Concert de la Loge Olympique
The Concert de la Loge Olympique was a concert company founded in the 1780s by the fermier général Charles Marin de La Haye des Fosses and Count Claude-François-Marie Rigoley. The main conductor was Joseph Bologne de Saint-George.[1]
The orchestra was considered one of the best in Europe and in particular commissioned Joseph Haydn with the so-called "Paris symphonies" (82 to 87). The company ceased all activity in 1789.
Recreation in January 2015, change of name in 2016
Recreated in 2015 at the initiative of the violinist and musical director Julien Chauvin,[2][3] this formation is intended not only as the heir of the name, but also of the artistic approach of that of the XVIIIth. The favorite repertoire is the music of the late XVIIIth, one of its characteristics being the use of period instruments.
But the new ensemble was opposed to the French National Olympic and Sports Committee, which blamed it for the use of the term "Olympic". Threatened with legal proceedings if it did not change his name by 11 February 2016, the Concert withdrew its name from the National Institute of Industrial Property by the end of January[4], as of 4 February], [http://www.francemusique.fr/actu-musicale/ne-l-appelez-plus-concert-de-la-loge-olympique-122547 15 February 2016.</ref>[5][6] and its website is now the hallmark of the Concert de la Loge.[7] A support committee was created, and the orchestra called for public support.
Principal creations
- Paris symphonies by Joseph Haydn.
Sources
- Jean-Luc Quoy-Bodin, L'orchestre de la Société Olympique en 1786, Revue de Musicologie, vol. 70, No 1 (1984), (pp. 95-107).
References
- ↑ Le Concert de la Loge Olympique sur sites.univ-lyon2.fr (accessdate 6 August 2017)
- ↑ Announcement of recreation in musicologie.org, (14 January 2015).
- ↑ Julien Chauvin, violoniste et chef – Le Concert de la Loge Olympique renaît on concertclassic.com
- ↑ Relation de l'"affaire" on Le Figaro (16 February 2016), on the website of France Musique
- ↑ Ne l’appelez plus "Concert de la Loge Olympique" on France Musique
- ↑ Le Concert de la Loge Olympique contraint de changer de nom par le Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français on ResMusica
- ↑ Website of the Concert de la Loge.
External links
- Le Concert de la Loge dans une forme olympique on France Musique
- LE CONCERT DE LA LOGE
- Un ensemble est né : Le Concert de la Loge Olympique on Musicolgy.org
- Le Concert de la Loge Olympique on aforumfree.com
- Le retour olympien du Concert de la Loge on Télérama (7 June 2017)
- Un soir au Concert Spirituel y the Concert de la Loge on YouTube