Venite, exultemus: Campra & Bernier

Bernier, Nicolas, Campra, André

Concerto Soave

RIC 481

The motet for solo voice and two dessus, usually two violins, and the cantata with instrumental accompaniment originated in Italy at the dawn of the 17th century. The genre was introduced to France by Marc-Antoine Charpentier and by travelling Italian musicians and rapidly became one of the key showpieces of Italian taste and style. The genre was deployed superbly in the early 18th century by two magnificent composers who were practically contemporaries: André Campra and Nicolas Bernier.

Campra's natural attraction to Italian music is easily explained, as he was the son of an Italian doctor living in Aix-en-Provence and was also a pupil of the great Poitevin in the same city. Bernier, if we are to believe certain sources, was a pupil in Rome of the Venetian Antonio Caldara, one of the most important composers of his time.

Works:

•Campra: Septieme Motet a veux seule, et Symphonie "Venite, exultemus"
• Campra: Motet a veux seule et deux dessus de violons "Laudate Dominum"
• Nicolas Bernier: Motetten "Judica me deus", "Alma redemptoris Mater", "Venite, exultemus"
• Pierre Dumage: Plein Jesu
• Louis Marchand: Fond d'orgue
• Nicolas Lebegue: Prelude du 6e ton

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03/11/2025

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