la compagnie Chanout: “Les maîtres sonneurs

Compagnie Chanout approaches George Sand’s Les Maîtres Sonneurs as an illustrated musical reading in Gargilesse-Dampierre. Gallois provides the spoken narrative and an original bagpipe composition, performed by Tourny, binds the text to the sound world at the heart of the novel. Video animation made from drawn illustrations adds a visual layer without displacing the words or music. The combination is well matched to a story concerned with rural musicians, listening and the passage of knowledge between people. Bagpipe tone gives the performance a direct link to the folk culture Sand observed in Berry, while the drawings guide the imagination through place and character. By aligning narration, new music and moving image, the company offers a carefully constructed route into a country novel whose cultural life continues well beyond the page.