Orgue en ville: Carmen, opening concert

Opening concert
Tuesday 1st July 2025, 8.30pm - Saint-Joseph church, Besançon
free admission with a contribution by the hat

Tributes to Bizet, Satie, Ravel and Strauss

Isabelle Druet, mezzo-soprano
Frédéric Champion, organ & transcriptions
Julien Cudey, percussion
with the participation of the percussion class of the CRR du Grand Besançon

This programme pays tribute to these four major composers, whose anniversaries are being celebrated in 2025, through a kaleidoscope of vocal and instrumental works in a resolutely original form: arias, popular or Hebrew melodies, more intimate pieces and waltzes.
Originally composed for orchestra, these works will be presented in previously unpublished transcriptions, created and performed on the organ by Frédéric Champion, shedding new light on their harmonic richness and expressive power.
Isabelle Druet, whose star role is Carmen, will perform large excerpts from Bizet's opera.
These first musical echoes of 2025 will be lively and full of contrasts, just like the festival as a whole.