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"Music-valley"
is the High valley of the river Allier, from the district of Brioude to the district of
Langeac, in the department of Haute Loire, Auvergne, southern France.
The music season
in the valley is a relaxed affair; the venues are mostly small, the
performers good - often top quality, but the prices reasonable - some
"give what you want", many less than 10 Euros, some a bit more. Only
the full concerts in the basilica at Brioude are a bit higher (26 Euros
in 2009). This is a fringe without a festival, a summer of music for pleasure, organised by musicians and cultural associations.
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Programme
of
events 2010: Over 45 concerts ..........
► ►This programme is more or less complete; more events will be added if and when information is received from
the various organisers . All information is given for information purposes only, as provided by concert organisers.
Tickets: Except for concerts in Brioude and Lavaudieu (see "Concert organisers"
below) , tickets - when required - are not usually sold in
advance, but are available at the door. Many of the concerts are
free. Donations welcome.
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Photo: The Benjamin Braude quartet in concert at Lempdes, 2010
with Caroline Poncelet, second violin, Denis Cruysmans viola, et Gabriel Arias Luna, 'cello .
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in the Valley.... |
Concerts in June and July 2010
Saturday
19th June, Salle Polyvalente, St. Ilpize. 5 p.m.
Italian choral works,
with the Chorale An Dante, Le Puy
Directed by Colette Magnand-Descours
Saturday 26th June 2.30 p.m. Priory, Bournoncle St. Pierre
Harpsichord concert with Pascal Bertry. Works by Dandrieu, Couperin, Rameau, Balbastre. Concert for the inauguration of the restored Clunisian priory
Saturday 26th June 5.30 p.m Eglise
de St Ilpize.
Concert to celebrate the restoration of the harmonium. Pierre Astor, organist at St. Charles Cathedral, Saint Etienne.
Sunday 27th June; Lavaudieu Abbey
Vallée de Choeur vocal ensemble
Chants du monde, chants contemporains
Thursday 1st July : 6.30 pm Notre Dame de Laborie Darles church, Brioude
The Baroque en Val d'Allier musicians. Prelude to the summer concert season.
Tuesday 6th July, 9 p.m. Parish church, Paulhac.
Caedonia choir - 32 singers and a programme of sacred choral music. Entrance free.
Sunday 11th July 5 p.m. - Basilique St. Julien Brioude
Concert La Felice Concordia - French music from the age of Louis XIV - Organised by Musik Art
Monday 12th July; Lavaudieu Abbey
Violin and Piano recital Pierre & Ikuko Ivanovitch
Bach, Mozart Chopin. Organised by les Amis de Lavaudieu.
Friday 16 July; 9 pm Tapon chapel, St Ilpize
Piano recital: Roland Cuer - Chopin, Variations; Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor (Pathétique); organised by Art et Mélodie
Wednesday 21st July 8.30 pm Chapelle de Tapon
Duo Lorelei - piano and vocals. Tosti, Elgar, Dvorak, ...
Thursday
22 July, St Julien's Basilica, Brioude
Orchestre du Pays de Savoie, Programme Mozart.
Directed by Nicolas Chalvin, Soprano: Elizabeth Bailey.
Organised by Amis de la Basilique Saint Julien.
Thursday
22 July, 9 p.m; Abbatiale de Blesle:
Quatuor Adelys - string quartet. Concert of chamber music.
Haydn Op.74 The Rider ; Schubert - La jeune fille et la mort
Festival Musique sur un Plateau. (Guided visit of the abbey 8pm)
Friday
23 July 9 p.m. église d’Espalem
Programme Bach &
consorts and Mendelssohn
Artistic director:
Benjamin Braude
Rencontres musicales de Léotoing, chamber music
Saturday
24
July, 9 p.m; Eglise de St. Ilpize
Polysonn' vocal ensemble,
concert
organised by the Chatellenie de Saint Ilpize, with Musique sur un Plateau.
Saturday
24
July, Abbey of Lavoûte Chilhac 8 p.m.sharp.
Pan pipes, harp and organ.
Michel Tirabosco, panpipes, Nathalie Chatelain (Orchestre de Suisse Romande ) harp, - Jean-Marie Reboul (Pianist at the Conservatoire de Paris ) organ.
Sunday
25 July 5 p.m. église de Lempdes sur Alagnon
Programme, Schubert
Millaud, Beethoven
Artistic director:
Benjamin Braude
Rencontres musicales de Léotoing, chamber music
Wednesday 28th July , Eglise de Domeyrat 9 p.m.
Duo
Sostenuto, flute and guitar. Lalo, Sarasate, Albeniz, Ravel, Fauré
. Festival Musique sur un Plateau. (Guided visit at 8 pm)
Thursday 29th July Abbaye de Pebrac
Erell Quartet (violin, viola, cello, oboe) Entrance free.
Provisional programme: Krebs, Scarlatti, Schubert, Beethoven
Friday
30th July 9 p.m : Chapelle de Tapon
Concert of light orchestral music, including Lehar, Gounod.
by the Seven Roses,
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Friday 30th July : 9 p.m. Collégiale St. Gal, Langeac
Œuvres de Weber, Mozart, Beethoven
Varèse string quartet with Laurence Perry, clarinette
Organised by Odyssée Musicale en Haut Allier
Friday 30th July 9 p.m. Brioude, Halle aux Grains
Tango Los Lobos. Violin, Bandonneon, Double bass, Piano.
Festival Musique sur un Plateau.
Saturday 31st July 9 p.m. Château de Paulhac, nr Brioude.
Ephraim Laor - piano recital
Works by Chopin and Schumann
Saturday 31st July Priory, Bournoncle St. Pierre
Quatuor Quartbone, Trombone quartet. Concert organised by Musique sur un Plateau. (Guided visit of the priory at 8 pm.) .
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Concerts
in August 2010
Monday 2nd August , 8.30 pm, Eglise, Mazeyrat
Violin evening with Clara Abou Julie Géhan-Rodriguez, & Emmanuel François Works by Bartok, Dvorak, Martinu. Free.
Organised by Odyssée Musicale en Haut Allier
Tuesday 3rd August, 8.30 pm, Abbaye, Lavoûte-Chilhac
Polygônes
Ensemble – Clara Abou & Julie Géhan-Rodriguez, violin,
Emmanuel François, viola, Guillaume Artus, cello, Charlène Deschamps,
flûte, Valentin Favre, clarinet, Roberta Inglese, harp. Works by Ravel, Debussy, Mozart, Britten.
Organised by Odyssée Musicale en Haut Allier
Wednesday
4 August - 8.30 pm Chapelle de Tapon
Ensemble Sagittarius, London.
Directed by
Alan Armstrong. .
Concert of neo classical music. Hindemith, Tippett, Barber, Milhaud.
with Joseph Spooner (cello)
Wednesday 4th August, 8.30 pm, Abbaye, Chanteuges
Julie
Moulin-Agnès Clément duo, flute & harpe, an exploration of European
folklore – Dohnanyi, Ibert, Canteloube, De Falla, Bartok. Entrance free. Organised by Odyssée Musicale en Haut Allier
Thursday 5th August, 8.30 pm, Collégiale St-Gal, Langeac
Odysseus
string ensemble . Masterpieces of chamber music – Schubert,
Tchaikovsky. Free Organised by Odyssée Musicale en Haut Allier.
Friday
6th August - 9 p.m. Basilique St Julien, Brioude
Ensemble Sagittarius, London.
Directed by
Alan Armstrong
Duruflé Requiem Op 9 for choir, organ & strings.
Gavin Roberts (organ) , Joseph Spooner (cello), Clare Hoskins (oboe),
Friday 6th August Lavaudieu Abbey
Quattuor Bell'Arte string quartet
Telemann, Bach, Quantz; Mozart, Komitas.
Organised by les Amis de Lavaudieu
Friday 6th August 8.30 pm- Abbaye de Chanteuges
Concert Accordeon Classique – Nihad Hrustanbegovic: classical, jazz, world music
Saturday 7th August, 8.30 pm, Eglise, Vieille-Brioude
Odysseus chamber orchestra . Works by Vivaldi, Bach, Molter.
Organised by Odyssée Musicale en Haut Allier
Saturday 7th August - 8.30pm Eglise de
Josat
Ensemble
Sagittarius, London. Directed by
Alan Armstrong. .
Concert of neo classical music.
Hindemith, Tippett, Barber
Sunday
8th
August 9 pm. - Parish church, Paulhac
Violin and piano concert by musicians from Russia.
Sunday
8th
August 6.30 p.m; Eglise de St. Ilpize
Concert
Haut Allier choir, directed by Gérard Sapet, organised by the
Chatellenie de Saint Ilpize.
Monday 9th August 9 pm. Collégiale St Laurent d'Auzon.
Ensemble
Saint Stanislas. Isabelle Szota, soprano, Bougmila Bougmila
Gizbert-Studnicka harpsichord. Festival Baroque d'Auvergne.
Monday 9th August at 8.30 pm - église de Venteuges
Concert Baroque en Val d'Allier - Soprano, recorders, oboe, violin, cello & harpsichord. with Michal Okon et Anda Martin
Thursday 12th August, 8.30 p.m; Chapel, Tapon, St Ilpize
Concert "Mishaped Pearls",
London - acoustic folk-classical
Manuela Schuette - vocals Ged Flood - guitar, mandolin
'Astonishing' - Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music
Friday
13th August, 9 p.m St. Julian's Basilica, Brioude
Orchestre d'Auvergne, Director Arie van Beek, with Amaury Coeytaux, violin. Programme Brahms, Sarasate, Saint-Saens.
Organised by Amis de la Basilique Saint Julien.
Friday
13th August Collégiale church Langeac
The
Chabounia family from Belarus, with Richard Soignon, ténor. Vocals,
violin, piano. A remarkable family ensemble from the Minsk Opera
and the Minsk conservatory. Organised by Art et Mélodie.
Saturday 14th August ; église de Vieille Brioude
The
Chabounia family from Belarus, with Richard Soignon, ténor. Vocals,
violin, piano. A remarkable family ensemble from the Minsk Opera
and the Minsk conservatory. Organised by Art et Mélodie.
Thursday 19th August, 5 p.m; Eglise de St Ilpize
Programme de musique baroque
Flute, oboe and sopranos. with Michal Okon et Anda Martin
Sunday
22nd August, afternoon, collégiale church, Langeac
Concert
with the Baroque en Val d'Allier ensemble
Soprano, recorders, oboe, violin, cello and harpsichord. With Michal Okon et Anda Martin
Wednesday
25th August 9 p.m. St. Julian's Basilica,
Brioude
La Chaise Dieu
festival concert Les Solistes de Lyon, Director Bernard Tetu. Dvorak, Stabat Mater
Thursday 26th August , 6 p.m. - Brioude, Place aux Herbes
La Chaise Dieu
festival free concert : Tuba quartet
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Other
musical activities:
Sunday 4th July
morning, Lavoûte Chilhac
Traditional Notre Dame Trouvée Procession,
followed by the Mass for choir and orchestra by LB Est during the
church service.
Tuesday 20th July & Friday 23rd July Evenings
Hotel Domaine Saint Roche, Salzuit
Musical moments in the château's Salons
20th July: Duo Lorelei
23rd July: Les Musiciens de Cythère: a trio of renaissance instruments. Triple harp, viol and flutes
Monday 23rd - Friday 27th August,
Langeac.
choral music workshop
and singing lessons with Michal
Okon, accompanied by Jacquelie Vallin , and
directed by
Maryvonne Gautier and Bernard Daniel.
Contact Bernard Daniel : baroque.val.allier [at] hotmail.fr
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Concert organisers - further information:
- Amis de la Basilique St Julien Brioude 06 43 90 91 98
- Amis de Lavaudieu 04.71.76.46.00 website
- Amis de Léotoing website
- Chatellenie de St Ilpize
- Association Art et Mélodie
- Association Musik'art Site
- Baroque en Val d'Allier
- Château de Paulhac 04 71 50 27 76
- Odyssée musicale en Val d'Allier Site
- Mairie de St. Ilpize
- Musique sur un Plateau website
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Musicians:
click here for information on performing
in
Music Valley
Musical
holidays in France: Music valley is not
tour-operator country. This is an area where you need to book your own
holiday, directly with a hotel, a gite or a b&b. Click here for ideas on places to
stay.
Or, out of season, just turn up and enquire at one of the Tourist
Information Offices.
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