CONCERT D'ORGUE - FETE DES PLANTES - << ORGANISTES EN HERBE >>

Teacher: Michel BOURCIER

2 concert times: 11.30am & 4.30pm

The organ is a young instrument! As part of the Fête des Plantes in Vouvant, "Organistes en herbe" will this year be welcoming some brilliant students from the organ class at the Conservatoire de région de Nantes, under the guidance of their teacher, Michel Bourcier. There are some 200 organ classes in conservatoires and music schools in France.

A former student himself at the Conservatoire de Nantes and the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, Michel Bourcier has been the 'unfortunate' titular organist of Nantes Cathedral since the fire in 2020. He began his career as a teacher at the conservatoires of La Roche-sur-Yon and Rennes.

Many brilliant professional organists have emerged from his class and his teaching, including Virgile Monin, organist in residence at Vouvant since the organ was built.

It is extremely important for young organists in training to be able to discover and work on different instruments. "Organists in the Making" will be an opportunity for seven pupils from this class to come and work on the Vouvant organ, which will be built in 2020, and to play in public, another important moment in a musician's training.

Free admission - free participation in costs
Children: concerts recommended for children aged 5 and over

In association with the Comité des Fêtes de Vouvant.

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PROGRAMME FOR THE 11:30 CONCERT :
> Louis Vierne (1870-1937) : Prelude and Allegro vivace from the 1st symphony in D minor by Simon CHEVALIER
> Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621): Toccata in the 5th key by Charlotte GABET
> Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Chorale " Vater unser im Himmelreich " BWV 636
> Johann Christoph Kellner (1736-1803) : Nachspiel D Dur by François DROUINEAU
> Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and fugue in C major BWV 545
> Louis Vierne: Hymne au soleil, from the 3rd suite of Pièces de Fantaisie by Ondine HEILI-DUMOULIN

PROGRAMME FOR THE 4.30 PM CONCERT :
> Louis Vierne (1870-1937) : Prelude and Allegro vivace from the 1st symphony in D minor by Simon CHEVALIER
> Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Chorale "Vater unser im Himmelreich" BWV 636
> Johann Christoph Kellner (1736-1803) : Nachspiel D Dur by François DROUINEAU
> Johann Sebastian Bach: Fugue in G minor BWV 578 by Milo SKOURI
> Dietrich Buxtehude: Prelude and fugue in D minor BuxWV 140 by Guillaume FRANÇOIS
> Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and fugue in C major BWV 545
> Louis Vierne: Hymne au soleil, extract from the 3rd suite of Pièces de Fantaisie by Ondine HEILI-DUMOULIN