Departmental domain of Vallée-aux-Loups
Saint-Nicolas weekend at the Maison de Chateaubriand
La Maison de Chateaubriand is organizing a festive weekend to wait for Christmas with the family. Several activities are on the program: stories, Christmas carols, creative workshops and a nighttime candlelight visit for young and old from six years old.
See you on December 7 and 8
♦ Saturday December 7
Creative workshop: making Christmas lanterns
Night visit to the Candlelight House
♦ Sunday December 8
Tales and workshop
Christmas carols. Concert by the choir of the Châtenay-Malabry conservatory
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At the Sceaux departmental estate
Animal Christmas at the Castle
♦ From December 10 to January 5, the building transforms into a winter forest populated by animals. This year, the master of the house, Marlamain, the Duchess’s beloved cat
from Maine, returns to live at the Domaine and leads young visitors to follow the trail of its little furry inhabitants. Will you be cunning like the fox or smart like the monkey to find their secret hiding place? Under a dresser, behind the piano or even inside the paintings, they are everywhere!
A free games booklet for 6-12 year olds allows you to follow in their footsteps (available on request at the Château reception).
♦ From December 13 to 15with The Great Hours of Sealsthe Estate with its prestigious history will host musical visits inviting music lovers or the simply curious to listen to opera arias and Christmas carols. Shows are announced in the museum where visits will be punctuated with magic tricks. Parents and children will also be able to make small characters inspired by the works which will then decorate their home.
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At the Albert-Kahn departmental museum
A recurring event at the museum,a tea ceremony seems entirely appropriate in this month of December to slow down the pace.
Slowness and precision of gestures, come and witness this ritual encouraging meditation: the Japanese tea ceremony. It is carried out by the Urasenke school in our tea pavilion located in the museum garden or in the pavilion inside during the low season; Indoor sessions benefit from a matcha tea tasting.
♦ Sunday December 15 at 11 a.m. (duration: 1 hour 15 minutes – prior purchase of ticket required as capacity is limited. Accessible to disabled people.)
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At the Prefiguration Pavilion of the Musée du Grand Siècle
Concert
The viol pieces of Marin Marais, known to the public since Pascal Quignard's Tous les Matins du Monde, are among the most beautiful pages of baroque music. Marais makes the viol speak, to the point that one would say that with him the instrument has almost the perfection of the human voice. From the Follies of Spain to the dance suites, this program revisits the life of Marais and his master, the unforgettable Monsieur de Sainte Colombe. During this intimate concert punctuated by listening keys, adults and children alike will be able to discover the astonishing sounds of the viola da gamba, accompanied by the theorbo and the harpsichord.
“La Rêveuse” ensemble, artistic direction: Benjamin Perrot and Florence Bolton
♦ Saturday December 14 at 6:30 p.m. (1h30)
Price: €10 – Reduced price: €7 – By reservation: museedugrandsiecle@remove-this.hauts-de-seine.fr
At La Seine Musicale
A new sound and visual creation presented by the Department at the SeineLab of La Seine Musicale
Imagined by the artists Fabrice-Elie Hubert, Rémi Demarthon, and Xavier Tual, “Listening to fish and other noisy shrimps” invites the public to the heart of the oceans to raise awareness about the preservation of living things.
♦ To see and rewatch juntil February 1, 2025
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Jazz – World music
Erik Truffaz / Rollin’ & Clap !
♦ Tuesday December 10 at 8:30 p.m. – Auditorium, Patrick-Devedjian
Erik Truffaz is one of the main figures of the electro-jazz trumpet. Surrounded here by a few long-term accomplices, such as Marcello Giuliani, Raphaël Chassin, with whom he has refined a true group sound, he performs the repertoire of his last two albums (Rollin' and Clap!) devoted to the celebration of music from cult films.
Schubert trio
The 2023 winners of the prestigious ARD competition play one of Schubert's most beautiful trios.
— Haydn, Trio for piano, violin and cello No. 44 in E major
— Schubert, Trio in E flat major for piano and strings no. 2, op.100
Pantoum Trio – Hugo Meder, violin – Kojiro Okada, piano – Bo-Geun Park, cello
♦ Friday December 6 at 7 p.m. (1 a.m.)
Cinema music – Baroque soundtracks
Homage to the greatest hits of baroque and classical music present in the seventh art.
— Vivaldi, Purcell, Bach, Handel, Mozart David Fray, piano – Justin Taylor, harpsichord – Julien Martineau, mandolin – Pierre Génisson (Dec. 13)
/ Vincenzo Casale (Dec. 14), clarinet – Carlo Vistoli, countertenor – Insula orchestra – Laurence Equilbey, conductor
♦ Friday December 13 at 8 p.m. and Saturday December 14 at 6 p.m. (1h30 with intermission)
Around the concert (free)
Starting block on December 13 at 7 p.m. and December 14 at 5 p.m. (30 mins)
Family workshop, for ages 6-10 (in the presence of an adult), December 8 at 11 a.m. (1 a.m.)
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