Grand Choeur de l’Abbaye aux Dames – Faure Requiem brings As an hors d’oeuvre, the Trio Bohème, where Schubert rubs shoulders with Nougaro. Then the Grand Choeur de l’Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes in the middle of the marshes, for Faure’s Requiem to Théâtre d’Ardoise, Dolus-d’Oléron. The named artists, repertoire and setting make the event legible inside Dolus-d’Oléron’s live-music circuit. Together, those details give the performance cultural substance and a clear place in the region’s music calendar.