Afternoons in the gardens

Gardens open at 3:30pm and are closed at 7:15pm.

5:45pm to 4:30pm - Family workshops

Each afternoon 2016 August 20 to 27 (except 2016 August 23)

Each afternoon, music workshops offer the festival’s youngest visitors and the grown-ups an unforgettable voyage of discovery into the world of baroque music.

2016 workshop: Molière et le mariage des muses about theater and music at the court of Louis XVI (in French).

5:45pm to 4:30pm - Musical tales

Each afternoon 2016 August 20 to 27 (except 2016 August 23)

With Pierre Deschamps and muscians of Les Arts Florissants.

En compagnie des Nymphes (in French)

5:45pm to 4:30pm - Guided tours of the gardens

Each afternoon 2016 August 20 to 27 (except 2016 August 23)

Themed tours are given by guides who are passionate about the gardens. Lasting around one hour, these tours will be available in French and English at the beginning of the afternoon.

4:45pm to 7pm - Promenades musicales

Each afternoon 2016 August 20 to 27 (except 2016 August 23)

Each lasting 15 minutes, the concerts are given simultaneously in the various locations and are repeated several times, so that visitors can go from place to place and concert to concert.

4:30pm to 6:30pm - Children's gardening

Each afternoon 2016 August 20 to 27 (except 2016 August 23) 

During the afternoon young festival-goers are invited to make a little paper pot out of sheet music, to fill it with soil, and to plant a srpout in it from William Christie's gardens.

In partnership with Ripaud de Cheffois nurseries and the Maison familiale rurale de Mareuil. 

The temporary Garden

The jardin ephemere created by the young landscape gardeners from the atelier GAMA will be inspiration for a contemporary cantata composed by the young Juilliard School graduate, Douglas Balliet. 

- Inauguration of the jardin ephemere, Saturday, August 20 at 4:30pm. 

- The atelier GAMA staff will be present on Saturday, August 20 and Sunday 21 August from 5 pm to 5.45pm and 6pm to 6.45 pm to talk with the public.

Evening concerts

Les concerts du soir ont lieu soit en plein air devant le Miroir d'eau du jardin de William Christie (Concerts sur le Miroir d'eau) ou dans l'église de Thiré (Concerts aux chandelles). Ils sont tous suivis par de courts concerts de musique sacrée dans l'église (Méditations à l'aube de la nuit).

Concerts on the reflecting pool (gardens)

Le Jardin des Songes, an evening with Les Arts Florissants choir - August 20 and 21, 8:30pm

Direction: William Christie

Musical Conception: William Christie, Laurent Collobert, Christophe Gautier, Jean-Yves Ravoux, Virginie Thomas 

Choir and Orchestra o Les Arts Florissants, Musicians of The Juilliard School, Arts Flo Juniors Students

Monsieur de Pourceaugnac (Molière/Lully) - August 26 and 27, 8:30pm

Staging: Clément Hervieu-Léger

Musical Direction musicale and musical conception: William Christie

Sets: Aurélie Maestre
Costumes: Caroline de Vivaise
Lights: Bertrand Couderc
Sound: Jean-Luc Ristord
Choreography: Bruno Bouché

With Erwin Aros, high tenor ; Clémence Boué, Nérine ; Cyril Costanzo, apothicaire, avocat, archer, bass ; Claire Debono, soprano ; Stéphane Facco, médecin, Lucette, suisse ; Matthieu Lécroart, médecin, avocat, exempt, bass-baritone ; Juliette Léger, Julie ; Gilles Privat, Monsieur de Pourceaugnac ;  Guillaume Ravoire, Éraste ; Daniel San Pedro, Sbrigani ; Alain Trétout, Oronte

With Les Arts Florissants musicians

Production C.I.C.T. - Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord / Coproduction Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg ; Les Arts Florissants ; Théâtre de Caen ; Château de Versailles Spectacles ; CNCDC Châteauvallon ; Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne ; Compagnie des Petits Champs ; Cercle des Partenaires des Bouffes du Nord / Construction décors Les Ateliers des Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg / Action financée par la Région Île-de-France / Avec le soutien d'Arcadi Ile-de-France et de la SPEDIDAM

Candlelit Concerts (Thiré Church)

Divine Hymns, Purcell sacred music - August 21 and 22, 8:30pm

Musical Direction and tenor: Paul Agnew

Vocal ensemble: Élodie Fonnard, soprano ; Hannah Morrison, soprano ; Nicholas Scott, high tenor ; Cyril Costanzo, bass

Instrumental ensemble: Myriam Rignol, viola da gamba ; Thomas Dunford, theorbo ; Benoît Hartoin, organ

Airs and Sonates from Handel and Corelli - August 24, 8:30pm

With the Students of The Juilliard School of New York and musicians of Les Arts Florissants

Nayeon Kim, Augusta McKay Lodge, Toma Iliev, violins ; Alexander Nicholls, cello ; Douglas Balliet, doublebass ; Thibaut Roussel, lute ; Benoît Hartoin, organ

Masters of the French motet - August 25 and 26, 8:30pm

Musical Direction: Paul Agnew

Vocal ensemble: Élodie Fonnard, Maud Gnidzaz, Juliette Perret, Bruno Le Levreur, Nicholas Scott, Jean-Yves Ravoux, Nicolas Maire, Christophe Gautier, Laurent Collobert, Julien Neyer

Instrumental ensemble: Myriam Rignol, viola da gamba ; Florian Carré, organ

Méditations à l’aube de la nuit

Each evening 2016 August 20 to 27 (except 2016 August 23) after the evening concert

Schedules:

August 20 and 27: 11pm
August 21 and 26: 10pm (after the Candlelit COncert) and 11pm (after the Concert on reflecting pool)
August 22, 24 and 25: 10pm

Programmes :

Saturday 20 and Monday 22 : Carissimi

Sunday 21: Sonates du rosaire, Biber

Sunday 21 and Thursday 25: Merula & Caccini

Wednersday 24: On the death of Prince Henry

Friday 26 and Saturday 27: Sonatas da Chiesa

Festival Dans les Jardins de William Christie 2016