Baroque Passions Festival 2024

Organized by Les Amis des Passions each year at the end of September and beginning of October, the Passions baroques festival in Montauban and Tarn-et-Garonne celebrates baroque music by hosting concerts, conferences, meetings, readings and masterclasses in the four corners of the Montalban city for several days. and in Tarn-et-Garonne in a friendly atmosphere.

Honorary President: Jacques Toubon, president of FEVIS, Federation of specialized vocal and instrumental ensembles
Artistic direction: Jean-Marc Andrieu

Some highlights
Friday September 27 – 8:30 p.m. – Saint-Jacques Church, Montauban
Les Passions Orchestra – Dulci Jubilo Chamber Choir
Requiem and Lamentations by Jean Gilles
Direction: Jean-Marc Andrieu and Christopher Gibert
Soloists: Anne Magouët, soprano – Bastien Rimondi, high counter – François-Nicolas Geslot, tenor – Pierre-Yves Cras, bass
Two masterpieces by Jean Gilles of stunning beauty!

Saturday September 28 – 8:30 p.m. – Olympe de Gouges Theater, Montauban
Cafe Zimmermann
A concert at Mr. Zimmermann's café
Pablo Valetti, violin – Étienne Mangot, viola da gamba – Céline Frisch, harpsichord – Karel Valter, flute
This superb quartet brings us back to life the artistic emulation of the 18th century with works by Jean-Sébastien and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and Georg Philipp Telemann, great figures of the baroque.

Sunday September 29 – 3:00 p.m. – Beaulieu-en-Rouergue Abbey, Ginals
The Harmonic Hand
Spell
Nadia Lavoyer and Judith Derouin, sopranos – Frédéric Bétous, countertenor and direction – Fabrice Foison, tenor – David Witczak, bass
These polyphonic songs from yesterday and today touch our sensitivity and question our certainties, connecting us to the most distant past as well as to the most recent news.

Sunday September 29 – 5:30 p.m. – Church of Gibiniargues, Puycornet
Thursday October 3 – 6:30 p.m. & 7:45 p.m. – Ingres Bourdelle Museum, Montauban
Amandine Bontemps
Barbaras
Amandine Bontemps, soprano – Marwane Champ, cello – Léo Brunet, theorbo
These young musicians break down the barriers between musical styles by performing love songs by Barbara Strozzi and Barbara, two magnificent creators separated by three centuries.
“Bars on stage” event with the Le Rio association.

Sunday October 6 – 3:00 p.m. & 5:30 p.m. – Belleperche Abbey, Cordes-Tolosannes
The Passions
The Musicians of the King’s Chamber
Flavio Losco, violin – Étienne Mangot, viola da gamba – Fabienne Azéma, transverse flute – Xavier Miquel, oboe – Yasuko Uyama Bouvard, harpsichord – Jean-Marc Andrieu, recorder and conductor
François Couperin, Marin Marais and Jean-Philippe Rameau invite us to the Palace of Versailles, with works full of creativity and vivacity.

From Thursday October 3 to Saturday October 26 – Maison du Crieur, Montauban
Exhibition “Baroque costumes and follies”
Opening reception on Saturday October 5 at 11:45 a.m.
Partnership Atelier Mademoiselle Constance / Compagnie Nanabsolue (Sophie Carlin) / Toulouse Study and Heritage Library / Montauban Archives.

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