MUSIC AND MEMORY 2022: ACT I, JULY 15 – 17, 2022 – The 29th edition of the first classical music festival in the SOUTHERN VOSGES reaffirms its strong artistic identity by distributing throughout the territory of the 1000 ponds, an offer rich in unique experiences. Guests this year: La Fenice, a nocte temporis, Alia Mens, Doulce Mémoire, Les Traversées Baroques, Masques, Vesontio, the bird singers, Emmanuel Arakélian, Ronald Martin Alonso…
HIGHLIGHTS : the tenor Reinoud van Mechelenwith its set from night timeoffers for its 2nd year of residency a sumptuous production dedicated to Jeliote, haute-contre, star singer and virtuoso celebrated in the operas of Rameau; a very touching Bach program; an immersion in Campra’s motets. All Masks offers 4 concerts, with the creation of the oratorio as an epilogue The Death of the Penitent Heart by Giovanni Legrenzisacred lyrical jewel of the full 17th century (Seicento). Fabrice Hollow, founder and artistic director, designed the new program as a series of musical landscapes whose seduction is due in addition to the commitment of the guest artists, to the ideal interaction between each site chosen and the forbidden program of which it is the setting. Music and Memory also offers to (re)discover the very rich natural heritage of the territory.
Reinoud van Mechelen / a nocte temporis, in residence at Musique et Mémoire (DR)
Fabrice CROUSEevokes in a few words this enchanted journey that awaits you this summer in the SOUTHERN VOSGES:
“Follow the voice of Rameau’s favorite high-counter, sing in a caravan in an enchanted garden, live the amorous passions of Adam and Eve, marvel at Bach’s encounter with Vivaldi’s music, dive into the heart of the mystery of ‘a secular organ, look in a mirror between past and present with Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe and Philippe Hersant, enter the depths of humanity with the songs of birds, discover the astonishing atmosphere of the world before Bach, marvel at the southern musicality of the dazzling Venetian Sagittarius, explore all the emotions of an oratorio… A marvelous theater of Baroque sensibilities open to everyone’s dreams. This suggests one of this summer’s most promising paths.
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Pond at Ecromagny © JG Simonet
3 WEEKENDS PROGRAM
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ACT 1
La Fenice, from the night of time, Vesontius.
Friday July 15 in Belfort 9 p.m., Sainte-Odile church,
La Fenice, The Venetian Sagittarius
Celebration of 350 years of the death of Heinrich SCHÜTZ (1585 – 1672) – The LaFenice ensemble reveals the southern verve and Venetian colorism of the “musician of the Word”: they were instilled in him during his youth in the city of the Doges, spent with his spiritual father Giovanni Gabrieli, who gave him his ring of ‘or leaving this world…
Saturday July 16, in Luxeuil-les-Bains at 9 p.m., Basilica of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, a nocte temporis, Jéliote, high-counter of Rameau
After Dumesny, high-counter by Lully, a nocte temporis is interested in the great high-counter of history, Stone of Jeliote du Béarn (born in Lasseube) who was also a guitarist, cellist and composer. After a remarkable debut as “Next of Love” in the prologue to Hippolyte et Aricie, Jean-Philippe Rameau’s first opera (1733), Jéliote had to wait for the retirement of his predecessor, Tribou, to sing the leading roles: “Daphnis” in Daphnis et Alcimadure, opera in the Occitan language by Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville (sung in the author’s mother tongue in Narbonne); Abaris in the rehearsals of Les Boréades, Rameau’s last work ever premiered in the 18th century due to the composer’s death. Retired, Jéliote retired to the Pyrenees. On the program of this awaited concert: famous pages of Rameau, some airs in Occitan from Mondonville, extracts from Dauvergne, La Borde, Colin de Blamont, and an air from Zéilisca, an opera composed by the singer himself, embellished with instrumental pieces , overtures and dances, excerpts from operas created by Pierre de Jéliote.
Sunday July 17, in Faucogney 11 a.m., Saint-Martin chapel,
Vesontio, Rome October 1, 1639…
In 1639, the famous French violist Andre Maugars writes his impressions on the music then performed in the different churches of Rome… His enthusiasm defends “the great freedom and exuberance of Italian musical practices, compared to the corseted French habits”. The testimony is unique and of an exceptional contribution: it evokes the disposition of the musicians in the churches and their number, the omnipresence of the accompanying organs, the importance of the violins, the exacerbated use of chromaticism, the genius of the “great Frescobaldi”, the possible presence of the claviorganum (also called organized harpsichord), a fanciful instrument, which also holds the star of his concert “by the truly incredible color that it will bring to it: Maugars also suggests between the lines that Frescobaldi played it…”
Sunday July 17, Corravillers 5 p.m., Saint-Jean Baptiste Church,
from the night of time, sing “Ich habe genug”
I have enough sets to music the poetry of the canticle of Simeon (backbone of the work): “I have had enough” is none other than the relief of old Simeon who, unable to die before having seen the Messiah, tells – the child Jesus in his arms – that he can finally go away in peace. The version produced by a nocte temporis is the one dedicated by Bach to his wife Anna Magdalena, for high voice and German flute. Also on the program: My soul praises and glorifies by Melchior Hoffman (- long attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach); Poor me, slave of sinsthe Cantor’s only cantata for tenor alone.
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Upcoming gigs: MUSIC & MEMORY 2022 – ACT II: From July 18 to 24, 2022
ACT 2
Emmanuel Arakélian, Doulce Mémoire, from the night of time
Baroque Crossings, Alia Mens, Ronald Martin Alonso, Olivier Spilmont.
Monday July 18 in Luxeuil-les-Bains 9 p.m., Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul basilica,
Emmanuel Arakelian, organ. Composers of the Grand Siècle
Charles Piroye, Jean-Adam Guilain, Johann Sebastian Bach but also Régis Campo (Capriccio written for the great organ of Mouzon), Nicolas de Grigny (verses from the Veni Creator)…
Discover the following concerts 29th Music and Memory Festival 2022, ACTE II: July 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24, 2022 : here / Music and Memory 2022 / Southern Vosges
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The places of the festival in the territory of the southern Vosges:
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INTERVIEW with FABRICE CEUXfounder, artistic director – the 29th Music and Memory 2022 edition :
INTERVIEW with Fabrice Creux – 29th Music & Memory Festival 2022 – The visionary and experimental Festival in the Southern Vosges, MUSIC & MEMORY continues to explore artistic repertoires and temperaments; Fabrice Creux, artistic director and founder, promotes companionship and long-term cooperation. After a wonderful adventure with Stamps, it’s time to ” A night of time », new actor of an original and fascinating residence whose 2nd milestone is written this summer (with among others, the portrait-tribute of the favorite singer of Rameau: Jeliote). Also inviting Masks », Musique & Mémoire reinforces its unique support for young groups. Here reigns the spirit of the troop, that is to say a coherent collective, close-knit, generous… happy to share with the public new musical experiences in a family atmosphere. Bach, Vivaldi, Sainte-Colombe, Hersantwithout also omitting a exceptional focus on the oratorio genre (Legrenzi, Aliotti)… are so many enchanting stages on a unique, pastoral and heritage route, set in the fabulous landscapes of the Southern Vosges. Presentation of this 2022 edition.
