The Youth Chorus of Greater Paris (le Jeune Chœur d’Ile-de-France), young singers between the ages of 15-25 years of age, tour the United States under the direction of their founder Francis Bardot, giving their ONLY Boston concert on Thursday, August 30 at 7 PM at St Cecilia Catholic Church, 18 Belvidere Street in Boston's Back Bay.
The Youth Chorus' program features works from the vast and beloved 19th- and 20th-century French repertoire, including works by Faure, Gounod, Saint-Saens, Franck, Langlais and others. Assisting the choir in this U.S. tour program are organist Laurent Jochum and pianist Philip Hattat-Colin. Admission to the concert is by donation. For further information, please call 617/536-4548; directions to St Cecilia's are available on-line at http://www.stceciliaboston.org.
The Youth Chorus of Greater Paris (le Jeune Chœur d’Ile-de-France), founded in 1999, is one of three youth choirs directed by Maestro Bardot The young men and women in the choir, ages 16 to 25, receive an excellent training in vocal technique. Soloists are drawn from the choir, and several of these soloists have successfully launched professional careers. Since its inception, the Jeune Chœur has received critical acclaim in rarely performed and complex works, such as Poulenc's Stabat Mater, Handel's Dixit Dominus, Haydn's Seven Last Words, Duruflé's Requiem and Guy Ropartz's Mass in honor of Saint Anne. The choir's annual tours have included concerts in the US, Canada, and Greece. Based at the Conservatoire Maurice Ravel (Levallois, France), the choir's singers are among the 1,800 students in this conservatory headed by Francis Bardot.
