O dulcissime Jesu, from Venice to Dresden, from Monteverdi to Schütz : Reformation and Counter-Reformation. Pieces for instrumental ensemble, Harpsichord and organ by H. Schütz, S. Scheidt, J.P. Sweelinck, D. Mazzochi, G. Frescobaldi and C. Monteverdi.
Musique sacrée et Orgue en Avignon, in partnership with the Festival d'Avignon, offer a cycle of concerts/readings to showcase the historic organs in Avignon and its area. For the 71st edition of the Festival, the spotlight will be on poems by Congolese writer Sony Labou Tansi, alternating with improvisations for organ and accordion and works for organ and flute by Claude Debussy, Jehan Alain, and André Jolivet, and a creation for organ by Nigerian composer Charles Uzor.
Distribution
Concerto Soave - Jean-Marc Aymes
Soprano María Cristina Kiehr
Viola da gamba Sylvie Moquet
Harpsichord, positive organ and direction Jean-Marc Aymes
Italian golden organ Kristian Olesen
Production
Co-production Musique Sacrée et Orgue en Avignon, Festival d'Avignon
In partnership with Mairie de Roquemaure, association des Amis de l'Orgue de Roquemaure, Mairie de Malaucène, association des Amis de l'Orgue de Malaucène, Festival des Choeurs Lauréats de Vaison-la-Romaine
