Performing Arts
Duke Orchestra : “Ellington French Touch”
During "Sites en Scènes", the Duke Orchestra, under the direction of Laurent MIGNARD, plays a large part of his album "Ellington French Touch" at the citadel of Château d'Oléron on August 8, 2013. With the singer and dancer Nicolle ROCHELLE.
A chance to rediscover the spirit of “The Duke” as perp...
Garden of Love
This documentary highlights the importance of sharing and miscegenation in musical creation, through accounts by reggae musicians.
For over 15 years, the Sakifo Music Festival has drawn thousands of spectators to the most beautiful sites on the island of Reunion.
Thanks to the trust placed in him ...
Henri Dutilleux : Ainsi la nuit (Thus the Night)
Composed between 1971 and 1977, Henri Dutilleux wrote this string quartet in memory of the American art-lover Ernest Sussman. It is comprised of seven sections, first created in isolation and then linked by "parentheses". This unique quartet illustrates the concept of memory through the principle of...
Henri Dutilleux, MystÈre de l’instant
Dutilleux has proposed to seize the moment to organize musical time differently.
The word "mystery" should be understood in its broadest sense, without excluding its spiritual resonance. As sometimes said Henri Dutilleux, the act of writing music is similar to a ceremony, "with its mystery and magic...
JORDI SAVALL : Balkans, the land of Honey and Blood
As part of the 9th Music and History Festival for intercultural dialogue, under the direction of Jordi SAVALL, Hespèrion XXI and musicians and singers from Southern Europe revisit the musical heritage of the Balkans with a program built around the cycles of life.
With notably the singers Gürsoy D...
JORDI SAVALL : FROM EAST TO WEST, tribute to Syria
The 9th Fontfroide Festival directed by Jordi Savall at the Abbaye de Fontfroide ,“Music and History for an Intercultural Dialogue”. Exceptional concerts and privileged moments of emotion and conversation with musicians from all around the world.
ORIENT & OCCIDENT, Concert homage t...
JORDI SAVALL : Northern Europe 1714-1788
The 9th Fontfroide Festival directed by Jordi Savall at the Abbaye de Fontfroide ,“Music and History for an Intercultural Dialogue”. Exceptional concerts and privileged moments of emotion and conversation with musicians from all around the world.
NORTHERN EUROPE 1714 – 1788, Concert recorde...
JORDI SAVALL: ROYAL FANTASIES at the time of the wars of the three kingdoms
As part of the 9th Music and History Festival for intercultural dialogue, Hespérion XXI, under the direction of Jordi SAVALL, performs "Royal Fantasies in the Time of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms", a string ensemble on the 30 years of conflicts which marked the English court in the 17th century.
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JORDI SAVALL: Southern Europe 1541-1614
The 9th Fontfroide Festival directed by Jordi Savall at the Abbaye de Fontfroide ,“Music and History for an Intercultural Dialogue”. Exceptional concerts and privileged moments of emotion and conversation with musicians from all around the world.
SOUTHERN EUROPE 1541-1614 , Concert recorded...