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 Ton Koopman presents 15th Itinéraire Baroque festival
in the Romanesque churches of the Dordogne’s leafy
Périgord Vert region
Launch concert: 14 May
Itinéraire Baroque Festival: 28 – 31 July
www.itinerairebaroque.com
Ton Koopman’s Itinéraire Baroque Festival in the Dordogne, set in the
picturesque medieval villages and towns around Riberac and Brantôme, returns
for its 15th edition from Thursday 28 July to Sunday 31 July 2016. The festival’s
annual highlight is the Saturday pilgrimage circuit to small forgotten Romanesque
churches for five “taster” concerts, following Koopman’s uplifting morning recital
on the organ.
This year’s line-up includes Koopman’s many friends and colleagues, performing
Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Vivaldi and many of their contemporaries. The line-up
includes the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir, La Risonanza, l’Accademia
Stumentale Italiana d’Alberto Rasi, La Cetra and more. Prior to the festival, there
is a launch concert on Saturday 14 May with Tini Mathot, Bettina Pahn and the
Dordogne youth choir directed by Ton Koopman.
The 2016 Festival begins on 28 July at the Église de Champagne for a concert by
the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and soprano Hana Blazikovà, directed by Ton
Koopman. On 29 July is the Festival’s annual Baroque en Cercles day which
consists of three concerts in the same church throughout the day whilst offering
food and drink from Café Baroque. The
first concert of the day is performed by
Vivante, an Austrian group including
tenors Erik Leidal and Tore Denys,
théorbo and guitar player Christopher
Dickie, harpsichordist/organist AnneMarie Dragosits and violist/guitarist
Daniel Pilz. Alberto Rasi and his
ensemble - the Accademia Strumentale
Italiana -perform a varied programme
of music (Commedia delle arte and
music) by Vecchi, Landi, Janequin, Di Lasso, Des Prez, Locke, Merula and
Monteverdi. For the final concert of the day, Fabio Bonizzoni and his ensemble La
Risonanza join forces with soprano Yetzabel Arias Fernandez.
The highlight of Itinéraire Baroque each year is their annual Itinéraire day which
travels around five different Romanesque churches for small chamber recitals.
This year’s Itinéraire travels to St-Martial-Viveyrol, Bourg des Maisons, Château
de Beauregard, Cherval and Coutures. Camerata Trajectina will perform their
Dowland in Holland programme at the Château de Beauregrad with soprano Hieke
Meppelink and tenor Nico van der Meel. La Cetra Barockorchester perform F.H
Ehrenfried’s 1793 arrangement of La Flûte Enchantée (The Magic flute) at
Cherval. At Bourg-des-Maisons harpist and soprano Hana Blažíková performs a
range of Medieval music. Le Vertigo perform a mixture of English and French
repertoire of the 17th century at Saint-Martial-Viveyrols featuring soprano
Caroline Dangin-Bardot. The final concert of Itinéraire is mezzo soprano Anna
Zander and harpsichordist Mayumi Kamata performing extracts and influences
from Haydn’s Ariadne auf Naxos at Coutures.
To close the festival at the Église de Saint Astier, Ton Koopman directs the
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir for a performance of Haydn’s Nelson
Mass and Mozart’s Coronation Mass. The soloists for the evening will be soprano
Yetzabel Arias Fernandez, alto Bogna Bartosz, tenor Tilman Lichdi and bass Klaus
Mertens.
In this beautiful unspoiled region with its quiet stone-built villages, Ton
Koopman has created a festival that celebrates baroque music and the graceful
medieval architectural heritage of the area. Started as an “itinéraire”, a one-day
festival of five concerts on the pilgrimage circuit to five small parish churches, the
festival has gradually expanded into an extended weekend over 4 days, which
attracts new audiences to the Périgord Vert. Each year some 3,000 visitors
attend the dozen concerts in the festival - many have returned to settle in the
area, restoring the farmhouses and chateaux and enjoying the gardens and
gastronomic local produce.
Koopman bought a family home in the area 15 years ago and shortly after
Bach’s epic 250th anniversary in 2000, he founded the Itinéraire Baroque with
Robert-Nicolas Huet in 2001. The aim was to bring music to the stunning
locations, from Brantôme to Saint-Astier via the rural roads of the
Mareuillais, the Verteillacois and Ribérac and to involve the local community
by forming a children’s choir.
With Koopman, the Youth Choir of the
Dordogne (Jeune Chœur de Dordogne) has performed a wide range of works
including Purcell’s King Arthur to Telemann’s Orpheus and the St Matthew
Passion, with which they toured France last year. Another highlight of each year
is when Koopman provides the music for the Sunday morning mass at his local
church in Verteillac playing the organ and often accompanied with one of the
festival’s singers.
As Ton Koopman explains:
“This rural area of Perigord Vert is perhaps lesser
known than the more famous Dordogne valley with
its majestic castles and strategic crusader
fortresses. These smaller villages on rivers dotted
across the countryside, many inhabited since
prehistoric times, have a quieter, intimate charm.
It seemed a shame to see so many of these
historic churches closed for much of the year, so
we started the festival to open up their doors and fill them with music. 15 years
on, I am delighted that the festival has grown and become a regular fixture in the
summer calendar, attracting visitors from far and wide.”
About the Dordogne
Named after the great Dordogne river, this region of Aquitaine is one of the most
picturesque areas in Europe, famous for its prehistoric caves and gastronomic
delicacies – foie gras, walnuts and truffles ideally complemented by wines from St
Emillion. It is rich in magnificent castles, historical museums and its luscious
green valleys. The Dordogne is also well-known under the former name Périgord,
which dates back to when it was occupied by the Gauls. It was divided into four
separate parts, according to the four tribes: Périgord Noir (Black for the darkness
of the stone), the Périgord Blanc (White for limestone quarries), the Périgord Vert
(Green for forest) and the Périgord Pourpre (Purple for wine).
The charming city of Brantôme is located in the Périgord Vert, in an island on the
River Dronne next to a cluster of prehistoric limestone caves, open to the public
behind the Abbey. The Celts and their mystic Druid priests gave Brantôme its
name – a combination of the Celtic words for water and rocks. After the Celts,
the town was inhabited by Romans, then early Christians whose community of
monks developed the early monastery into the splendid abbey on the banks of
the river.
The Dordogne is renowned for its gastronomy – local cuisine includes duck and
goose dishes, truffles, apple cider and walnuts. There is also the delicious dessert
wine of Montbazillac and Bordeaux’ fine wines an hour away. There are also
plenty of activities for visitors to the Dordogne, as the area boasts lush green golf
courses, canoe trips along the river and beautiful walks and bike rides across the
undulating landscape
2016 Festival
Spring concerts
Saturday 14 May 2016
Venue: Collégiale de Ribérac:
6pm: Cécile & Adonis (free concert)
Marieke Koopman mime
Jonas Furrer mime
Isabelle Demerson narrator
Ton Koopman organ
8:30pm: German lieder and
Mozart’s nocturnes
Tini Mathot, piano forte
Bettina Pahn soprano
Jeune Chœur de Dordogne
Ton Koopman direction
Summer concerts
Sunday 17 July 2016
Venue: Eglise de la Cité, Périgueux
4.40pm: Organ recital
Ton Koopman organ
Couperin Messe pour les couvents
Bach Fantasia BWV 572
Daquin Quand Jésus naquit à Noël
Thursday 28 July 2016
Venue: Église de Champagne
8:30pm: Opening concert
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Hana Blazíkovà soprano
Ton Koopman direction
J.S. Bach
Suite n° 1
Cantate BWV 51
Sinfonia de BWV 42
Cantate BWV 202
Friday 29 July 2016
Baroque en Cercles
Venue: Église Abbatiale de Cercles
12pm: Vivante ensemble
Erik Leidal tenor
Tore Denys tenor
Christopher Dickie théorbo & guitar
Anne-Marie Dragosits harpsichord &
organ
Daniel Pilz viol & guitar
Monteverdi’s duets for tenors
3pm: Café Baroque
Talk:“Is improvisation in Baroque
music the same as in Jazz?”
4:30pm: Commedia! Commedia!
ACCADEMIA STRUMENTALE
ITALIANA
Lorenzo Bassotto comedian
Elena Bertuzzi soprano
Luigi Lupo recorder
Davide Monti violin
Claudia Pasetto viol
Béatrice Pornon lute and guitar
Sbibu percussion
Alberto Rasi viol & direction
Music by Vecchi, Landi, Janequin, Di
Lasso, Des Prez, Locke, Merula,
Monteverdi.
8:30pm: Piano e Tempeste
D’amore
La Risonanza
Fabio Bonizzoni harpsichord and
conductor
Carlo Lazzaroni violin
Claudia Combs violin
Caterina Dell’Agnello cello
Yetzabel Arias Fernandez soprano
Arias by Scarlatti, Bononcini, Corelli
and Handel
Saturday 30 July 2016
L’Itinéraire
9:45am: organ recital
Venue: Église de Cercles
Ton Koopman organ
1 Camerata Trajectina
Venue: Château de Beauregard
Hieke Meppelink soprano
Nico van der Meel tenor
Saskia Coolen recorder & viol
Erik Beijer viol
Michiel Niessen lute & vihuela
Songs by Dowland
Venue: Église de Cherval
Claire Genewein flûte traversière
Eva Borhi violin
Péter Barczi viola
Melanie Beck cello
F.H Ehrenfried La flûte enchantée
(arr. 1793)
3 Le Vertigo
Venue: Église de Saint-Martial
Viveyrols
Mathilde Vialle viol
Céline Destruhaut recorder
Jean-Miguel Aristizabal
harpsichord
Caroline Dangin-Bardot soprano
English and French songs of the
17th century
4 Anna Zander and Mayumi
Kamata
Venue: Église de Coutures
Anna Zander mezzo soprano
Mayumi Kamata harpsichord
Extracts and influences of
Haydn’s Ariadne auf Naxos
5 Hana Blažíková
Venue: Église de Bourg-des-Maisons
Hana Blažíková soprano & harp
Medieval music
Sunday 31 July 2016
Closing concert
Venue: Église de Saint Astier
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Amsterdam Baroque Choir
Yetzabel Arias Fernandez soprano
Bogna Bartosz alto
Tilman Lichdi tenor
Klaus Mertens bass
Ton Koopman direction
Haydn Nelson Mass
Mozart Coronation Mass
2 La Cetra Barockorchester
Ton Koopman
Hailing from Zwolle in the Netherlands,
Ton Koopman is an acclaimed organist,
harpsichordist and conductor, as well as
the Artistic Director of Itinéraire Baroque.
From the beginning of his musical studies in Amsterdam, he was fascinated by
authentic instruments and a performance style based on sound scholarship and in
1969, at the age of 25, he created his first Baroque orchestra. In 1979 he
founded the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra followed by the Amsterdam Baroque
Choir in 1992.
Koopman's extensive activities as a soloist, accompanist and conductor have been
recorded on a large number of LPs and CDs for labels such as Erato, Teldec,
Sony, Philips and DG, along with his own record label, Antoine Marchand,
distributed by Challenge Records.
Over the course of his 45-year career Ton Koopman has appeared in some the
most important concert halls and festivals in the world, including the
Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Théatre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, the
Philharmonie in Munich, the Alte Oper in Frankfurt, the Lincoln Center and
Carnegie Hall in New York. He has been Principal Conductor of the Netherland
Radio Chamber Orchestra and has collaborated with leading international
orchestras such as the Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Chicago Symphony,
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
in Rome and Wiener Symphoniker.
Between 1994 and 2004, Ton Koopman was engaged in a unique project,
conducting and recording all the existing Cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach, a
massive undertaking for which he has been awarded the Deutsche
Schallplattenpreis ‘Echo Klassik’, the BBC Music Magazine Choral Award in 2008,
the Prix Hector Berlioz and has been nominated for a Grammy Award in America
and Gramophone Award in the UK.
In 2000 Ton Koopman received an Honorary Degree from the Utrecht University
for his academic work on the Bach Cantatas and Passions and has been awarded
both the prestigious Silver Phonograph Prize and the VSCD Classical Music Award.
In 2006 he has received the ‘Bach-Medaille’ from the City of Leipzig.
Ton Koopman publishes regularly and for a number of years he has been engaged
in editing the complete Händel Organ Concertos for Breitkopf & Härtel. He has
published Händel’s Messiah and Buxtehude‘s Das Jüngeste Gericht for Carus.
Koopman leads the class of harpsichord at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague,
is Professor at the University of Leiden and is an Honorary Member of the Royal
Academy of Music in London.
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