Tag: abbey-event

  • The Famous Choral Band at Festival de Bouche à Oreille

    The Famous Choral Band at Festival de Bouche à Oreille is shaped by A musically diverse band Pre-concert gathering Founded in Parthenay over 25 years ago by a small group of enthusiasts, they have forged their own path, guided by various talented choir directors. The sacred or historic setting at Place de la Nation, Parthenay gives the program architectural weight as well as musical focus. For Parthenay, it links repertoire, performers and place in a way that belongs naturally to Nouvelle-Aquitaine’s abbey and church concert tradition.

  • Au Fil des Ostensions: Sacred Textiles in Saint-Yrieix

    Au Fil des Ostensions: Sacred Textiles in Saint-Yrieix is shaped by Eighteen speakers from France and Belgium (curators, art historians, restorers and other professionals) will talk about the Limousin Ostension tradition, with a particular focus on sacred fabrics. The sacred or historic setting at Salle Attane, Rue des Plaisances, 87500 Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche gives the program architectural weight as well as musical focus. For Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, it links repertoire, performers and place in a way that belongs naturally to Nouvelle-Aquitaine’s abbey and church concert tradition.

  • Festival de Saintes: Jeune Orchestre de l’Abbaye

    Festival de Saintes: Jeune Orchestre de l’Abbaye centers on the Jeune Orchestre de l’Abbaye under Victor Julien-Laferrière, with Liszt’s First Piano Concerto and Schumann’s Third Symphony. In Saintes, the named performers, repertoire or sound world give the concert a clear musical identity. Its regional interest comes from the specificity of the program and the local venue that carries it.

  • Bach Cantatas in Saintes: Ensemble Correspondances

    At Abbaye-aux-Dames la cité musicale, Saintes, Bach Cantatas in Saintes: Ensemble Correspondances focuses on Ensemble Correspondances, conducted by Sébastien Daucé, in a Bach program built around the Weimar cantatas. The named works and performers give the program its focus, while the site adds acoustic and historical resonance. It gives Saintes’s cultural calendar a precise classical and sacred-music reference.

  • Le Concert de la Reine at Abbaye aux Dames

    Le Concert de la Reine at Abbaye aux Dames is shaped by Chloé de Guillebon conducting a French Baroque program with music by Jacquet de la Guerre, Charpentier, Dumont and Marais. The sacred or historic setting at Abbaye aux Dames, Saintes gives the program architectural weight as well as musical focus. For Saintes, it links repertoire, performers and place in a way that belongs naturally to Nouvelle-Aquitaine’s abbey and church concert tradition.

  • Trio Sypniewski in Saintes: Bach’s Goldbergs

    Trio Sypniewski in Saintes: Bach’s Goldbergs centers on the Sypniewski Trio performing Bach’s Goldberg Variations. In Saintes, the named performers, repertoire or sound world give the concert a clear musical identity. Its regional interest comes from the specificity of the program and the local venue that carries it.

  • A Venetian in Paris at Festival de Saintes

    A Venetian in Paris at Festival de Saintes centers on William Shelton, Alice Trocellier and Léo Brunet performing A Venetian in Paris, with music by Bembo, Strozzi and Casulana. In Saintes, the named performers, repertoire or sound world give the concert a clear musical identity. Its regional interest comes from the specificity of the program and the local venue that carries it.

  • il Convito: Bach Cantatas for Alto and Organ

    Il Convito: Bach Cantatas for Alto and Organ is shaped by a program conducted by Maude Gratton Cantatas for Alto and Organ J.S. Bach. The sacred or historic setting at Cathédrale Saint-Pierre, Saintes gives the program architectural weight as well as musical focus. For Saintes, it links repertoire, performers and place in a way that belongs naturally to Nouvelle-Aquitaine’s abbey and church concert tradition.

  • I Gemelli at Festival de Saintes

    I Gemelli at Festival de Saintes brings a program conducted by Mathilde Etienne, with Emiliano Gonz%E1lez Toro, tenor Canto al sole Monteverdi, Caccini, Marini, Merula, Castaldi, Sances, Frescobaldi? to Abbaye-aux-Dames la cité musicale, Saintes. The named artists, repertoire and setting make the event legible inside Saintes’s live-music circuit. Together, those details give the performance cultural substance and a clear place in the region’s music calendar.

  • Abbaye de Lumières in Coly-Saint-Amand

    Abbaye de Lumières in Coly-Saint-Amand turns an open-air video, art and music projection on the walls of the abbey church into a place-based visit. In Coly-Saint-Amand, the event connects local history with a named site, giving the public a precise point of entry into the region’s heritage. The strongest part of the offer is the relationship between subject, guide and setting. The series format keeps the place, subject and interpretation aligned across the related entries.