, Maillard’s works are rarely performed today. This contrasts with his popularity during his own lifetime, when his music was performed often and throughout Europe. In fact, many of Maillard’s contemporaries, including Claude Goudimel, Orlando Lassus and Giovanni Palestrina, modelled their own compositions on his work.
During this fun and engaging weekend discovering Jean Maillard , we will also sing works by fellow French composers Pierre Cadéac and Claude Goudimel.
We hope you can join us for this opportunity to immerse yourself in the best of French Renaissance choral music. Rehearsals will be held in the magnificent American Cathedral, located in the heart of Paris, a stone’s throw from the Champs Elysées and the Arc de Triomphe.
Concert page: strictlysinging.org/concerts/14-april-2024/