Chamber music and classical house concerts in Avignon Provence

Le Salon de Musique de La Mirande

La Mirande organised chamber music concerts in the 1990s with famous musicians such as Gustav Leonhardt, Hopkinson Smith, Véronique Gens, Hervé Niquet, Billy Eidi, Paul Esswood...

Thanks to the perseverance of a music-loving friend, we are once again organising chamber music concerts. He was the one who introduced us to Philippe Graffin, violinist and artistic director of the Saint-Nazaire music festival. Thanks to Philippe, who is highly regarded by his peers, internationally renowned artists have confidently accepted the invitation to play at La Mirande in Avignon Provence, in front of an intimate audience compared to the concert halls they are used to.

Calendar

Wednesday, March 19th, 2025, 7:30pm

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Piano and vocal recital

First part Wagner's Wesendonk lieder (5 songs)
Second part La Maja Dolorosa Granados (3 songs) Manuel de Falla's seven popular songs

Seat prices: €40 with a glass of champagne in-between or at the end of the concert

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Tuesday, March 18th, 2025, 7:30pm

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"Tribute to Messiaen"

14 Lieder by Schubert transcribed for soprano, violin, cello and accordion by Bernard Cavanna
Sofia Goubaïdoulina: Silenzio for violin, cello and accordion
Pascal Contet: Creation for cello and accordion

Julie Cherrier Hoffmann: soprano
Saskia Lethiec: violin David Louwerse: cello Pascal Contet: accordion
Partnership La Mirande-Musique Sacrée et Orgue en Avignon

Seat prices: €40 with a glass of champagne at the interval or at the end of the concert

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Tuesday, January 30th, 2024, 7:30pm

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Tribute to Messiaen

Histoires d'Air(s)
Baroque improvisations and transcriptions from Sweelinck to Philip Glass
Vocal & accordion
Couperin: la Visionnaire, les ombres errantes, la Montflambert Bach: excerpts from the Motet Jesu meine Freude BWV 227 Philip Glass: vocal and accordion Pascal Contet: accordion creation Purcell: Hear my Prayer, O Lord Gesualdo: Sparge la Morte Sweelinck: Dolcissimo ben mio, Hor che Soav
• Tarentule Ensemble • Marie Cubaynes, mezzo-soprano • Cecil Gallois, countertenor • Xavier de Lignerolles, tenor • Pascal Contet, accordion
Partnership La Mirande-Sacred Music and Organ in Avignon

Seat prices: €40 with a glass of champagne in-between or at the end of the concert

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Tuesday, March 7th, 2023, 6:30pm

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Tribute to Messiaen

Baroque Creations, Improvisations & Transcriptions Soprano, organ and accordion Schütz, Monteverdi, Pergolesi, Vivaldi, Handel, Bach

Creations by Pascal Contet and Isabelle Chauvalon for soprano, positive organ and accordion

. Petra Ahlander, soprano . Pascal Contet, accordion . Luc Antonini, positive organ

Partnership La Mirande-Sacred Music and Organ in Avignon

Seat prices: €40 with a glass of champagne in-between or at the end of the concert

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Saturday, January 21st, 2023, 6:30pm

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Concert
In collaboration with MGConcerts

Philippe Graffin, violon Natacha Kudritskaya, piano

Program : Valentyn Sylvestrov « The Messenger » *** Ludwig van Beethoven « Spring » , Piano and violin op m. 24 *** François Couperin 5th order : La tendre Fanchon L’Angélique Les agréments Les ondes *** Alan Ridout « Ferdinand », violin *** Francis Poulenc Violin and piano (1942)

Seat prices: €40 with a glass of champagne at the end of the concert

Wednesday, October 26th 2022, 6:30pm

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Looking for the Vinteuil Sonata

George Enescu
"Childhood Impressions" op. 28
Philippe Hersant "Swan(n)"
César Franck
sonata dedicated to Eugène Ysaÿe

-Intermission-

Eugène Ysaÿe
Posthumous sonata op. 27 bis
Maurice Ravel
"Lullaby in the name of Gabriel Fauré"
Camille Saint-Saëns
Sonata n°1 op. 75

Claire Desert, piano Philippe Graffin, violin
Seat prices: €40 with a glass of champagne at the interval or end of the concert