2024 Program
(subject to adjustments)
Les Rencontres de Rignac, 3rd edition
August 16 to 18, 2024
3 baroque concerts, a workshop, shared moments with the musicians,
and other entertainments from performing artists
> Friday August 16, 6:30pm <
Workshop “Singing For All” or “Circle Song”
Discover the pleasures of vocal improvisation, shared harmonies and rhythms. Led by professionnal singers, who facilitate your immersion into a unique moment of creating beauty together. A convivial opportunity to “let go”. A freeing and exhilarating experience!
An example >>>
> Saturday August 17, 11:30am <
Baroque Concert
Heather Newhouse : Soprano
Anthea Pichanick : Contralto
Pierre Baptiste Brioude: Theorbo
Concert in the church of Rignac
2 classical singers explore the most beautiful pages of the Baroque repertoire, accompanied by a small instrumental ensemble: theorbo & cello.
> Saturday August 17, 6:30pm <
An Apéro With Puppets!
Come All, grown-ups & small ones, for a lively puppet show!
> Sunday August 18, 11:30am <
“Comme un air de cantate”
Together with soprano Heather Newhouse, violinist & organist Emmanuelle Dauvin embarks their duet in a journey through arias and instrumental pieces for soprano, violin and bass: a poetic and intimate tribute to the music of J.S. Bach.
Beyond a historical practice, what the 2 musicians rediscover is the freedom of mind that the passionate and virtuoso artists of the Baroque era used to display.
Excerpts from J.S. Bach’s Cantatas, Sonatas & Partitas, and Organ Works; Bertrand de Bacilly’s Préludes d’Airs Spirituels.
> Sunday August 18, 6:30pm <
Cabaret Baroque at the Petit Rignac Café!
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“Ô FESTES CELESTES”, by Nysiak Duet Let’s go! Come and embark with us at the “Festes Célestes” Tavern. You’ll find plenty of food and drinks to satiate you!But you’ll also need to satisfy your other senses! That’s why the Nysia Duet, made up of perky lutenist Pierre-Baptiste Brioude and velvety singer Ariane Le Fournis, will accompany you on your repast with sweet songs… of love? They will deploy all their savoir-faire, in order to transport you to the pivotal period of the late Renaissance and early Baroque, where melodies range from the most sensual to the most lewd. You’ll hear airs à boire, chansons de rencontres, and airs de cour about love, tenderness and much more! All the burlesque of the era comes through in these tunes, where the most elevated subjects mix with the most trivial! The concert will be followed by a presentation of the instruments. We hope many of you will join us there… |
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