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Hong Kong Palace Museum MOVIES:
INTRODUCTION TO FRENCH BAROQUE MUSIC AND DANCE,
AND POST-SCREENING CONVERSATION
Sharing from speakers and performers 講者及演奏者分享
Screening of film “Synergy à la française” with David Cordina, Alliance Française de Hong Kong’s chef editor of Paroles and Karen Yeung, Artistic Director of Concerto da Camera to share their insights of the French court’s
culture and development of arts during the King Louis XIV period. Concerto da Camera Baroque Ensemble will be performing French music on period instruments.
《法式古樂》電影放映及分享會
有香港法國文化協會《東西譚》總編輯David Cordina 及雅樂合奏團藝術總監楊嘉倫介紹法國18世紀路易十四時代的宮廷文化及藝術。雅樂合奏團巴羅克合奏組將會用仿古樂器演奏法國音樂。
Upcoming
Date: 01 March 2025
Time: 3:00 pm–4:15 pm
Venue: The Hong Kong Jockey Club Auditorium, Hong Kong Palace Museum
To complement the special exhibition “The Forbidden City and The Palace of Versailles: China-France Cultural Encounters in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries”, the Hong Kong Palace Museum is organising a special screening programme of Synergy à la française.
The documentary Synergy à la française will introduce you to French Baroque music and dance. Over 300 years ago, the splendid French court culture was at its peak, and the Baroque style was prevalent, as evidenced by the art and culture of the time such as music, dance and architecture. Outside the court, Louis XIV promoted arts and established various art schools; inside the court, kings and princes practiced dance, which saw the emergence of baroque music.
Synergy à la française—Introduction to French Baroque Music and Dance
Filmed at the Palace of Versailles and featuring interviews with experts in Baroque music, art, and dance, this documentary takes the audience through the historical and cultural context and the performer's point of view, leading them to a deeper understanding and appreciation of French Baroque music and dance.
Production: Concerto da Camera
Director: Karen Kwok
Duration: 21 mins
Language: French, English and Cantonese, with Traditional Chinese and English subtitles.
Post-screening conversation and music demonstration
Through the sharing from the representatives of Alliance Française de Hong Kong (AFHK) and Concerto da Camera, the audience will learn more about the history of the fascinating French court arts from the 17th to 18th centuries and its significance in European culture. The audience will also learn about the features and characteristics of Baroque arts, instruments, and performances through the musical performance and sharing of Concerto da Camera.
Details
Speakers
David Cordina (Alliance Française de Hong Kong, Editor-in-chief of Paroles)
Karen Yeung (Concerto da Camera, Co-founder and Artistic Director)
Music Performance:
Concerto da Camera Baroque Ensemble
Kate Moran (Baroque Violin)
David Tong (Recorder)
Online registration and walk-ins are welcome.
Language
Movie screening: French, English and Cantonese, with Traditional Chinese and English subtitles
Post-screening conversation: English with simultaneous interpretation in Cantonese; no subtitles
即將舉辦
年3月1日
下午3時至4時15分
為配合特別展覽「當紫禁城遇上凡爾賽宮 ⸺ 十七、十八世紀中法文化交流」，香港故宮文化博物館將特別舉辦《法式古樂》電影放映。
紀錄片《法式古樂》介紹法國巴羅克音樂和舞蹈。三百多年前法國宮廷文化輝煌鼎盛，巴羅克風格盛行，從當時的音樂、舞蹈和建築等藝術文化可見一斑。在廷外，國王路易十四推崇藝術，成立不同藝術院校；在廷内，國王和王子亦需要練習舞蹈，巴羅克音樂也伴隨而生。
本紀錄片於凡爾賽宮進行拍攝，並採訪了巴羅克音樂、藝術、舞蹈方面的專家，從歷史文化背景以及表演者的角度出發，帶領觀衆更全面地理解和欣賞法國巴羅克音樂及舞蹈。
製作：雅樂合奏團
導演：郭靜君
片長：21分鐘
語言：法語、英語及粵語（設繁體中文及英文字幕）
映後音樂分享
透過香港法國文化協會代表和雅樂合奏團的分享，觀衆將了解更多十七至十八世紀的法國宮廷藝術及其於歐洲文化的重要性。透過雅樂合奏團的演奏和解說，觀衆更可親身感受到法國巴羅克藝術、樂器和演奏的獨特之處。
活動詳情
講者
David Cordina（香港法國文化協會，《東西譚》總編輯）
音樂演奏
雅樂合奏團巴羅克合奏組
Kate Moran（巴羅克小提琴）
唐書堯（木笛）
香港故宮文化博物館 香港賽馬會演講廳
語言
電影放映：法語、英語及粵語（設繁體中文及英文字幕）
映後分享：英語（提供粵語即時傳譯，不設字幕）
Concerto da Camera presents
Special support from l' Alliance Française de Hong Kong and Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles
Film documentary created by Karen Kwok
Introduction to French Baroque Music and Dance
This video is part of a series celebrating the 20th anniversary of Concerto da Camera’s establishment. French Baroque music, with its beauty, richness and uniqueness, has been a constant source of inspiration as we strive to deliver innovative musical experiences to our audience. It is only fitting that we have chosen it as the theme of our celebration.
Originated in Italy, the Baroque age sprawled throughout Europe across the 17th century and well into the 18thcentury.
The word Baroque, derived from the Portuguese term baroco, which means an irregularly shaped pearl, had originally a derogatory meaning – the Baroque was taken to be a degeneration of the Renaissance.
Today, of course, our concepts have radically changed. The Baroque is now recognised as a period that had spawned some of the greatest arts in human history, from painting to architecture, from literature to music and beyond.
When it comes to the realm of music, Bach, Vivaldi, Handel and Purcell are usually cited as representatives of the Baroque era, while French composers are more often than not left in obscurity.
The omission is quite baffling especially if we consider the fact that France at the time, under the reign of Louis XIV, was the most powerful monarchy in Europe, and that its artists and musicians had developed some of the most magnificent and beautiful styles and idioms that swept the whole of Europe, prompting imitations in countries like England and Germany.
That is why we made this documentary. We try to shed light on the musical style of French Baroque music, which is often described by (non-French) musicians and art historians as “distinctive”, almost as if there is a national barrier separating it from other Western music.
Music does not exist in isolation. The greater political-social dynamics always have an impact on it. By the 1660s, the cultural leadership in Europe had shifted from Italy to France. King Louis XIV deployed huge resources to concentrate his court politically and socially in one place – Versailles, and he used all forms of art to marshal them.
There was a deliberate act on the part of Louis XIV, the ultimate patron of arts, and his cultural team to create a style which has a distinctively French flavour. He established academies for virtually all the creative arts, including dance and music. Inside the academies, arts were organised, rules were drawn up, and so, a kind of unofficial style was developed.
Emerging at the same time was what is said to be the quintessential Baroque art form – opera. It is flamboyant, theatrical, and dramatic. It aims at a total work of art to represent the glory and the splendour of the patron.
The opera, unsurprisingly, held a dominating position at the French court. One prominent figure in the cultural life of the French court was Jean-Baptiste Lully, Master of the King’s Music. He brought baroque music in France to an acme of stylization, establishing an uniquely French operatic style, by mering elements of the local theatre tradition with court ballet.
For instrumental music in France traditionally bound up with the dance, and the influence of dance patterns is always noticeable and often dominant in the music of Lully as well as other French composers of the Baroque period, one must also explore the Belle Danse (also known as Baroque dance nowadays), in order to better understand French Baroque music.
In this video, we had the pleasure of interviewing artistic director of the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Benoît Dratwicki; conductor of Ensemble il Caravaggio, Camille Delaforge; baroque dance expert, Pierre-François Dollé, and sujet of the Paris Opera Ballet, Chun Wing Lam. They will guide us through various avenues to better understand and appreciate French Baroque music and dance. In addition, we visited the pinnacle of French Baroque – the Palace of Versailles. We hope you will be dazzled.
“Synergy à la française” - Introduction to French Baroque Music and Dance will be broadcast on “ Concerto da Camera雅樂合奏團”Youtube channel coming December 2024 for worldwide audience to view.
https://www.youtube.com/@concerto_da_camera/videos
This project is supported by Hong Kong Arts Development Council Hong Kong Arts Development Council fully supports freedom of artistic expression. The views and opinions expressed in this project do not represent the stand of the Council.
雅樂合奏團呈獻
香港法國文化協會及凡爾賽巴羅克音樂中心全力支持
郭靜君作品
音樂紀錄片《法式古樂》法國巴羅克音樂與舞蹈
本片為雅樂合奏團慶祝成立 20 週年所舉辦的節目之一。成立以來，我們致力於為觀眾提供別開生面的音樂體驗，而法國巴羅克音樂豐富的曲目、華麗的音律和獨特性，一直是我們重要的靈感來源，以之作為我們今一年的節目主題是再適合不過。
在17世紀初的義大利半島上，一股新藝術風潮逐漸形成，當時有不少人認為這種新風格並不如之前的文藝復興藝術，甚至視之為一種墮落，因此，他們以一個帶有貶義的詞將之命名 — 巴羅克，意指形狀不規則的珍珠。但這無阻巴羅克藝術在隨後的一百多年間席捲整個歐洲。
當然，到了今天，我們對巴羅克已有全然不同的評價。巴羅克現在被公認為出產了許多人類史上最偉大的藝術作品的一個時期，從繪畫到建築，文學到音樂等各個領域，無不留下珍貴的創作。
如今談及巴羅克音樂，人們每每會以巴赫、韋華第、韓德爾和普塞爾作為代表人物；奇怪的是，法國的作曲家和他們的作品卻鮮有人提及。
法國於17世紀中葉至18世紀早期在路易十四的統治下，成為歐洲最強大的帝國。她的音樂家建立了一些極具代表性、極其華麗的藝術風格和演繹方式，紅遍整個歐洲。英、德等地的作曲家亦紛紛仿效「法式音樂」進行創作。
我們製作這部紀錄片，正正是想從歷史的洪流中，重新發現和認識這些作品。法國以外的音樂家及藝術史學家經常把法國巴羅克音樂形容為「別樹一格」，彷彿是霧裏看花，終隔一層。這次我們親身前往法國，嘗試從歷史文化背景以及表演者的角度，揭開法國巴羅克音樂的面紗。
音樂並不是一種獨立的存在，政治和社會上的力量總是對它產生着影響。路易十四動用了龐大的資源把政治及社會事務集中於一個中心點 — 凡爾賽宮。藝術亦是他使宮庭貴族、官員、人民，甚至歐洲各國使者臣服的手段之一。歐洲的文化領導角色在 1660 年代便由義大利轉移到了法國。
作為最具權勢的藝術贊助人，路易十四和他的文化團隊銳意創造出一種屬於法國的獨特風格。他幾乎為所有創意藝術建立了學院，包括舞蹈和音樂。學院制定了規則，藝術在一定程度上被規範化，從而形成了某種風格。
與此同時，歌劇出現了。它華麗、富戲劇性、充滿情感，被視為巴羅克藝術的極致典範。
毫不意外地，歌劇在法國宮廷藝術中佔據了主導地位。這背後一位非常重要的人物，是路易十四的御用大樂正，呂利。他把法式巴羅克音樂推展到極致，他把當地傳統戲劇元素與宮廷芭蕾舞融為一體，創造出獨特的法國歌劇風格。
法國的傳統器樂與舞蹈關係密不可分，舞步對樂曲的影響顯而易見，舞蹈亦深深影響着呂利以及其他法國巴羅克作曲家的創作。要了解法國巴羅克音樂，我們就必須對“La Belle Danse”（即巴羅克舞蹈）有所認識。
在影片中，我們採訪了凡爾賽巴羅克音樂中心Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles藝術總監伯努瓦·德拉特維奇、卡拉華佐樂團Ensemble il Caravaggio指揮兼藝術總監卡米爾‧德拉福奇、巴羅克舞蹈專家皮耶‧弗朗索瓦·多萊，以及巴黎歌劇院芭蕾舞團獨舞員林雋永。他們將帶領我們從不同角度更全面地理解和欣賞法國巴羅克音樂及舞蹈。此外，我們還拍攝了法國巴羅克的巔峰之作 — 凡爾賽宮。希望你會為之驚豔。
《法式古樂》法國巴羅克音樂與舞蹈將於2024年12月在「Concerto da Camera雅樂合奏團」Youtube上全球播出。
https://www.youtube.com/@concerto_da_camera/videos
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