Programme
Editorials
Happy
birthdays !
Pierre Cao
Artistic Director
of Rencontres
 read the editorial
10 years
already...
Patrick Bacot
Chairman of
Arsys Bourgogne
read the editorial
Well done Arsys Bourgogne
François Patriat
Senator,
Chairman of Conseil
régional de Bourgogne
read the editorial
A corner
of eternity
Jean-Marie Rolland
Member of Parliament
of Yonne,
Chairman of Conseil général de l'Yonne
read the editorial |
|
Thursday 20th August 2009
 |
Arsys Bourgogne
Photo: François Zuidberg © |
|
16:00 in Avallon
Collegiate church
10 years
10 conductors
European sacred Music :
Poulenc, Verdi, Penderecki…
Arsys Bourgogne Choir
A strong symbol for this tenth anniversary : Pierre Cao, having tirelessly trained whole generations of orchestra and choir
conductors all over Europe, gives over the leadership of Arsys to the new generation for an exceptional concert. Together they will reconstitute the great tradition of “mosaic masses”, digging into the gems of choral repertory spanning the 19th to 21st centuries. A unique experience full of challenge for these 10 young conductors coming from all over the world.
purchase online tickets for this concert
18:00 in Vézelay
Place des Rencontres (free concert)
Chet Nuneta, world music
Witches, wild girls, mystical women, fairies, these collectors of song from all races reinvent our world, in the atmosphere of a Capverdian night, a Russian isba or an Arabian caravanserai… |
|
 |
| Georg Friedrich Haendel |
|
21:00 in Vézelay
Sainte-Marie-Madeleine Basilica
La Resurrezione by Handel
The monumental masterpiece by the young Handel
Collegium 1704 from Prague
Conducted by Vaclav Luks
Vocal virtuosity and instrumental brilliance will come together to perform La Resurrezione, the heart of the Christian
Mystery. Handel demonstrates here all his youthful fire, his extraordinary mastership and the dazzling palette of his art at the cutting edge of modernity. It is a key work for understanding the composer and his works, played exceptionally and symbolically in the basilica of Saint Marie-Madeleine, she who was to be the first witness of the Resurrection.
purchase online tickets for this concert
Friday 21st August 2009
 |
| Dorothee Mields et Chelycus © |
|
16:00 in Saint-Père
Notre-Dame church
Warlike and Amorous Passions
of the Baroque era
Cantatas, sonatas, motets :
Schütz, Buxtehude, Bach…
Dorothee Mields, soprano
Ensemble Chelycus
Conducted by Adrian Rovatkay
The expression of human passions is an essential element of baroque aesthetics. From Schütz to Buxtehude, not forgetting Johann-Christoph Bach, Steffani and Handel, of course, this programme will bring together two of the passions which are most put to music : love and war. Opposite but also complementary, they paint a clear image of the society and the rich age in which they came into being.
purchase online tickets for this concert
|
18:00 in Vézelay
Place des Rencontres (free concert)
Piccolo, humourous song
A musical trip with a sensitive view of the world, on the Whole lot : banks, T.V., the flight of time and its bruises. You will also come across Brassens, Mozart and Rita Mitsouko, the lot of it with caustic humour ! |
 |
| Peter Neumann © |
|
21:00 in Vézelay
Sainte Marie-Madeleine Basilica
Theodora by Handel
A masterpiece of sensuality
and religious introspection
Kölner Kammerchor
Collegium Cartusianum
Conducted by Peter Neumann
Homage given to Handel must include Theodora, the Christian oratorio that the composer considered as one of his best works. The masterpiece of a mature man, full of serenity and humanist affection, where his usual impressive dramatic force of expression merges in subtle fashion with joyful and youthful allusions.
purchase online tickets for this concert |
Saturday 22nd August 2009
 |
| Gothic Voices © |
|
16:00 in Asquins
Saint-Jacques Church
North European Marian Music
The magic of three pure voices,
singing praises to the Virgin Mary
Gothic Voices
The vaults of Asquins church seem to have been made for the sounding out of mystical and intimate songs in honour of the Virgin Mary. On the road to Santiago de Compostela, we can imagine the pilgrims of the middle Ages chanting their faith, and their soft meditations, voices interlacing filling the soul and the surroundings.
purchase online tickets for this concert
|
18:00 in Vézelay
Place des Rencontres (free concert)
Clara Luces, Cuban music
Five marvelous voices will take us on a journey into the universe of Cuban music ! Relive the feeling of the La Casa de la Trova, mythical concert venue in Santiago de Cuba, choral capital of the Caribbean. |
 |
Pierre Cao
Photo: Sébastien Boulard © |
|
21:00 in Vézelay
Sainte Marie-Madeleine Basilica
Israël in Egypt by Handel
Choral apotheosis
|
Broadcast live
on Radio Classique. |
Arsys Bourgogne Choir
Baroque de Séville Orchestra
Conducted by Pierre Cao
270 years after being created, Israel in Egypt remains one of the incomparable vestiges of utmost choral virtuosity. No more less than twenty eight choruses with dazzling mass effects mingled with contrast, bring grandeur and nobility to this piece. A last concert full of brio to close this double tenth anniversary celebration– that of the Rencontres Musicales and of Arsys. In partnership with the Chaise-Dieu Festival.
purchase online tickets for this concert |
Sunday 23rd August 2009
 |
| Photo: Bruno Adda © |
|
11:00 in Vézelay
Sainte Marie-Madeleine Basilica
Arsys Bourgogne will make
musical contributions to
Sunday Mass
|
And, as usual...
 |
Place des Rencontres
Photo: François Zuidberg © |
|
 |
| Photo: François Zuidberg © |
|
Free musical events
Vézelay celebrates !
During four days the village will be celebrating. Magical music, magical place, several encounters will be offered to the public every day in the streets and in the Borot square, which will become, during the festival, la Place des Rencontres :
11-30 a.m. – 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.: discover unusual Vézelay with a local guide and interpreter, accompanied by musicians.
4 p.m. – 6 p.m.: same programme on the same day as the concerts in Avallon, Asquins and Saint-Père. |
 |
| Photo: François Zuidberg © |
|
Introduction by musicologists
Increasing numbers of people take part in these introductions where musicologists give you simple keys, illustrated by numerous musical examples, to bring about better listening of the performed works.
- Musical presentation every day, from 3 p.m. – 3-45 p.m. at the venue of the 4 p.m. concert.
- Round table presented by a journalist, with the conductor of the evening concert, musicologists and artistes. Every day, from 6-30 p.m. to 7-15 p.m. in the narthex of the basilica for the 9 p.m. concert.
- Lecture "Handel and Romain Rolland" Saturday 22 August at 11 a.m. at the Zervos Museum. |
|
|
