Les Traversées > July 16th

RAVEL / GERSHWIN / STRAVINSKY
Michel Portal, clarinet, saxophone
Vincent Peirani, accordion
Roberto Negro, piano

We have an appointment with a French jazz legend, clarinettist Michel Portal. With him, the young generation of talented virtuosos, the charismatic personality of  accordionist Vincent Peirani and the pianist Roberto Negro. They have chosen Ravel, Stravinski and Gershwin… from whom they improvise like painters adding a supplement of soul to nature. This 87 year old funambulist has to be both heard and seen, still young and elegant, he doesn’t take jazz lightly.

DE LASSUS / PIÈCES BYZANTINES / MOULTAKA
Irini, vocal ensemble
Lila Hajosi, direction

The Sybils of Antiquity were supposed to explain a prodigy or a cataclysm. We know of twelve of them, who predicted the birth of Jesus, inspiring the artists of the Christian world. The art of divination is at the heart of this concert with the Prophetiae Sibyllarum by Orlando de Lassus, one of the greatest composers of the Renaissance. Echoing this is a creation of the Lebanese Zad Moultaka, a cry of warning for the planet. And from Byzantium, the bewitching chants of the orthodox lithurgy, seemingly coated in the vapours of myrrh.

Bring your own food to our picnic or just book one of our picnic baskets

Picnic baskets are prepared by Cuisinette, a Bourges caterer who works mostly with local products and, on every Les Traversées Saturday, offers a Berry Bowl: a mixed salad with cereals, vegetables, legumes and other local and/or organic produce, influenced by international tastes.

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Les Surprises
Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas, direction

The Les Surprises ensemble invites us to a master work, Johann Sebastian Bach’s Saint John Passion, composed from the gospel of the Apostle and translated into German by Luther. The cantor was asked not to write theatrical works on his arrival in Leipzig. He dared to do the exact opposite in these works – their dramatical dimension, theatrical effects, art of pace and sequence, inspired beauty, literally enable the listener to experience Christ’s martyrdom in flesh and notes.

The Les Surprises ensemble is supported by the Fondation Orange and Fondation Société Générale C’est vous l’avenir. The ensemble enjoys the support of the Ministry of DRAC Nouvelle Aquitaine, of the Regional Council of Nouvelle Aquitaine, of the City of Bordeaux and the Departement Council of the Gironde. It also enjoys ad hoc support from the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, the ADAMI, the SPEDIDAM, the SACEM, the Musique Nouvelle en Liberté, the Institut Français, the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles and the Office Artistique of Nouvelle Aquitaine region. It is a member of FEVIS (Federation of Specialty Vocal and Instrumental Ensembles) and the PROFEDIM.
The Les Surprises ensemble is in residency at Sinfonia en Périgord from 2020 to 2023 as part of the “Résidences croisées” implemented throughout France by the “Versailles Centre for Baroque Music”.

Traversées 2022 partners

Le Bureau Interprofessionnel des Vins du Centre
Le Syndicat du Crottin de Chavignol
La Maison Mercier