Gabrielle Rubio brings the baroque transverse flute to Airs et Songes de la Traversière at Beaune’s Hôtel-Dieu. Hiéryne Lassale joins her on viola da gamba, Thibaut Roussel on theorbo and baroque guitar, and Cécile Chartrain on harpsichord. Rubio’s dual practice as flautist and guitarist reflects her training at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique and the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles.
Tag: early-music
Festival Musicancy in Ancy-le-Franc: Musical Journey
Festival Musicancy presents Alkymia, directed by Mariana Delgadillo Espinoza, in a vocal and instrumental programme at Ancy-le-Franc. Sacred Baroque music and villancicos de remedo meet traditional Bolivian songs and dances. African rhythms and Andean melodies run through the repertoire, and an introduction before the concert offers listening guidance.
Occitan Ancient Music Concert in Verges: Cultural Experience
Occitan early music brings singing, theorbo and early flute together in Verges. The theorbo is a large member of the lute family, developed from bass and contrabass lutes. Its extended bass strings give the low notes greater clarity and power, a feature of an instrument historically used for accompaniment.
Les Nouvelles Traversées in Noirlac: Music Celebration
Les Nouvelles Traversées brings vocal and instrumental music to Noirlac Abbey. A programme devoted to the Middle Ages includes Patrick Boucheron, Dialogos and ApotropaïK, while Claire Lefilliâtre, Cristina Branco and Les Réveillés appear elsewhere in the festival. Classical repertoire and different vocal traditions meet within the abbey’s historic spaces.
De Londres à Edimbourg in Bourges: Historical Celtic Music
Florence Bolton and Benjamin Perrot bring La Rêveuse’s De Londres à Edimbourg programme to Bourges. The duo works with English music from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, moving between traditional repertory and composed music. The concert is presented in connection with Noirlac’s Nouvelles Traversées festival.
Choir Workshop in Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre: Music Exploration
Gwennaëlle Lemaire-Debarnot leads a choral workshop for Les Milliaires in Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre. The theme Alliances spans repertoire from the Middle Ages to the present, selected with the conductor. Group teaching and sectional work lead towards a final concert, alongside the festival’s programme in George Sand country.
De Londres à Edimbourg in Plaimpied-Givaudins: Music Duo
La Rêveuse brings De Londres à Edimbourg to Plaimpied-Givaudins in collaboration with Noirlac. Florence Bolton and Benjamin Perrot perform English music from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Their programme follows exchanges between traditional and composed repertories as part of the Nouvelles Traversées festival’s wider activity.