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In the summer of 2007 Corona got invited by Les Grandes Eaux Nocturnes (an annual festival of sound, light and water at Château de Versailles in France) to compose a 6 speaker composition for the grand evening fountain display in the Jardin du Roi. [22] The Versaille Sessions is an aural document of that installation. GetSound, who ...
The ensemble is named after Concert Spirituel, the first private concert society in France, founded in the 18th century and dissolved during the French Revolution.The ensemble was founded by Hervé Niquet in 1987, [1] designed to revive the great works of the French repertoire played at the court of Versailles.
In the case of the Grandes Eaux – when all the fountains played to their maximum – more than 10,000 m 3 (350,000 cu ft) of water was needed for one afternoon's display. Accordingly, the Grandes Eaux were reserved for special occasions such as the Siamese Embassy of 1685–1686. [57] Canal de l'Eure
The layout of the maze was unusual, as there was no central goal, and, despite the five-metre-high (16 ft) hedges, allowed glimpses ahead. [6] Jean-Aymar Piganiol de La Force in his Nouvelle description du château et parc de Versailles et de Marly (1702) describes the labyrinth as a "network of allées bordered with palisades where it is easy to get lost."
Between 1680 and 1830, the Grande Écurie was also home to the École de Versailles (literal French for "the Versailles School"), the cradle of French learned horsemanship. [citation needed] Between 1793 and 1794, the emblem on the pediment was removed. [1] From 1854, the stables were occupied by the army. [3]
Les Siècles is a French symphony orchestra founded in 2003 by François-Xavier Roth, with ambition to put works from the 17th to 21st centuries into today's perspective. The musicians of the orchestra play each repertoire on the historical instruments appropriate to the time of its creation.
Versailles, translated from the French by John Goodman. New York: Abbeville Press Publishers. ISBN 9781558592285. Piganiol de la Force and Jean-Aymar, Nouvelle description des châteaux et parcs de Versailles et Marly, Paris: Chez Florentin de la lune, 1701; Verlet, Pierre, Le château de Versailles, Paris: Librairie Arthème Fayard, 1985
The Versailles Orangerie (French: L'orangerie du château de Versailles) was built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart between 1684 and 1686, before work on the Château de Versailles had even begun. The Orangerie, which replaced Louis Le Vau 's earlier design from 1663, is an example of many such prestigious extensions of grand gardens in Europe ...