2019 Season

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A Larger Repertoire

Sacred music, as well as Ancient and Baroque music, remain the historical bases of the Festival as it reflects the spirituality of the many religious venues hosting the musical evenings. With the addition of new hosting sites, the Festival du Comminges has also gradually added significant classical, romantic and contemporary pieces to its repertoires. Internships, conferences and meetings reinforce the balance between known and rediscovered works.


THE 2019 SEASON

Artistic Director: Jean-Patrice Brosse

 

EUROPE IN MUSIC

Saturday, July 20
8:30 pm, Cathedral, Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges
ENSEMBLE OCCITANIA, BERNARD SOUSTROT (Conductor)
JEAN-PATRICE BROSSE (Organ)
Beethoven, Corrette, Dvořák, Poulenc

Tuesday, July 23
8:30 pm, Church, Martres-Tolosane
THE CURIOUS BARDS 
Baroque music from Ireland and Scotland

Friday, July 26
8:30 pm, Cathedral, Saint Bertrand de Comminges
DAVID CASSAN (Organ)
Vivaldi, Mozart, Gigout, Bartók, Alain, Cassan

Saturday, July 27
5 pm, Church, Burgalays
ACADEMY CHRISTIAN NADALET
Guerrero, Victoria, Lotti, Palestrina, Rossini, Schubert, Holst

Sunday, July 28
5 pm, Church, Aulon
ACADEMY CHRISTIAN NADALET 
Guerrero, Victoria, Lotti, Palestrina, Rossini, Schubert, Holst

Wednesday, July 31
8:30 pm, Basilica, Valcabrère
QUATUOR TCHALIK
Schubert, Dvořák

Friday, August 2
8:30 pm, Church, Saint-Gaudens
ENSEMBLE CONTRASTE 
Mozart

Sunday, August 4
5 pm, Chapel, Burgalays
ACADEMY GUILLEMETTE LAURENS, MIKE FENTROSS
Guerrero, Victoria, Lotti, Palestrina, Rossini, Schubert, Holst

Tuesday August 6
8:30 pm, Basilica, Valcabrère
SIMON GHRAICHY (Piano)
Albéniz, of Falla, Villa-Lobos

Thursday, August 8
8:30 pm, Basilica, Valcabrère
QUATUOR HERMÈS
PIERRE GÉNISSON (Clarinet)
Mozart, Brahms

Saturday, August 10
8:30 pm, Church, Saint-Gaudens
NEAPOLIS ENSEMBLE
Neapolitan baroque songs and dances

Tuesday, August 13
8:30 pm, Theater, Luchon
MARIE-ANGE TODOROVITCH (Mezzo)
JEAN-PIERRE FURLAN (Tenor)
NATHALIE STEINBERG (Piano)
Strauss, Offenbach, Gershwin, Puccini, Bizet, Mascagni

Thursday August 15
8:30 pm, Cathedral, Saint Bertrand-de-Comminges
CHŒUR DU PATRIARCAT RUSSE, ANATOLY GRINDENKO (Direction)
Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian popular songs

Saturday, August 17
8:30 pm, Basilica, Valcabrère
DIANA TISCHENKO (Violin)
GUILLAUME BELLOM,  CONSTANT DESPRES (Piano)
Scarlatti, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, Brahms, Franck

Monday, August 19
8:30 pm, Basilica, Valcabrère
LUDMILA BERLINSKAÏA, ARTHUR ANCELLE (Pianos)
Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Rachmaninov

Wednesday, August 21
8:30 pm, Church, Cazères
EVOLUTIV BRASS 
Bach, Scheidt, Dvořák, Debussy, Bartók, Poulenc

Saturday, August 24
8:30 pm, Cathedral, Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges
JEAN-PATRICE BROSSE (Organ)
Bach

Friday, September 6
8:30 pm, Church, Luchon
KAROL MOSSAKOWSKI (Organ)
Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Lemmens, Elgar, Mossakowski

Saturday, September 14
8:30 pm, Cathedral, Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges
RALLYE TROMPES DU COMMINGES
ÉLISABETH AMALRIC (Organ)
Rossini, Schumann, Tchaikovski, Albéniz and works for hunting horns


Academy, with Christian Nadalet
free entrance, 6pm, Comminges churches
European vocal ensembles

July 22, Cierp-Gaud
July 23, Center Pierre Hanzel, Rieux-Volvestre
July 24, Ore
July 25, Saint-Pé-d’Ardet
July 26, Saint-Béat
July 27, Burgalays



Conferences

free entrance, 5pm

Friday, July 19, Valcabrère
JEAN-PATRICE BROSSE
, Artistic Director of the Festival du Comminges
Francis Poulenc, “monk and thug”, a musician from Europe

Sunday, August 18, Valcabrère
ADELINE RUCQUOI,
Doctor of State, University Paris IV – Sorbonne
Europe on the way to Santiago