ANAM Harmonies Du Soir French Festival: Rousseau vs. Rameau

Harmonies Du Soir. A festival of French chamber music. A beautiful way to bring the year together.

La Querelle des Bouffons is a musical scandal that rattled Paris in the mid-18th century. 
 
The dispute (literally “the quarrel of the comic actors”) pitted the French composer Jean-Philippe Rameau against philosopher-musician Jean-Jacques Rousseau. What began as an argument over the merits of French opera versus the lighter, more playful Italian comic style quickly grew into a cultural flashpoint. 
 
Writers, politicians and salon circles took sides. Pamphlets flew. Newspapers fanned the flames, caricatures like the famous Italian Cats engraving teased the uproar. Yet after two feverish years the quarrel fizzled, and the Italian style emerged triumphant, reshaping French taste and paving the way for a new era of comic opera.

Jean-Philippe RAMEAU Overture from Castor et Pollux
Claude DEBUSSY String Quartet in G Minor
Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU Overture from Le devin du village
Maurice RAVEL Violin Sonata No. 2
Darius MILHAUD La création du monde
Germaine TAILLEFERRE Notturno from Partita

ANAM Musicians

Thu 27 Nov 2025, 7PM     Approximate duration: 2 hours, including a 20-minute interval. 

Abbotsford Convent, Rosina Auditorium, 1 St Heliers St, ABBOTSFORD VIC

TICKETS: A Little Extra $60.00; Standard $40.00; A Little Less $20.00
Companion Card Holder $0.00