For this 3rd edition, the General Council offers an exceptional program over 4 days.
Highlights
– A tribute to Luciano Pavarotti and Maria Callas, presented by Eve Ruggieri with the Regional Orchestra of Cannes-Provence-Alpes-Cรดte d’Azur, under the direction of Philippe Bender. This tribute will be the first to the Italian tenor since his death on September 6.
– “Ecce cor Meum” by Sir Paul McCartney, performed for the first time in France by the Regional Orchestra of Cannes-Provence-Alpes-Cรดte d’Azur, accompanied by the departmental choir, the University Vocal Ensemble, and the Children’s Choir of the Conservatory of Cannes, with Jacques Taddei on the organ.
– “The Messiah by Handel” by the Baroque Ensemble of Nice and the Regional Choir Provence-Alpes-Cรดte d’Azur, conducted by Gilbert Bezzina.
– “The Fantastic Symphony by Berlioz” by the Philharmonic Orchestra of Nice, conducted by Marco Guidarini.
Great classical concerts in the morning:
– Mozart’s Requiem, Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, Schubert’s The Trout, and more.
Big Evenings
– “Eine kleine Nachtmusik”, “The Magic Flute”, “Jupiter Symphony”, “Linz Symphony”, “Symphonie concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra” by Mozart, “Concerto No. 2” by Beethoven, among others.
With 42 hours of music, “It’s not classical” has become the major music marathon in southern Europe with:
– more than 100 completely free concerts,
– a choice between several shows each day at the same time,
– 1,000 artists,
– philharmonic and symphonic orchestras,
– 12 halls accommodating from 100 to 2,500 people.
“It’s not classical” also includes musical films, a chลuraokรฉ, master classes, tributes, exhibitions, performances, games, conferences and debates, interactivity, “Dare Music” violin and cello workshops for beginners, and an international flute competition Maxence Larrieu.
It’s not classical, follow the program
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1
8:00 p.m. โ Apollon
Handel’s “The Messiah”
Nice Baroque Ensemble
Regional Vocal Choir Provence
Conducted by Gilbert Bezzina
Choir conductor, Vincent Recolin
8:30 p.m. โ Athena
Mozart, “From Shadow to Light”
Bratislava Symphony Orchestra
Conducted and flute, Philippe Bernold
Elisabeth Vidal, soprano
Christine Icart, harp
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2
1:30 p.m. โ Apollon
“Variations on the Theme of Nice” by Jean-Louis Luzignant
Conductor, Andrรฉ Peyregne
1:30 p.m. โ Kiosque
Nice Instrumental Ensemble
Conductor, Avner Soudry
1:30 p.m. โ Risso 6
Public piano master class
Bruno Rigutto, piano professor
2:00 p.m. โ Athena
“The Girl with Silver Hands”
Telemachus Ensemble and the Orfรฉo Junior Choir
Musical direction, Raoul Lay
Choir preparation, Alain Joutard
Actor and puppet manipulation, Franck Manzoni
2:00 p.m. โ Hermes
Menuhin (1), at the Heart of Music
Film by Bruno Monsaingeon presented by the author
2:00 p.m. โ Rhodes
“Do You Rave About”
Company A little voice told me…
3:15 p.m. โ Kiosque
Alpes de la Mer Orchestral Ensemble
3:30 p.m. โ Risso 6
Public piano master class
Marie-Josรจphe Jude, piano professor
3:45 p.m. โ Rhodes
“From the Old to the New World”
Instrumental Ensemble of the Departmental School of Music
4:00 p.m. โ Athena
Chamber Music
Olivier Charlier, violin
Henri Demarquette, cello
Brigitte Engerer, piano
4:00 p.m. โ Hermes
Aighetta Quartet
5:00 p.m. โ Rhodes
“A Poetic and Loving Journey”
The Voices of the Arts
5:00 p.m. โ Risso 6
Public viola master class
Laurent Verney, viola professor
5:30 p.m. โ Hermes
Modigliani Quartet
5:45 p.m. โ Athena
“It’s Dad’s Classical Time”
Michel Lethiec, clarinet
Saskia Lethiec, violin
Karine Lethiec, viola
Olivier Charlier, violin
Bruno Rigutto, piano
Henri Demarquette, cello and double bass
6:30 p.m. โ Rhodes
Saxophone and piano from the Departmental School of Music
7:00 p.m. โ Hermes
“Preludes and Fugues…”
Transcriptions, songs, improvisations…
Bruno Fontaine, piano
7:00 p.m. โ Risso 6
Public clarinet master class
Michel Lethiec, clarinet professor
7:30 p.m. โ Athena
Gala concert
Maxence Larrieu flute competition
8:00 p.m. โ Rhodes
Nice Guitar Quartet
8:30 p.m. โ Hermes
“Do You Love Brahms?”
Marie Kobayashi, mezzo-soprano
Marie-Josรจphe Jude, piano
Laurent Vernet, viola
Brahms, Auf dem Kirchhofe, Wie Melodien zieht es mir, Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer
Unbewegte laue Luft, 2 Songs Op 91, Gestillete Sehnsucht, Spiritual Lullaby
Sonata Op. 120 No.1, Allegro Appassionato, Andante Un Poco Adagio, Allegretto, Grazioso, Vivace
Bridge, Three Songs, Far, far from each other, Where is it that our soul doth go? Music when soft voices die
9:00 p.m. โ Apollon
Tribute to Maria Callas and Luciano Pavarotti
Regional Orchestra of Cannes-Provence-Alpes-Cรดte dโAzur
Conductor, Philippe Bender
Presentation and selection of soloists: Eve Ruggieri
9:30 p.m. โ Athena
“Jupiter”
Bratislava Symphony Orchestra
Conductor, Philippe Bernold
Ariane Jacob, piano
9:30 p.m. โ Rhodes
Piano duet
Marc Solรฉ-Leris, Frรฉdรฉric Chauvel
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3
1:15 p.m. โ Entrance Hall
Opening with the hunting calls of Saint-Hubert
Brass Ensemble Jacques Mauger
1:30 p.m. โ Apollon
Schubert’s “The Trout”
Chamber Music
Brigitte Engerer, piano
Olivier Charlier, violin
Henri Demarquette, cello
Laurent Verney, viola
George Thiery, double bass
1:30 p.m. โ Hermes
Menuhin (2), at the Heart of Music
Film by Bruno Monsaingeon presented by the author
1:30 p.m. โ Rhodes
Public master class with the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra
Mozart flute concerto
Conductor and flute, Philippe Bernold
1:30 p.m. โ Kiosque
P.I.C. โ Film music program
Departmental School of Music
Conductor, Frรฉdรฉric Dupouy
2:00 p.m. โ Risso
Guitar Duo
Mathias Roger-Ortis, Lois Soldivia-Vegas
From 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. โ Gallieni
Dare Music!
Workshops for violin and cello practice
2:45 p.m. โ Athena
“Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons”
Baroque version
Nice Baroque Ensemble
Conductor, Gilbert Bezzina
3:00 p.m. โ Risso
Zodiac Trio
3:15 p.m. โ Rhodes
Accordion Ensemble of the Departmental School of Music
Philippe Baudry
3:30 p.m. โ Apollon
Mozart’s “Requiem”
Youth Orchestra of the Mediterranean and Provence-Alpes-Cรดte dโAzur
Regional Choir of Cannes-Provence-Alpes-Cรดte dโAzur
Conductor, Philippe Bender
Choir conductor, Michel Piquemal
3:30 p.m. โ Hermes
Singing and piano recital
Bruno Rigutto, piano
Caroline Casadesus, soprano
3:30 p.m. โ Kiosque
It resonates!
4:15 p.m. โ Risso
“Romantic Ballad with George Sand and Chopin”
Odes and Ballads
4:30 p.m. โ Athena
“Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons”
“Poulenc’s Organ Concerto”
Youth Orchestra of the International Summer Academy of Nice
Conductor, Pierre-Michel Durand
Jacques Taddei, organ
4:45 p.m. โ Rhodes
“A Journey in the Winter of an Isolated Soul”
Instrumental Ensemble of the Departmental School of Music
5:00 p.m. โ Hermes
Russian Vocal Quartet
Conductor, Alexis Jankin
5:00 p.m. โ Risso 6
Public cello master class
Henri Demarquette, concert performer
5:15 p.m. โ Kiosque
Brass Band Mediterranean
6:15 p.m. โ Rhodes
Cello and piano duo
Thierry Amadi, cello
Elsa Cassac, piano
6:30 p.m. โ Hermes
Depetris Trio
6:30 p.m. โ Risso 6
Public piano master class
Brigitte Engerer, piano professor
6:45 p.m. โ Risso
Trio Mรฉtabole
6:45 p.m. โ Athena
Quartet scene
“Quatuor Artรฉmis”, film by Bruno Monsaingeon presented by the author
Around Bruno Monsaingeon (concert)
7:15 p.m. โ Kiosque
Brass Ensemble Jacques Mauger
7:45 p.m. โ Rhodes
Young Talents of the General Council of Alpes-Maritimes
8:00 p.m. โ Hermes
Didier Castell-Jaccomin, piano
and the quartet of soloists from the Philharmonic Orchestra of Monte-Carlo
8:00 p.m. โ Risso 6
Public master class by Marie Kobayashi (singing)
8:00 p.m. โ Risso 8
Lyric singing master class
9:00 p.m. โ Apollon
“Berlioz’s Fantastic Symphony”
and Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K.491
Philharmonic Orchestra of Nice
Jonathan Bรฉnichou, piano
Conductor, Marco Guidarini
9:30 p.m. โ Athena
“Mozart’s Linz Symphony and Symphonie concertante for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra”
Bratislava Symphony Orchestra
Conductor, Philippe Bernold
Olivier Charlier, violin
Laurent Verney, viola
9:30 p.m. โ Hermes
“The Adventures of Prince Ahmed”, animated film by Lotte Reiniger, 1926
Mรฉlonious Quartet mandolin quartet
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4
1:30 p.m. โ Athena
“Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto”
and Ravel’s “Mother Goose Suite”
Youth Orchestra of the Mediterranean and Provence-Alpes-Cรดte dโAzur
Conductor, Philippe Bender
Laurent Korcia, violin
1:30 p.m. โ Hermes
Menuhin (3), at the Heart of Music
Film by Bruno Monsaingeon presented by the author
2:00 p.m. โ Kiosque
Departmental Choral Forum
2:00 p.m. โ Rhodes
Concerts at the Westminster by Monique Ailhaud
2:00 p.m. โ Risso 8
Musicians from the Conservatory of Saint-Laurent-du-Var
From 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. โ Gallieni
Dare Music!
Workshops for violin and cello practice
2:30 p.m. โ Apollon
Franck Quintet
Ysaรฟe Quartet
Pascal Rogรฉ, piano
3:15 p.m. โ Athena
Winners of the Monte-Carlo Masters
Youth Orchestra of the International Summer Academy of Nice
Conductor, Pierre-Michel Durand
Fanny Clamagirand, violin
Vladimir Sverdlov, piano
3:15 p.m. โ Risso 8
Chamber Music Class of the Conservatory of Cannes
3:30 p.m. โ Rhodes
“E Viva Venezia”
Ensemble of the Ancient Music Society of Nice
4:00 p.m. โ Hermes
Opus Quintet
4:30 p.m. โ Risso 8
Trio piano, violin, cello
Marika Hofmeyr, piano
Pierre Bensaid, violin
Philippe Cauchefer, cello
4:45 p.m. โ Apollon
A Filetta
Corsican polyphonies
4:45 p.m. โ Kiosque
Harmonie Orchestra of Nice City
Conductor, Urs Brodmann
4:45 p.m. โ Entrance Hall
Choeuraokรฉ
Conducted by Alain Joutard and Claude Di Benedetto
5:00 p.m. โ Rhodes
“The Bourgeois Gentleman” by Lully
Music Academy of Monaco and Les Farfadets
5:15 p.m. โ Athena
“The Book of Sand”
Josรฉ Luis Borges, William Butler Yeats/Bruno Coulais
Philippe Bernold, flute
Brigitte Engerer, piano
Olivier Charlier, violin
Laurent Verney, viola
Thierry Amadi, cello
Gaelle Mรฉchaly, soprano
Daniel Mesguish, narrator
Recital
Brigitte Engerer, piano
Daniel Mesguish, narrator
5:30 p.m. โ Hermes
“Death and the Maiden” by Schubert
Ysaรฟe Quartet
6:30 p.m. โ Hermes
Opรฉraction
6:30 p.m. โ Risso 6
Public master class by Olivier Charlier (violin)
6:30 p.m. โ Kiosque
Flutes of Azur
6:30 p.m. โ Rhodes
Voxabulaire
6:45 p.m. โ Athena
Schumann, piano concerto, cello concerto
Youth Orchestra of the International Summer Academy of Nice
Conductor, Pierre-Michel Durand
Bruno Rigutto, piano
Marc Coppey, cello
7:00 p.m. โ Apollon
“Ecce Cor Meum” by Sir Paul McCartney
Regional Orchestra of Cannes-Provence-Alpes-Cรดte dโAzur
Departmental Choir, University Vocal Ensemble, Children’s Choir of the Conservatory of Cannes
Conductor, Philippe Bender
Jacques Taddei, organ
Gaรซlle Mรฉchaly, soprano
Choir preparation, Alain Joutard
