Divine Liturgie by Saint Jean Chrysostome (extracts)
Troisième Symphonie in mi mineur by Charles Marie Widor
Works by Heinrich Schütz, Claude Debussy, Olivier Messiaen and popular Scandinavian songs
Musique sacrée en Avignon offers, in partnership with the Festival d'Avignon, a cycle of concerts/readings that showcase the historic organs of Avignon and its areas. For the 70th edition of the Festival, several works by Pascal Quignard have been selected: The Name on the Tip of the Tongue, The Roving Shadows, Les Désarçonnés (The Unsettled), The Music Lesson, as well as unpublished texts, which will be read by Marie Vialle, Pierre-Yves Chapalain, and Didier Sandre.
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Distribution
Choir S:t Jacobs Ungdomskör de Stockholm
Direction Mikael Wedar
Organ Kurt Levorsen (performance will be projected on a screen)
Production
Co-production Musique Sacrée en Avignon, Festival d'Avignon
In partnership with the association Orgue Hommage à Messiaen, la Mairie de Roquemaure, l'association des Amis de l'Orgue de Roquemaure, la Mairie de Malaucène, l'association des Amis de l'Orgue de Malaucène, le Festival des Choeurs Lauréats de Vaison-la-Romaine, le Théâtre du Balcon