Microcosmos: Le Peuple de L'herbe

Le Peuple de l'Herbe is a French band playing electronic music, afrobeat and dub.

Jude, 17 ans, vit à la haute cour de Domelfe dans le royaume de Terrafae. Enlevée au monde des mortels lorsqu'elle n'était qu'une enfant, elle apprend à vivre parmi les Faes, créatures immortelles et cruelles, à se protéger des sortilèges et à se battre à l'épée. Prête à tout pour gagner sa place à la cour, elle affronte le prince Cardan qui la déteste. …

Thanks to Julien Chauvin and his ensemble La Loge, the programs of the Concert Spirituel’s evenings in the late 18th century Paris come back to life. The so called Haydn’s “symphonies parisiennes” are the core of their musical project which also features contemporary composers, some of them are still unknown.

Half Baroque, half contemporary, half French, half British: that is the challenge taken up here by Franck-Emmanuel Comte and Le Concert de L'Hostel Dieu. This recording presents in the same program pieces by Lully and by Purcell, together with contemporary creations by the Frenchman David Chalmin, inspired by Purcell, and by the British composer Martyn Harry, inspired by Lully. Both contemporary composers combine the sounds of Baroque instruments with their own expression, thus removing borders and engaging in a dialogue involving different periods and different languages. Axelle Verner lends her mezzo voice and unique personality to the vocal pieces in this program.