Reservations are already open for the 6th Baroque Autumn of Bourges, for the benefit of the Notre-Dame church

Baroque effervescences: this is the theme of the next Bourges Baroque Autumn, in line with that of the New Renaissances 2024, the cultural and tourist season of the Centre-Val de Loire region. Elena Bayeul-Gertsman, artistic director of the event, presents it in three concerts… Plus one.

Music between Loire and Bourges

“We had the opportunity to organize an event on December 16,” explains Yves Paillé, secretary of the preservation association. “It will be a concert of Christmas carols from around the world, by Jordi Savall’s daughter and her ensemble.” This same concert will be given on December 14 in Sainte-Gemme-en-Sancerrois, as part of the Boucard festival. “It is a realization of the creation of MusiqueS between Loire and Bourges, an alliance between Musique à Fontmorigny, the Boucard festival and the Baroque Autumn of Bourges.”

This musical union is part of the perspective of Bourges European Capital of Culture 2028, and should allow the three festivals to coordinate their programming, pool their communication and broaden their audiences and their notoriety.

Social networks and sponsorship

Bourges, June 6, 2024. Let’s save Notre-Dame church. In the foreground, Elena Bayeul-Gertsman, artistic director of the festival.

An expansion which, for the Sauvegardons Notre-Dame de Bourges association, involves the Internet. To better invest in social networks, it has appointed a communications manager and recruited a person in civic service.

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The search for patrons constitutes another area of ​​development for the association, which is investing in the restoration of the Notre-Dame de Bourges church. After the restorations of several paintings – including Stop during the flight into Egypt, reinstalled in February, is the latest

–, the association aims to “bring back the stained glass windows removed in 2022”. A project worth around €100,000.

With the participation of Drac (regional cultural affairs department), the Fondation Sauvegarde de l’art français, the City of Bourges, Crédit Agricole and the Vieilles Maisons Françaises association.

Practical.

Information and reservations: www.automne-baroque-bourges.fr

The program Friday October 11Conservatory auditorium.

Labyrinth garden

. Castelkorn ensemble. Secular pieces (dances, entertainment) for violin and basso continuo. Josef Zak (violin), F.Guerra (harpsichord), Ch. Lucas (violin) and N.Wattine (theorbo and guitar). 8:30 p.m. Saturday October 12 Duke-Jean Room.

The four flavors of love.

Aperitif concert with the Faenza ensemble, under the direction of Marco Horvat. Music by Marin Marais, Henry Purcell, Juan Hidalgo and Girolamo Frescobaldi. M.Horvat (vocals, theorbo and classical guitar), F.Manalich (vocals, bass viol and baroque guitar) and O.Pitarch (vocals and castanets). 19 hours.
Sunday October 13

L’Empreinte, Tulle theater, François Lazarevitch and Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien Saint-Étienne Cathedral.

Barbarian beauty

. Baroque folk with the Musicians of Saint-Julien, under the direction of François Lazarevitch. Polish and Hanaque dances, gypsy music, traditional music from Poland, Moravia, Slovakia and Romania. François Lazarevitch (transverse flute, frula, fluier and bagpipes), H.Richaud (vocals and cello), J.Zak and A.Billet (violins), D.Chmela (viola), I. Morar (cymbalum), P. Rigopoulos (zarb, davoul and percussion), E.Bellocq (archlute and cittern). 17 hours. Monday December 16 Saint-Bonnet Church.

Silent night.