the festival will take place smiles Dominique Roy, rector of Troyes Cathedral. ” It was not easy to relaunch the festival after the health crisis “. Initially, the 12th edition of the Art & Spirituality festival should have taken place last year. The Covid-19 pandemic had forced them to stay. ” From June, we had thought about postponing it to 2022. It was approved in September. It was a gamble cause we didn’t know where we were going “, does not hide Mathilde Broquet, animator in pastoral.
A festival extended to Musical and Spiritual Encounters
This is one of the reasons why the organizers have chosen to concentrate it on four days and not on twelve as was the case in previous editions. ” We did it differently. The partners followed us. We wanted it shorter but we extended it to Musical and Spiritual Encounters around the cathedral organ. We didn’t want to take too many risks.. »
But there was an expectation on the part of the public and a need to be reassured. “
There are a lot of places where things have stopped for good. This is not our case. This 12th edition will therefore take place from June 16 to 19. ” The kick-off will be given by the inauguration of the exhibition “The Seven Days of Creation” by Betzy Castleman-Damez. She delivers her interpretation in seven paintings and will lead a conference and a meeting on the same theme during the summer.. It will be followed by a concert by the vocal ensemble Maurice-Emmanuel at Notre-Dame-des-Trévois, as is tradition. »
If the formula is tightened, the program promises to be rich, especially on Saturday when “We split the conferences and concerts, one part in Ervy and another in Chaource. We also wanted to be able to go outside the urban area to emblematic places. Ervy for its stained glass windows and Chaource for his organ.Knowing that in the evening, the cathedral of Troyes will also host the German Requiem
of Brahms. »
Tribute to the organ
Another novelty, on Sunday, in addition to the Alert concert, a family afternoon will be organized with discovery workshops in painting, pottery, collage, stained glass, a musical discovery with the children of the school of music and a musical tale about Saint-François d’Assise, in the gardens of Notre-Dame-en-l’Isle.
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The festival will find its extension with the Musical and Spiritual Encounters centered around the organ”, emphasizes Dominique Roy. “It is a tribute that we pay to this instrument, which should stop playing to go in restoration, fifty years after that of Gonzalez. »
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