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Concerts 2024

SUNDAY, January 21, 4:00 p.m.

Film music concert 🎬 📽️🎞️ arranged by Franck Ciup and featuring Philippe Destouesse, who will be bringing a Bösendorfer grand concert piano for us to try out! 🎹 🎶🪄✨🤩😅

Franck Ciup

SATURDAY, February 24, 4:00 p.m.

Piano concert featuring the young Étienne Rall (who is blind), who received the “Coup de Cœur” Award 🏆💓 from the Château de Bourgon in 2023! 🏰 Fauré: Nocturne No. 6; Debussy: *Les Estampes* and *L’Isle Joyeuse*; Schumann: *Carnival*, Op. 9

Etienne Rall

SUNDAY, March 31

Easter Eggs at the Château de Bourgon with the children and families of Montourtier 🐰🥚🐣🍫🥤

SUNDAY, April 14, 4:00 p.m.

Caravage Quartet with Piano: Brahms’ Quartet No. 3, Op. 60, and Fauré’s Quartet No. 1, Op. 15. Ensemble Caravage

MAY

May 2–5: International Piano Competition in Mayenne

SATURDAY, May 25, 4:00 p.m.

Young Talents Concert - Gabriel Rignol, theorbo: “The Theorbo and Its Garden” in the chapel of the Château de Bourgon.

SUNDAY, June 9, 6:00 p.m.

Piano Concert with Aimo Pagin Program: Beethoven Sonata, Op. 10, No. 1; Prokofiev Sonata No. 7, “Valse triste”; Sibelius; Mompou: Variations on a Theme by Chopin

Aimo Pagin

JULY

  • SATURDAY, July 20, at 6:00 p.m. (1 hour 30 minutes), intermission 🥂, and at 8:00 p.m., a recital by Sonia Jansen (45 min) - SUNDAY, July 21, at 4:00 p.m. (1 hour 30 minutes), intermission 🥂, and recital at 6:00 p.m.(45 min) THEATER: Molière’s “Le Misanthrope” with the L’Etoffe des Songes theater company, directed by Brigitte Perrier.

AUGUST

August 18–25: Piano Masterclass organized by Congyu Wang with Christopher Elton

MasterClass Piano Congyu Wang

SEPTEMBER:

European Heritage Days (JEP) Saturday, September 21, and Sunday, September 22 European Heritage Days from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Guided tours of the interior followed by a horse-drawn carriage ride (€10/person, flat rate) Free access to the gardens and chapel 6:00 p.m. Opera recital featuring famous arias with Dominique Mézin, soprano, accompanied by an orchestral recording.

Performance in the 🎩 Puccini PROGRAM •⁠ ⁠O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi) Caccini •⁠ ⁠Ave Maria Puccini •⁠ ⁠Quando men vo (La Bohème) Verdi •⁠ ⁠Morro ma prima in grazia (Un ballo in maschera) Puccini •⁠ ⁠Vissi d’arte (Tosca) Schubert •⁠ ⁠Ave Maria Puccini •⁠ ⁠Sola, perduta, abandonnata

OCTOBER Sunday, October 20, 4:00 p.m.

CONCERT PERFORMANCE featuring Svetlana Samsonova on piano and Thomas Dufond on cello. Works by G. Fauré, C. Saint-Saëns, Clara and Robert Schumann

DECEMBER: December 15 at 4:00 p.m. Solo and Two-Piano Concert 🎹🎹 Vikram Rajan and Gabriella Torma (orchestra) Scriabin: Poem - Chopin: Sonata in B minor •⁠ ⁠Rachmaninoff: the sublime Concerto No. 3 Note: Admission to the 🎩 concert: €15–20 suggested per person Concert15Decembre2024ChateauDeBourgon Cocktail reception after the concert Arpecat Concert: €15 for members, €25 for non-members (to join the Arpecat association: €15 plus an annual membership fee of €15)