To celebrate its fifteenth anniversary, the Guimaëcoise association Son ar Mein has chosen to invite its audience into a Perpetual Movement with 60 musicians who will perform masterpieces from the Baroque era or even before. Oddities, dances and traditions from the other side of the world will mingle with the party. Here is the program.
Sunday July 7, 2024. At 9 p.m., Radio Bataille – Stanley Smith, Louise Audubert… A crazy pseudo-radio show and a true virtuoso electroacoustic creation at Café Théodore, in Trédrez-Locquémeau.
Monday July 8, 2024. At 3 p.m., Goldberg Variations – JS Bach with Takahisa Aïda at the Christ chapel in Guimaëc; at 6 p.m., Sa Le soleil du Seicento to the warm sound of sackbuts at the Notre-Dame church in Plourin-lès-Morlaix; at 9 p.m., Mundus Vergens “The world disappears, Against time, beauty, calm, harmony and a certain form of the divine” at the church of Saint-Jean-du-Doigt.
Tuesday July 9th. At 3 p.m., Goldberg Variations – JS Bach with Takahisa Aïda, at the old church, in Henvic; at 6 p.m., Steve Reich takes us on a heady journey that evokes both a crossing of America and the tragic European deportations of the 20th century, Bedrich Quartet, at the village hall in Plougasnou; at 9 p.m., returns from America with Francisca Apomayta, forgotten composer of the colonial Andes, Comet Musicke, at the Saint-Pierre church, in Plougasnou.
Wednesday July 10th. At 3 p.m., Marin Marais, Le Manuscrit retrouvé, a masterpiece of the viola da gamba repertoire comes back to life with Noémie Lenhof, Ayumi Nakagawa at the church of Locquirec. Wednesday, July 10, at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Spat sonore Näcken will present at the An Dour Meur hall in Plestin-les-Grèves, in the heart of a giant instrument, a playful and spectacular gateway to a sound world mixing songs, noise music and landscapes.
Thursday July 11. At 9 p.m., Jean-Féry Rebel, a figurehead of dance, and the Orchestre baroque de la Roya will offer the apotheosis of a period when power presided over an unprecedented harmony between music and dance under the aegis of their muse Terpsichore, at the church of Plouégat-Guérand.
Friday July 12th. At 6 p.m., Magnificat! JS Bach, Alice PIérot, Ma non troppo and the Petit chœur, Saint-Efflam church, in Plestin-les-Grèves, will celebrate the 15th anniversary of the festival with a moment of celebration in the company of the cantor where the instruments will joyfully prelude to one of the greatest successes of Western vocal art; in the evening, a 15th anniversary ball in the courtyard of the Guimaëc school.
Practical
Small Festival, multitudes of Concerts from July 7 to 12, 2024. Reservations: https://www.sonarmein.bzh [email protected]
