Please note:  'Vézelay en Musique', traditional music performed by roving players every day, from the Place du Champs de Foire to the Place Borot, which we have renamed Place des Rencontres for the occasion, from 11:30 to 12:30 and from 14:30 to 15:30.

Thursday 24th August 2006

12:00 in Vézelay (Basilica forecourt)
Opening ceremony of the 2006 Rencontres Musicales de Vézelay

15:00 in Avallon (Collégiale Saint-Lazare)
Musicological conference on the 16:00 concert with musicologists Guy Gosselin and Nicolas Dufetel

16:00 in Avallon (Collégiale Saint-Lazare)
Zefiro and Arsys Bourgogne, conducted by Alfredo Bernadini
Michael Haydn:  Missa Sancti Hieronymi (Arsys Bourgogne's first performance)
Druschetzky:  Mass in B flat
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18:00 in Vézelay (Place Borot) - entry free
Les Grandes Gueules - Absolut jazz vocal
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18:30 in Vézelay (Narthex of the Basilica)
Round table discussion with Pierre Cao, the musicologists Guy Gosselin and Nicolas Dufetel and the musicians.

21:00 in Vézelay (Basilica)
Arsys Bourgogne and Stradivaria, conducted by Pierre Cao
Philippe Schoeller:  Spiritus Amadeus (Première)
Mozart:  Requiem
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15:00 in Asquins (Eglise Saint-Jacques)
Musicological conference on the 16:00 concert with musicologists Guy Gosselin and Nicolas Dufetel

16:00 in Asquins (Eglise Saint-Jacques)
Les Paladins, conducted by Jérôme Corréas
Hasse, Galuppi, Jommeli, Traetta:  Italian virtuoso motets
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18:00 in Vézelay (Basilica) - entry free
Arsys Bourgogne Soloists, conducted by Pierre Cao
Vespers for Saint Mary Magdalene (to mark their recent CD recording)
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19:00 in Vézelay (Narthex of the Basilica)
Conference after the Vespers concert (to mark the recent CD recording), 
with Pierre Cao, the musicologists Guy Gosselin and Nicolas Dufetel and the musicians.

21:00 in Vézelay (Basilica)
Stuttgart Chamber Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Frieder Bernius
Michael Haydn:  Requiem
Mozart:  Vesperae Solonnes de Confessore)
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15:00 in Saint-Père (Notre Dame Church)
Musicological conference on the 16:00 concert with musicologists Guy Gosselin and Nicolas Dufetel

16:00 in Saint-Père (Notre Dame Church)
Les Folies Françoises, directed by Patrick Cohen-Akenine
Mozart:: Church sonatas and arias
Boccherini:  Stabat Mater
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18:00 in Vézelay (Place Borot) - entry free
Les Grandes Gueules - Vocal Extrême
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18:30 in Vézelay (Narthex of the Basilica)
Round table discussion with Pierre Cao, the musicologists Guy Gosselin and Nicolas Dufetel and the musicians

21:00 in Vézelay (Basilica)
Arsys Bourgogne and Stradivaria, conducted by Pierre Cao
Salieri:  Mass in D Major
Mozart:  Coronation Mass (first performance by Arsys)
Motets - Misericordias Domini, Ave Verum Corpus, Church sonata KV329 in C Major
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