The Bouche à Oreille restaurant is organising a concert evening on Saturday 26 July from 6pm. The programme includes not one but two concerts in the evening.
First concert at 6pm, in Simorre church, by the Chœur de l'Académie de l'Astarac. Then at 9.15pm, on the stage of the Bouche à Oreille, the Toulouse company Eranos will present its programme ‘Elisabeth songs’!
You can dine at the Bouche à Oreille from 8pm. Don't forget to book online.
Programme for the first part in the church: Chœur de l'Académie de l'Astarac, with rehearsals open to the public at 2 p.m. and performance of a programme on Bach at 6 p.m., with commentary by its conductor Christian Nadalet. Formed in 2017, the Académie choir is made up of 12 to 16 highly experienced singers, trained in vocal technique as well as music and style. The variable geometry of this formation offers varied programmes enabling these singers to tackle Renaissance polyphony as well as contemporary music.
Second act of the evening: at 9.15pm, on the Bouche à Oreille stage, the Toulouse-based Compagnie Eranos presents its programme ‘Elisabeth songs’: at the crossroads of Renaissance and Baroque England. "After repudiating his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII broke with papal authority to become the religious representative of his country. The divisions between Catholics and Protestants continued until the reign of Elizabeth I, who established relative political stability that benefited the development of the arts in the kingdom. It is therefore at the turning point of the Renaissance and the Baroque that our work is situated.
Second performance of the evening: at 9:15pm, on the Bouche à Oreille stage, the Toulouse-based company Eranos presents its programme ‘Elisabeth songs’: at the crossroads of the Renaissance and the Baroque in England. "After repudiating his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII broke with papal authority to become the religious representative of his country. The divisions between Catholics and Protestants continued until the reign of Elizabeth I, who established relative political stability that benefited the development of the arts in the kingdom. Our repertoire is therefore situated at the turning point between the Renaissance and the Baroque, at the crossroads of two worlds, one dictated by divine will, the other opening onto a modern society. Musical aesthetics are marked by these changes in perception. In the image of Elizabethan theatre, where languages meet and collide, we draw from traditional music the essence of a learned composition, from songs to baroque arias, where the profane and the sacred gracefully blend their expression."
The programme includes works by : Henry Purcell, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, John Bennet, Antony Holborn, Innocentio Albarti, Tobias Hume, William Corkine, John Dowland, Thomas Tallis, Thomas Ravenscroft.
