It should have taken place last year but the health crisis has gone through it, forcing Father Dominique Roy, rector of the cathedral to postpone the 12th edition of the Art & spirituality festival to 2022. As early as June, we had thought about postponing it. It was done in September. It was a gamble because we didn’t know where we were going. This is why, with Mathilde Broquet, lay pastoral animator, they have chosen to concentrate the festival over four days instead of the usual twelve. ” We wanted it shorter but we extended it to musical and spiritual encounters around the organ of the cathedral. »
Because even if their partners followed them in this 12th edition, “
we didn’t want to take any risks “. However, there were strong expectations from the public and a need to be reassured, given the state of cultural life over the past two years. “
There are a lot of places where things have stopped for good. This is not our case. »
Musical and spiritual encounters, see you from July 3
All meetings will take place at Troyes Cathedral. FREE ENTRANCE.
Sunday, July 3 at 5 p.m.:
Music for organ: Augustin Prudhomme
Sunday, July 10 at 5 p.m.:
Music for organ: Paul Haffray
Sunday, July 17 at 5 p.m.:
Music for organ: Eric Lebrun
Sunday, July 24 at 5 p.m.:
Music for organ: Marc Sacrispeyre
Sunday, July 31 at 5 p.m.:
Music for organ: Eric Brottier
Sunday, August 7 at 5 p.m.:
Music for organ: Gérard André
Sunday, August 14 at 5 p.m.:
Music for organ: Jean-Luc Berton
Monday, August 15 at 5 p.m., Assumption:
music for soprano and organ: Émilie Cunin
and Quentin Guerillot.
Sunday, August 28 at 5 p.m.:
music for organ: Michael Matthes
Sunday, September 4 at 5 p.m.:
music for trumpet, organ, horn: Thierry leroy, Jean Chevrel, Thibaud Leroy
Sunday, September 11 at 5 p.m.:
music for organ: Baptiste Florian-Marle-Ouvrard
Saturday, September 17 at 5 p.m.:
music for organ: Gilles Seyler
Sunday, September 18 at 5 p.m.:
music for organ: Pierre Vanhelle.
“We also wanted to be able to go outside the urban area to emblematic places. »
From June 16 to 19, the Art & spirituality festival intends to allow you ” to hear, see, create, present and welcome beauty “. Through concerts, exhibitions, mass, conferences addressing both adults and children. ” The kick-off will be given with the inauguration of the exhibition Les Jours de la Création by Betsy Castleman-Damez, presented at Troyes Cathedral. 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 Maurice-Emmanuel ensemble at the Notre-Dame-des-Trévois church as tradition dictates, with works by Couperin, Pachelbel, Durante, Mozart, Rheinberger, Saint-Saëns and Palmeri on the program. . »
“The festival will find its extension with the Musical and Spiritual Encounters”
An edition in a reduced version with a rich program, especially on Saturdays. “
We split the conferences and concerts, one part in Ervy and another in Chaource “says Mathilde Broquet. ” We also wanted to be able to go outside the urban area to emblematic places. Ervy for its stained glass windows, Chaource for its organ. Knowing that in the evening, the cathedral of Troyes will also host the German requiem by Brahms. »
Although prepared taking into account the health context, this festival focused on novelty, also offering a family afternoon with workshops to discover painting, pottery, collage, stained glass and even music with the children of the music school.
Exhibition, concerts and conferences
Thursday June 16
-6 p.m.: opening of the exhibition “The Seven Days of Creation” by Betsy Castleman-Damez at the Saint-Pierre Saint-Paul Cathedral. FREE ENTRANCE.
– 8:30 p.m.: concert “Les couleurs de Marie” by the Maurice-Emmanuel vocal ensemble at Notre-Dame-des-Trévois church. FREE ENTRANCE.
FRIDAY JUNE 17
– 6 p.m.: harp and violin concert, Laurence Clery and Larissa Leclaire, at Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption church in Pont-Sainte-Marie. FREE ENTRANCE.
– 8:30 p.m., soprano and organ concert with Émilie Cunin and Augustin Prudhomme at the Sainte-Madeleine church in Troyes.
FREE ENTRANCE.
SATURDAY JUNE 18
– 3.30 p.m., conference on stained glass by Flavie Vincent-Petit-Serrière at the Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens church in Ervy-le-Châtel. FREE ENTRANCE.
– 5 p.m., saxophone and percussion concert by Marin and Léo Neuville at Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens church in Ervy-le-Châtel. FREE ENTRANCE.
– 3.30 p.m. visit of the Chaource church by Guy Cure.
– 5 p.m., concert organ and voice Géraud Guillemot and Vincent Blanchet at the church of Chaource. FREE ENTRANCE.
– 8:30 p.m., German requiem concert by Brahms (Profs en c(h)oeur) at Troyes Cathedral. FREE ENTRANCE.
SUNDAY JUNE 19
-10:30 a.m., Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul choir at Troyes Cathedral. FREE ENTRANCE.
– 3 p.m., discovery workshop concert for the whole family by musicians from the music school.
– 5 p.m., Harmony concert.
In the garden of Notre-Dame-en-l’Isle, 10 rue de l’Isle (entrance via boulevard Barbusse). FREE ENTRANCE.
Family afternoon with the instrumentalists of the music school of Alert, with several workshops on the program: pottery with Agnès Fabre, collages with Gabrielle Guinier, stained glass with Anne Veyrier du Murau and musical discovery with Alert.
– 4 p.m., story with music “Brother François the friend of the poor” for children on Saint Francis of Assisi by Nathalie Weidmann, in the garden of Notre-Dame-en-L’Isle. FREE ENTRANCE.
Toddlers are not forgotten in this edition since they will be offered a musical tale about Saint Francis of Assisi, in the gardens of Notre-Dame-en-l’Isle. ” The festival, which is short, will find its extension with the Musical and Spiritual Encounters centered around the organ. It allows you to expand “, specifies Dominique Roy. ” This is the last time the organ will be heard in this form. 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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