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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 (28 Euros
in 2010). This is a fringe without a festival, a summer of music for
pleasure, organised by musicians and cultural associations.
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Provisional
programme
of
events 2011:
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This programme is ongoing;
details will be added as and when the concert organisers provide them
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.
Archives:
Full
programme from 2010
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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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Concerts in April May June and
July
2011
Sunday 27 March 17h Mairie de Langeac
Concert with the Baroque en Val d'Allier ensemble
Michal Okon and Anda Péléka soprani Maryvonne Gautier recorder
Andrée
Thomas violin, Murielle Terme cello, Jacqueline Vallin harpsichord.
From Carissimi and Monteverdi to Corette and Jean Chrétien Bach,
A very varied programme of baroque music.
Saturday 16th April
8.30
pm Abbaye de Lavoûte Chilhac
Concert by L’Avant Garde
langeadoise - Brass band with woodwind. (Dress rehearsal for their appearance in Prague)
Free
Sunday 15th May
4 pm Basilique St Julien,
Brioude
The Minsk male
voice choir (8 singers ) "VOX Belarus"
Concert in favour of the victims of Chernobyl.
Entrance 12 €
Thursday 26th May
Hotel Saint Roch,
Salzuit
Capital Duo, New York - Hillary and Duncan Cumming, violin and piano,
Schubert: Sonatina in D Major (D 384), Beethoven: Sonata No 1 (Op 12 No 1), Dvorak: Sonatina Op 100
Friday 27h May Abbaye de Lavoûte Chilhac
Capital Duo, New York - Hillary and Duncan Cumming, violin and piano,
Schubert: Sonatina in D Major (D 384), Beethoven: Sonata No 1 (Op 12 No 1), Dvorak: Sonatina Op 100
Saturday
28th May 6 pm
Abbaye de Lavoûte Chilhac
Concert: Lavoute Chilhac children's choir, and the Chants Do
Ré singers (Lavoûte Chilhac).
Free
Sunday
19th june 11.30
am Eglise
de Saint-Cirgues
Choral concert: the Chants Do Ré singers.
Free
Monday 4th July at 9 pm. – Lavaudieu -Cloître
Dido and Aeneas - Opéra by Henry Purcell
Petit Choeur de Musicologie de St Étienne and the Ensemble Turina.
Preceded by les sept chansons de Poulenc
with the After Eight octet. Tarif: 30 € Reduced rate 20€
Organised by Vallis Dei - les Amis de Lavaudieu
Sunday 10th July, 4 pm Basilique St Julien, Brioude
Canto Général Auvergne choir - Clermont Ferrand
Concert of negro spirituals
Directed by Anne-Marie Lerche - Piano Hiroko Maruyama
Also Hispanic songs by the Canto Chile male voice ensemble.
Tickets: 10 Euros - a&vailable at the door.
Saturday 16th July; 9 pm Chapelle de Tapon, Saint Ilpize
Piano recital - Roland Cuer
Organised by the Mairie de Saint Ilpize
Thursday 21st July ; 9 pm Collégiale Saint Laurent - Auzon
Programme of chamber music
Beethoven Quatuor n°6 - Opus 18, Vivaldi The Four Seasonss
Adélys string quartet
7th Festival Musique sur un Plateau
Friday 22nd July - Chapel, Tapon
The Martineau Singers - Dorking Angleterre
Programme of choral music - Baroque to 20th century
Friday 22nd July 9 p.m.
église d’Espalem
Programme: Beethoven - Quatuor for strings no 15 op 132 in A minor
Direction Benjamin
Braude
Rencontres musicales de Léotoing, chamber music
Saturday
23rd
July, Abbey of Lavoûte Chilhac 8.30 p.m.sharp.
Pan pipes, harp and organ.
Michel Tirabosco, (international soloist) panpipes, Nathalie
Chatelain (Orchestre de Suisse Romande )
harp, - Jean-Marie Reboul (Pianist at the
Conservatoire de Paris ) organ. Entrance free
Saturday
23rd
July, Halle aux Grains, Brioude, 9 pm
Baermann Sextet - "From Vivarais to Lithuania" Musical tales.
Clarinet sextet. - works by Haendel, Khatchaturian, Mozart, Ellington, Mendelssohn, Piazzolla .
7th Festival Musique sur un Plateau
Sunday
24th July; 5
p.m.. église de Lempdes
sur Alagnon
Programme, Puccini, Verdi, Hugo Wolf, Tchaïkowski
Rencontres musicales de Léotoing, chamber music
Direction Benjamin
Braude
Wednesday 27th July; 9 pm St Pierre's Abbey - Blesle
Programme of chamber music for organ and oboe
Couperin, Bellini, Rheinberger, Grieg, Fauré, Dorati.
Oboe: Olivier Rousset, Organ: Marie-Ange Leurent
7th Festival Musique sur un Plateau.
Friday 29th July; 9 pm Château de Chavaniac-Lafayette
Programme of chamber music with the Cassiopée Quintet
Prokoviev - Peter and the Wolf
Oboe:
Vincent Arnoult, French horn: Pierre Remondiere, Flute: Boris
Grelier, Clarinet: Julien Chabod, Bassoon Guillaume Bidar
7th Festival Musique sur un Plateau.
Saturday 30th July ; 9 pm Château de Domeyrat
Quatuor Erell, Soprano and actors
"A summer's night" French odes to love
Berlioz, Dorneau, Debussy, Massonneau, Grosset-Grange.
Soprano:
Isabelle Fremau, Oboe: Olivier Rousset, Violin: Florence Rousset,
Viola: Claire Rousset, Cello: François-Marie Lhuissier
7th Festival Musique sur un Plateau.
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Concerts
in August September & October 2011
Wednesday 3rd August - Abbaye d'Auzon
Concert choir and orchestra - Monteverdi, Schutz.
Ensemble Sagittarius, London, directed by Alan Armstrong.
Friday 5th August - Eglise de Blasssac
Concert choir and orchestra - Monteverdi, Schutz.
Ensemble Sagittarius, London, directed by Alan Armstrong.
Saturday 6th August - Chapelle Saint Roch, Salzuit
Concert choir and orchestra - Monteverdi, Schutz.
Ensemble Sagittarius, London, directed by Alan Armstrong.
Sunday 7th August ; Eglise de Saint Ilpize
Choral concert
Organised by the Friends of Saint Ilpize
Tuesday 9th August, 9 pm – Eglise de Lavaudieu
Piano recital for four hands
Cédric Boyer and Emmanuel Pélaprat
Programme Mozart, Debussy, Ravel, Brahms
Entrance : 20€ - Reduced rate : 15€
Thursday 11th August ; Chapelle de Tapon, Saint Ilpize
Concert by Misshaped Pearls , London
Modern baroque music
Friday 12th August 9
pm Abbaye de Lavoûte Chilhac
Jean
Claude Borelly and his musicians - Music for the trumpet
Réservations and information phone 0471 74 88 19.
Tuesday
16th August, 9 pm Basilique
St Julien, Brioude
Orchestre d'Auvergne, Director Arie van Beek, with Jean Marie
Trotereau, cello.. Programme Vivaldi - concertos for stringss,
Haydn Concerto in B major for cello and orchestra HOBVIIb:1,
Tchaikowski Souvenir of Florence.
Wednesday
24th August 8.30 pm Basilique
St. Julien, Brioude
Music for choir and orchestra
Misere d'Allegri and motets by Grandi, Trombetti, Corso
with the
A Sei Voci vocal quintet, the Aria Voce vocal octet, and the
Lachrimæ Consort directed by P Le Corf.
Concert under the auspices of
the La Chaise Dieu festival
Thursday 25th August 6 pm Place aux Herbes
Brioude
Wind quintet - "Le concert
impromptu"
Free concert under
the auspices of the La Chaise Dieu festival
Sunday
2nd October 4 pm Abbaye
de Lavoûte Chilhac
Gathering of Auvergne Choirs - Some twenty choirs from the Auvergne region
Free concert.
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Other
musical activities:
Sunday 3rd July
morning, Lavoûte Chilhac
Traditional Notre Dame Trouvée Procession,.
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Concert organisers - further
information:
- 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
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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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