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FOR EVER FORTUNE: 18th century Scottish music
Devoted to the mysterious charms of traditional Scottish music, with its dance tunes, songs and “grounds”, this programme will appeal to both early and folk music fans. Convivial, everyday music, composed for dances, home entertainment or concerts as the circumstances dictated, taken from publicatio...
For the Children of Cambodia
This is the story of a love affair between a French couple, Sandra and Gilles, and a country, Cambodia. The pair gave up everything to devote their lives to helping Cambodian children. In this country, in which 30% of the population lives beneath the poverty line, children are the first to suffer, f...
FRED WESLEY – Jazz in Vienna
American trombonist and emblematic figure of funk Fred Wesley, plays the greatest hits by his band, Fred Wesley & The New JBs.
Known as “The world’s funkiest trombone player”, he made his name as James Brown’s musical director. He has also played with the Count Basie Orchestra, Ike and Tina Turner, ...
GRAND ODE TO SAINT CECILE, Henry Purcell – Ensemble La Fenice, Jean Tubéry
A pure masterpiece, “Hail! Bright Cecilia”, composed in celebration of Saint Cecilia, is also a wonderful representation of Purcell’s genius. Rich and varied, it’s a work within which the sacred and profane respectfully rub shoulders. As is often the case in Purcell’s music, euphoria is never very f...
HANDBAGS: THE WINDOW TO A WOMAN’S SOUL
Alone in front of the camera, women of all ages… open their handbags and their hearts to us! Confronted with themselves in an uncluttered space, this “off-loading” soon passes from the literal to the figurative.
“It’s not polite to look through a woman’s handbag”… Apart from house keys and money, th...
Haydn, “Sunrise” Quartet, Op.76, No. 4
The "Sunrise" quartet owes its name to the theme that begins the work: it evokes the special moment when the light shines forth beginning a new and inevitably joyous and unforgettable day, if we are to believe the dazzling acceleration of this quartet.
It is part of a group of six quartets, composed...
Hip-Hop: Battle of the World Champions
This programme combines 2 dance shows: brought together on the same stage, two international hip-hop dance groups, two giants of the battle scene: Pockemon Crew and Wanted Posse.
A shock operation in the world of hip-hop, this was a one off performance!
Created in Lyon, the Pockemon Crew shows a p...
HUNTERS SHEDS
Sheds to hide, to perch, to sleep in the middle of the forest, sheds on the shore or on the tree-tops, filled with inventions and devices that could find their place in the Smithsonian Institute. Log cabins, bobhouse, Scaffolding of woods, palombières hidden in the huge pine forest, look-out sheds ...
JORDI SAVALL – Rêves et Plaintes : la Rêveuse
After the unprecedented success of the music for the film "Tous les Matins du Monde" (more than a million copies of the soundtrack sold), and for our further delight, in this filmed concert, Jordi Savall, alone at the viol, plays a selection of pieces from the celebrated film by Alain Corneau.
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JORDI SAVALL : LUDI MUSICI, the spirit of song and dance
As part of the 5th Music and History Festival for intercultural dialogue, under the direction of Jordi SAVALL, Montserrat FIGUERAS, Marc MAUILLON and the musicians of the Hespèrion XXI ensemble perform works from the musical traditions of Italy, the Orient, from England, France, Germany and Spain. C...
