As part of the year-long 250th celebrations of the first mayor of Sées, Richard performs an organ recital at Sées Cathedral, exploring music which intersected with Jean-Baptiste’s life in a grand time-travelling tour.

The Grand Time-Travelling Tour of Jean-Baptiste du Plessis d’Argentré (1720-1805)

1720: Jean-Baptiste is born

The Harmonious Blacksmith George Frederic Handel (1685-1759) 

The French Court

La Dauphine (1747) Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)

1775: Jean-Baptiste becomes the 72nd Bishop of Sées

Voluntary in D (Op. 6, No 5) John Stanley (1712-1786)

The French Court: A reminiscence

Fantasia in F minor (K. 608) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

1805: Jean-Baptiste dies

Fantasia pour le verset Judex Crederis au Te Deum (Op. 32) Alexandre-Pierre-François Boëly (1785-1858) 

Andantino from Sonata in G minor (Op. 58) Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805-1900)

1825: 50 years since Jean-Baptiste became Bishop of Sées

Overture from Die Fledermaus Johann Baptist Strauss II (1825-1899) arranged by Jonathan Scott

1875: 100 years since Jean-Baptiste became Bishop of Sées

Pastoral sur un vieil air Vendéen Marie Rose Bertault (1875-1959)

Toccata and Fugue in D minor (BWV 565) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)