Florence Ladmirault founded the trio for her great-grandfather, the Nantes composer Paul Ladmirault, and plays beside her flautist daughter and her oboist brother. The programme is drawn from his works, transcribed by the family for their three instruments. Ladmirault studied under Gabriel Fauré, was admired by Debussy and argued for Celtic folklore. The committee restoring Plouhinec’s religious buildings brings them into the Église Saint Winoc.
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Haydn and Bruch with the Regional Orchestra
Orchestre national Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes presents a chamber programme pairing Haydn and Bruch. Haydn’s F minor String Quartet from Opus 20 features Harumi Ventalon and Mizuka Ohashi on violin. Bruch’s final composition expands the ensemble to a string octet in B flat major. Four violins, two violas, cello and double bass shape its larger sound.
L’âme musicale de George Sand in Bourges
George Sand’s writings on music become a concert-reading with the Paris Mozart Orchestra. Suliane Brahim narrates alongside mezzo-soprano Margaux Poguet. The programme joins Beethoven and Pauline Viardot with Reflets du Berry by Philippe Macé. Cornemuse and vielle à roue bring the Berry’s traditional sound into the orchestra, while FLORE’s photographs accompany the readings.
Sainte-Cécile concert: guitars and the Pizzicat’ strings
The École municipale de musique of Chambray-lès-Tours marks Sainte-Cécile, patron saint of musicians, with a concert in the Salle Marcadet. Its second- and third-cycle guitar ensembles open, on pieces from traditional music and the classical repertoire. The Pizzicat’ string orchestra then travels from the popular feasts of Central Europe to the rhythms of South America, with flute, clarinet and percussion. Admission costs nothing, on reservation.
Concert Brahms au Château de Villechauvon
A programme dedicated to Johannes Brahms brings Paul Zientara and pianist Arthur Hinnewinkel to the Château de Villechauvon. Patricia Alfred’s exhibition accompanies the concert. The house also welcomes artists in residence through Arts au Château de Villechauvon. Set in the Champagne Berrichonne near Vatan, it maintains a music salon within a six-hectare park.
Concert Ô Marché : l’Escadron Volant de la Reine
The Escadron Volant de la Reine brings its Concert Ô Marché series into the salle des Colonnes of the Nogent-le-Rotrou town hall. The players set out a short baroque programme on viole, violon, contrebasse and guitare, announced under the title La Tarte à Timbre. Entry costs nothing and the set runs about thirty minutes, so it can be caught between errands on the market forecourt. Each date of the season digs into another corner of baroque music.
Anaïs Cassiers à la collégiale Saint-Sylvain de Levroux
Before the Lisztomanias open at Châteauroux, the collégiale Saint-Sylvain in Levroux hosts a recital by Anaïs Cassiers. She plays without an interval, on the themes of water and contemplation. The programme sets Jeux d’eau à la Villa d’Este by Franz Liszt beside Une barque sur l’océan by Maurice Ravel and a Polonaise-Fantaisie by Frédéric Chopin. Cassiers trained at the École Normale de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot, in Olivier Gardon’s class.
Ensemble vocal Garance : concert de Noël à Saint-André
The Garance vocal ensemble returns to the Église Saint-André in Châteauroux for its long-standing Christmas concert. Anne JeanJacques, a lyric singer who teaches at the Conservatoire, conducts the choir and its soloists. Programme notes place the evening under the title Tous à l’opéra, setting opera repertoire beside Christmas carols. From ten euros, seats are sold at the Comptoir Local de Châteauroux.
The Regional Symphony Orchestra at Ferrières
The Orchestre Région Centre-Val de Loire/Tours brings symphonic music to Ferrières-en-Gâtinais for the close of its heritage programme. Associated with the Opéra de Tours–Grand Théâtre, the ensemble represents the region’s orchestral life. Its performance brings the sound of a full orchestra into dialogue with the historic religious setting of the Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul abbey church.
George Sand in Music: Natalia Morozova at Bouesse
Romantic music meets George Sand’s words in a concert bringing pianist Natalia Morozova together with actor Mickael Winum. The pairing sets spoken writing alongside piano performance, following themes of passion, freedom and poetry. Presented in Bouesse as a tribute to the Berry novelist, the intimate format gives each artist a distinct voice in the encounter between literature and music.