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Programme
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Thursday 23rd August 2007
12 noon in Vézelay (Rencontres 's Place)
Opening of the Rencontres Musicales de Vézelay in music
4 pm at the collegiate church Avallon
Spanish polychoral music
The Arsys Bourgogne choir – conducted by Pierre Cao
Pierre Cao will offer a rare and exceptional journey in 17th century Spain. The splendours of Saint Mark’s Basilica in Venice had a great influence on the Spanish cathedral composers in their works making use of space, echo, the sounds and the subtleties of unique compositions. This is a repertory which is which we don’t often have the occasion to hear.
Arsys Bourgogne's biography Pierre CAO's biography purchase online 6 pm in Vézelay (Rencontres's Place)
Free concert : the vocal sextet Amarcord will take us on a journey in music from the Renaissance to famous songs of today, with charm, humour and a homogeneity that will take your breath away.
Amarcord's biography 9 pm in Vézelay (Sainte Marie-Madeleine Basilica)
Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis
The Czech Philharmonic choir from Brno and the Lorraine National Orchestra - conducted by Pierre Cao
Soloists :
Olga Pasichnyk, soprano - see biography
Marianne Beate Kielland, alto - see biography
Markus Schäfer, tenor - see biography
Hubert Claessens, bass - see biography
Beethoven’s greatest sacred work; a priceless historical and musical document. Rarely performed, its level of difficulty and its mineral beauty make each performance a unique event.
Brno philarmonic choir's biography purchase online
Friday 24th August 2007
4 pm in Asquins (Church)
Byzantine Orthodox Music
The University choir of Ias (Roumania) - conducted by Adrian Sarbu
We cannot talk of sacred music from faraway without mentioning the richness of the Orthodox repertory. The age-old Byzantine traditions will de presented by an exceptional Roumanian choir, which has been dedicated for many years to the diffusion of these mystical songs.
purchase online6 pm in Vézelay (Rencontres's Place)
Free concert : a vocal journey full of humour and different moods, and a guaranteed jazzy feeling with the group Indigo.
9 pm in Vézelay (Sainte Marie-Madeleine Basilica)
Vivaldi’s Gloria, Handel’s Dixit Dominus
conducted by Michel Corboz
This concert will be the chance to rediscover masterpieces of the choral repertory: Vivaldi’s Gloria and Handel’s Dixit Dominus, two enormous tableaux of Baroque music. This explosion of vocal and instrumental music will be under the leadership of a conductor who earned an international reputation mainly for his interpretation of these works.
Ensemble de Lausanne et Michel Corboz's biographies purchase online
Saturday 25th August 2007
4 pm in Saint-Père (Church)
Sacred music of today
Musicatreize Vocal ensemble – conducted by Roland Hayrabedian
Programme :
Olivier Messiaen - O sacrum convivium
Jean-Louis Florentz - Asmara
Francis Poulenc - Salve Regina
Jean-Louis Agobet - La Voix Claire
György Ligeti - Lux Aeterna
Jean-Marc Singier - Psaume 68/67 (creation)
Un brillant concert où alternent les chefs-d’œuvre de Messiaen, Poulenc et Ligeti avec ceux de la jeune génération si féconde, exécutés par un des tout premiers chœurs de musique contemporaine promu « ensemble de l’année » aux dernières Victoires de la musique classique.
Musicatreize and Roland Hayrabedian's biographies purchase online6 pm in Vézelay (Rencontres's Place)
Free Concert : using only their voices and percussion, the six male voices of Lo Còr de la Plana are going to rant and rave about all that can be given to hear in their town and the modern world, resonated in their traditional Occitan songs.
9 pm in Vézelay (Sainte Marie-Madeleine Basilica)
Handel’s Messiah
Arsys Bourgogne choir and Les Folies Françoises
conducted by Pierre Cao
Soloists :
Hendrickje Van Kerckhove, soprano - see biography
Robin Blaze, alto - see biography
Markus Schäfer, tenor - see biography
Kay Stiefermann, bass - see biography
The heights of Handel’s artistry, the oratorio The Messiah soon became one of the symbols of sacred vocal art. Following the success gained on the European scene by Pierre Cao and the Arsys Bourgogne choir, this performance at Vézelay is already being anticipated to be one of the most intense moments of les 2007 Rencontres.
Folies Françoises's biography purchase online
Sunday 26th August 2007
11 am in Vézelay (Sainte Marie-Madeleine Basilica)
The Arsys Bourgogne choir - directed by Pierre Cao
Musical participation at Mass in the Basilica
1 pm in Vézelay (Rencontres's Place)
Closing of les Rencontres Musicales
Don't miss...
Vézelay in the festival spirit !
During four days the village will be in the festival spirit. The magic of music, the magic of the setting, several encounters will be offered to the visitor every day in the streets and on the place Borot which will become la Place des Rencontres (Place of Encounters) for the length of the Festival:
- 11.30 am – 1 pm and 2.30 pm – 4 pm: itinerant traditional music in Vézelay between the Place du Champ de Foire and the Basilica square
- 6 pm : a vocal journey full of humour, different moods and a guaranteed jazzy feeling…whilst sampling a glass of ‘vezelian’ wine
Musical lectures / debates
Musicologists will give you some simple keys to better listening of the works that will be performed, illustrated by numerous musical examples.
- Lectures every day from 3 pm to 3.45 pm at the concert venue
- Debates with Pierre Cao, musicologists and performers. Every day, from 6.30 pm to 7.15 pm, in the narthex of the Basilica, preceding the 9 pm concert.
A course in choir conducting
A course of conducting of advanced level will take place within the context of the Rencontres
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