Samedi 28 juillet 2012
Small Churches, Grand Music!
The day begins with everyone attending an opening concert
in Mareuil-sur-Belle
before breaking into smaller groups to discover the charm offive intimate churches and the magic of five different musical programs.
In the 12th century, Mareuil-sur-Belle was one of Périgord's four baronies
(the other three were Beynac, Bourdeilles and Biron),
but was pillaged by the English in the 14th century.
The ruined 12th century Château-de-Mareuil was finally restored in 1964.
Neolithic and Gallo-Roman remains (including a mosaic)
have been discovered in and around the town.
Architecture around Mareuil:
Romanesque Church of St-Pardoux-de-Mareuil (12th century);
ruins of Saint-Priest-de-Mareuil church (12th century);
38 Châteaux in the canton.
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9h45 CONCERT D'ACCEUIL
CORNET: Fantasia en sol Majeur
ANONIMO: Tiento en sol mineur
BUXTEHUDE: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern en sol Majeur, BuxWV 223
BACH: Pastorale en Fa Majeur, BWV 590
Ton KOOPMAN, orgue
Ton KOOPMAN
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10h30 - Départ de l'Itinéraire
which leads us over the soft rolling countryside, through old villages.....
passing countless Chateaux, Castles and Manor houses;
old farms, country gardens, small forests, sunflower fields......
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From church to church - from concert to concert....
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11h – 12H15 – 15h – 16h15 – 17h30 > ÉGLISE DE CONNEZAC
LA CINQUIEME CORDE
BACH - Suite pour violoncelle N°6 en ré Majeur, BWV 1012
The sixth cello suite by Bach differs from the others
as it was written for an instrument with an extra 'E' string on the top.
This string allows to move more easily into the higher tegister,
with light-hearted joy and giving an interesting gamba-like timbre.
Piroska Baranyay is a young Hungarian virtuos
who bring all his brilliance to his interpretation of this master piece.
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11h – 12H15 – 15h – 16h15 – 17h30 > ÉGLISE DES GRAULGES
In the 17th Century Violin virtuosos originated from the extreme North
as well as the extreme South of the German speaking land.
These musicians traveled and played in Hambourg, Luebeck, in the North of Germany
down to South to Vienna in Austria, for example.
as well as the extreme South of the German speaking land.
These musicians traveled and played in Hambourg, Luebeck, in the North of Germany
down to South to Vienna in Austria, for example.
NORD-SUD : MUSIQUE DES CONFINS DE L’ESPACE
ALEMANIQUEENSEMBLE COLCANTO
Manfred MITTERBAUER, basse
Christiane GAGELMANN, violon
Barbara Julia REITER, violoncelle
Bernhard PRAMMER, orgue positif
BIBER : Nisi Dominus - Sonate 12 L’Ascencion
BUXTEHUDE : Auf meinen lieben Gott, Bux WV179
BRUHNS : Cantate Mein Herz ist bereit
BRUHNS: Mein Herz ist bereit.....
Nicolaus Bruhns (Nikolaus, Nicholas) (late 1665 – 29 March 1697)
was a German organist, violinist, and composer.
He was one of the most prominent organists and composers of his generation.
was a German organist, violinist, and composer.
He was one of the most prominent organists and composers of his generation.
Although he had a short life and wrote very little music that survives,
Nicolaus Bruhns is considered important in the development of North German Baroque music
for bringing a new virtuosity to his vocal writing.
The Bruhns family was among the musical dynasties that one encounters
all over the history of German music in the 1600s.
The Bruhns lived in northern Germany and southern Denmark.
Paul Bruhns (d. 1655) was a lutenist who had three musical sons, of whom the middle, also named Paul,
was Nicolaus' father. Paul the Younger got a musical job in Schwabstedt by marrying the daughter of the town organist there and inherited it. (This was a common practice in the area at the time.)
When Nicolaus showed uncommon musical talent at an early age, Paul sent him to live with Paul's younger brother, Peter, in Lübeck, a town with a livelier musical life and, hence, better teachers.
Primary among them was the great organist Dietrich Buxtehude, who considered Nicolaus his best pupil. Nicolaus also studied violin with his uncle Peter.
Nicolaus Bruhns is considered important in the development of North German Baroque music
for bringing a new virtuosity to his vocal writing.
The Bruhns family was among the musical dynasties that one encounters
all over the history of German music in the 1600s.
The Bruhns lived in northern Germany and southern Denmark.
Paul Bruhns (d. 1655) was a lutenist who had three musical sons, of whom the middle, also named Paul,
was Nicolaus' father. Paul the Younger got a musical job in Schwabstedt by marrying the daughter of the town organist there and inherited it. (This was a common practice in the area at the time.)
When Nicolaus showed uncommon musical talent at an early age, Paul sent him to live with Paul's younger brother, Peter, in Lübeck, a town with a livelier musical life and, hence, better teachers.
Primary among them was the great organist Dietrich Buxtehude, who considered Nicolaus his best pupil. Nicolaus also studied violin with his uncle Peter.
read more here
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11h – 12H15 – 15h – 16h15 – 17h30 >
ÉGLISE D’ARGENTINE – LA ROCHEBEAUCOURT
The ancient church a mixture of 11th, 12th and 14th Centuries,
still exists today and has been renovated recently after a century and a half or more of neglect.
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OH! SOLITUDE
PURCELL : Chants et musique instrumentale
Ah! how pleasant ‘t is to love - Oh! solitude -
Allemande en ré mineur Still i’m shishing - Musick for a while -
The plaint - A ground en ré mineur - An evening hymn
Allemande en ré mineur Still i’m shishing - Musick for a while -
The plaint - A ground en ré mineur - An evening hymn
Nicolas ACHTEN, baryton et harpe triple
Nicholas Achten is today one of the rare classical singers
to accompany himself on different instruments based on historical practise.
This program of Purcell's music lets us appreciate the talent of this great artist
who still excites the enthusiasm of the public.
Born in Brussels in 1985, Nicolas Achten studied singing, theorbo,
harpsichord and triple harpa at the Royal Conservatoires of Brussels and The Hague.
At the same time, he completed his training at the Académie Européenne d’Ambronnay,
at the Centre de la Voix at Royaumont, as well as in various masterclasses.
In 2006, he won the Price of Printemps Baroque du Sablon
at the 7th International Baroque Singing Competition in Chimay.
harpsichord and triple harpa at the Royal Conservatoires of Brussels and The Hague.
At the same time, he completed his training at the Académie Européenne d’Ambronnay,
at the Centre de la Voix at Royaumont, as well as in various masterclasses.
In 2006, he won the Price of Printemps Baroque du Sablon
at the 7th International Baroque Singing Competition in Chimay.
Since 2004 he has appeared regularly with various early music ensembles, such as l’Arpeggiata (C.Pluhar), La Fenice (J.Tubéry), La Petite Bande (S.Kuijken), Ausonia (M.Glodeanu and F.Haas), Les Agrémens, Akadêmia (F.Lasserre), Les Talents Lyriques (C.Rousset), Il Fondamento (P.Dombrecht)
and Les Musiciens du Louvre (M.Minkowski).
more hereand Les Musiciens du Louvre (M.Minkowski).
His interest in the vocal music of the 17th century led him to create the ensemble Scherzi Musicali; alongside other instrumentalists and singers, he aims to revive the practice of singing whilst accompanying himself on the theorbo, harp and harpsichord. Their debut recording of Caccini’s l’Euridice was released in autumn 2008 on the Belgian Ricercar label, and has been unanimously praised by the critics.
Nicolas Achten is a visiting professor at the University of East Anglia and at the Flanders Operastudio.
Purcell - An Evening Hymn
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"straw and order"
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right next to old houses with Renaissance facades....
...being stuck in a rural traffic jam!
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"straw and order"
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right next to old houses with Renaissance facades....
...being stuck in a rural traffic jam!
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ÉGLISE DE SAINT-PARDOUX-DE-MAREUIL
11h – 12H15 – 15h – 16h15 – 17h30
KOMM, LIEBE ZITHER, KOMM
Bettina PAHN, soprano
Tini MATHOT, piano forte
HAYDN : Cupido - Die Verlassene - Die zu späte Ankunft der Mutter ZELTER : Beruhigung - Neue Liebe, neues Leben - Abendlied MOZART: Rondo in la mineur, KV511 - Andante - Komm, liebe Zither, komm, KV351 - Des kleinen Friedrichs Geburtstag, KV529 - Als Lusie die Briefe ihres ungetreuen - Liebhabers verbrannte, KV520 - Sehnsucht nach dem Frühlinge, KV 596
Mozart - Komm liebe Zither komm...
Summer Pastoral
by Francois Boucher, 1749
Abendlied Mozart - Rondo KV511
The Lied with piano originated in the 18th Century;
in Berlin, based on poems written by Goethe for Zelter
and in Vienna with Mozart and Haydn.
If Mozart thought of them as simple happy pieces,
we regard them as small works of genial inspiration.
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Carl Friedrich Zelter
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Carl Friedrich Zelter, 1758 - 1832
As a composer, Carl Friedrich Zelter is best known for his Lieder,
particularly those that are settings of poems by his close friend Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
But Zelter's greatest contribution may have been as a music educator:
he was a key figure in the movement to establish public-supported music instruction in Germany.
Zelter was born on December 11, 1758, in Berlin. He showed musical talent as a child, teaching himself to play piano, violin, and other instruments; nevertheless, he prepared for a career as a mason, like his father. At the age of 14 he became a master mason and four years later took control of his father's masonry business. That same year (1787) he married. read more here
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KOMM, LIEBE ZITHER, KOMM
Bettina PAHN, soprano
Tini MATHOT, piano forte
HAYDN : Cupido - Die Verlassene - Die zu späte Ankunft der Mutter ZELTER : Beruhigung - Neue Liebe, neues Leben - Abendlied MOZART: Rondo in la mineur, KV511 - Andante - Komm, liebe Zither, komm, KV351 - Des kleinen Friedrichs Geburtstag, KV529 - Als Lusie die Briefe ihres ungetreuen - Liebhabers verbrannte, KV520 - Sehnsucht nach dem Frühlinge, KV 596
Mozart - Komm liebe Zither komm...
by Francois Boucher, 1749
Abendlied Mozart - Rondo KV511
The Lied with piano originated in the 18th Century;
in Berlin, based on poems written by Goethe for Zelter
and in Vienna with Mozart and Haydn.
If Mozart thought of them as simple happy pieces,
we regard them as small works of genial inspiration.
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Carl Friedrich Zelter
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As a composer, Carl Friedrich Zelter is best known for his Lieder,
particularly those that are settings of poems by his close friend Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
But Zelter's greatest contribution may have been as a music educator:
he was a key figure in the movement to establish public-supported music instruction in Germany.
Zelter was born on December 11, 1758, in Berlin. He showed musical talent as a child, teaching himself to play piano, violin, and other instruments; nevertheless, he prepared for a career as a mason, like his father. At the age of 14 he became a master mason and four years later took control of his father's masonry business. That same year (1787) he married. read more here
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...hundreds of years old tombstones.....
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ÉGLISE DE LA CHAPELLE-MONTABOURLET
11h – 12H15 – 15h – 16h15 – 17h30
LA RÊVEUSE
LES FESTES D’EUTERPE
Jean-Miguel ARISTIZABAL, clavecin
Thibaut ROUSSEL, théorbe
Mathilde VIALLE, violoncelle
MARAIS Livre III, suite en la mineur
Livre IV, suite d’un goût étranger
Livre II, Le Tombeau pour Monsieur Sainte-Colombe
Marin Marais's work marks the apotheosis of composition for the viola da gamba.
This programme brings together works from the most moving of the répertoire,
being among the Tombeau pour Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe or La Reveuse.
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Marin Marais (31 May 1656, Paris – 15 August 1728, Paris)
was a French composer and viol player.
He studied composition with Jean-Baptiste Lully, often conducting his operas,
and with master of the bass viol Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe for 6 months.
He was hired as a musician in 1676 to the royal court of Versailles.
He did quite well as court musician,
and in 1679 was appointed "ordinaire de la chambre du roy pour la viole", a title he kept until 1725.
He was a master of the basse de viol, and the leading French composer of music for the instrument.
He wrote five books of 'Pièces de viole' (1686-1725) for the instrument, generally suites with basso continuo.
These were quite popular in the court, and for these he was remembered in later years as
he who "founded and firmly established the empire of the viol" (Hubert Le Blanc, 1740).
His other works include a book of Pièces en trio (1692) and four operas (1693-1709),
Alcyone (1706) being noted for its tempest scene.
read more here
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Marin Marais (31 May 1656, Paris – 15 August 1728, Paris)
was a French composer and viol player.
He studied composition with Jean-Baptiste Lully, often conducting his operas,
and with master of the bass viol Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe for 6 months.
He was hired as a musician in 1676 to the royal court of Versailles.
He did quite well as court musician,
and in 1679 was appointed "ordinaire de la chambre du roy pour la viole", a title he kept until 1725.
He was a master of the basse de viol, and the leading French composer of music for the instrument.
He wrote five books of 'Pièces de viole' (1686-1725) for the instrument, generally suites with basso continuo.
These were quite popular in the court, and for these he was remembered in later years as
he who "founded and firmly established the empire of the viol" (Hubert Le Blanc, 1740).
His other works include a book of Pièces en trio (1692) and four operas (1693-1709),
Alcyone (1706) being noted for its tempest scene.
read more here
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A demain....with
the CONCERT DE CLOTURE in St. Astier
and
Baroque music at the court of Louis XIV, Versailles.
Sonnen(blumen)durchflutete Landschaft - altes Gemäuer und alte Musik - junge Musiker - junggebliebene Musik - Rosen und Stockrosen - blauer Himmel ...
ReplyDeletemit Musik dem Himmel so nah!
Liebe Grüße!
Franka
Genau so ist es hier, meine liebe Franka!
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Hello Karen
ReplyDeleteThank you for the beautiful excursion through Peringord region.
You images are so tempting and how fortunate you are to have such a festival
I am particularly taken by the voice of Nicholas Achten and his ensemble. Thank you for posting all this beautiful music. I shall keep listening to it as I work
You live in a beautiful civilized place
Helen xx
Karin it always amazes me how beautiful an area you live. To be surrounded by all that history is wonderful! I love the images of the field of sunflowers what a sight that must be in person. I'm going up to sew later and will play your musical seletions then.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your Sunday!
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Debra~
Maravilhosa viagem pela música .Parabéns .Muito obrigado .
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