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The magic of the Choir of Les Arts Florissant on the Reflecting pool
For the opening night of the Festival, the Choir of Les Arts Florissant proposed Le Jardin des Songes, a program made of some of the greatest Baroque works.
For the opening of the 2016 Festival, under the artistic direction of William Christie and Paul Agnew, the magic of the Reflecting pool set the scene for Le Jardin des Songes, a program that was created by the Choir of Les Arts Florissants with the view to offer the public pieces from the greatest Baroque composers: Rameau, Charpentier, Purcell, Campra… with the idyllic gardens of Thiré, Vendée, for background.
Video excerpts of Le Jardin des Songes
Video clip © L'Oeil électrique
Dans les Jardins de William Christie, a Festival for everyone
Once again the 5th edition of the Festival attracts a great variety of audiences. The large number of activities - Promenades musicales, visits of the gardens, family workshops, gardening - attracts experts and neophytes, music and gardens lo[...]
Contemporary Baroque music at the 2016 Festival
Music that sounds during the festival Dans les Jardins de William Christie is Baroque, of course, but not only from 17th and 18th centuries. Every year, Will [...]
