Concert at Sainte Chapelle

Sainte Chapelle

On Friday night we went to Sainte Chapelle with Megan, Philip, Linda, Bob, Peggy, and Tom for a concert by Les Violons de France.  The selections were Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Massenet's "La Meditation de Thais," and Saint-Saens' "The Swan"  from Carnival of the Animals. (This "YouTube" link is of Frederic Moreau, Director of Les Violons de France, playing La Meditation. He was the soloist we heard play La Meditation on Friday night.)  The concert was amazing - the violin soloist and director, Frederic Moreau, was....incroyable!

The setting for the concert enhances the music - Sainte Chapelle is almost indescribable.   Pictures never do it justice.  The chapel was built by Louis IX (Saint Louis) to house his collection of relics including the Crown of Thorns.  The church, completed in 1248, is considered one of the highest forms of Flamboyant Gothic architecture.  It also contains the most important collection of 13th Century stained glass in the world, according to many experts. After seeing it, you would agree!

In 1971, Marie-Elisabeth and I attended a concert at Sainte Chapelle on the night we were engaged in Paris!