La Querelle des Bouffons : Locatelli and Vivaldi by the Toulouse Chamber Orchestra

Tickets for La Querelle des Bouffons : Locatelli and Vivaldi by the Toulouse Chamber Orchestra at the Auditorium Saint Pierre des Cuisines
🎫 Standard rate

Please note: after your purchase, you can pick up your physical tickets at the on-site box office on the evening of the concert from 8pm

Highlights
🎶 A small-committee concert as in the days of chamber music
🎻 Enjoy the music of Locatelli and Vivaldi played live by a talented chamber orchestra
🏛 In the exceptional setting of the Auditorium Saint Pierre des Cuisines

General Info
📅 Dates: select your dates/times directly in the ticket selector
🕒 Times: 8:30 pm (doors close 5 minutes after the start of the concert)
⏳ Duration: 1h30
📍 Location: : Auditorium Saint Pierre des Cuisines (Toulouse)
👤 Age requirement: all ages welcome
♿ Accessibility: wheelchair accessible

Artists

• Toulouse Chamber Orchestra

Description
The Querelle broke out in 1752 after a performance of Pergolese's Serva Padrona, dividing the Parisian intelligentsia into two camps: those in favor of the Italian style, supported by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and those in favor of the French style, led by Jean-Philippe Rameau. This dispute, seemingly anecdotal today, was actually a soft power issue in the 18th century. Rousseau evokes the natural link between language and music in Baroque composers, unreservedly condemning French music. For him, the absence of meter and melody in French music can be explained by the limitations of the language, describing French singing as "continuous barking" and harmony as "crude". The Toulouse Chamber Orchestra, by reviving the music of Locatelli and Vivaldi, helps to transcend this musical quarrel. As a result, the 18th-century argument has lost all relevance today. Buy your tickets!