In Bach’s cel­e­brat­ed chorale can­ta­ta Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, the voic­es of the damned quake in fear of the Last Judgement, just as in Desmarest’s De Profundis or Lully’s spine chill­ing Dies Irae. Les Surprises demon­strate fear of death exists in every age, giv­ing voice to these baroque mas­ters, togeth­er with Hersant’s con­tem­po­rary Psaume CXXX.

There is no inter­mis­sion for this concert.