Programme
Having been on the musical scene for over 30 years, La Follia instrumental ensemble possesses a rich repertoire and is particularly known for offering its audience old classics and different genres whilst always endeavouring to respect the music’s authenticity.
Below is a brief summary of the programme:
Concerts/events
Anniversaries, commemorations, homages. These are some of the current and forthcoming well-known events:
- 2008 : 90th anniversary of the 1918 armistice
L'Armistice autrement - 2009 : bicentenary of musician Haydn’s death
Haydn autrement
L'inspiration religieuse chez Mozart et Haydn
Homages paid to composers
Homage is paid to one or several masters of music in a single programme which usually includes another modern composer’s work:
- Bach - Bacri
- Mozart - Schoeller
- Jan Dismas Zelenka - Jan Vaclav Stamitz
Concerts/shows
Different forms of artistic expressions can be seen in La Follia’s concerts, accompanied by projections and dance:
- With a coffee (Bach - Finzi - Mouret)
- Poetry and music at the beginning of the 20th century (Britten - Respighi - Schoenberg - Lekeu)
- Words and music (Sauguet - Françaix)
- Charles Burney’s musical voyage in Europe of light, concert/reading, production 2009 (Tartini - Gallupi - Hasse- Haydn- Stamitz - Mozart)
- Astrophonia, concert/conference with the participation of Hubert Reeves (Maratka - Bartok)
- Vauban, music and images, concert/projection (Lully – Delalande – Biber – Telemann – Zbinden – Barber - Stravinski)
- Tango evening (Galliano - Piazolla)
Themed concerts
• Based on a particular work:
- Stabat Mater (Boccherini - Pergolese)
- Les Saisons (Vivaldi - Piazzolla)
• Based on an instrument:
- The magic of the glass (Thomas Bloch, glass harmonica)
- Hungary and Cymbal (Cyril Dupuy, cymbal)
- The violin of light (Christophe Poiget, violin)
- French music for the organ and music orchestra
• Music in history:
- Italian concerto
- Galant music
- Waltz and the polka of the Napolean III era
- Music and suppression (Perséus, a Francois-Bernard Mache creation)
Bespoke programmes
In order to better meet your expectations, La Follia invites you to create your own programme from the pieces of the repertoire:
- Serenade concerts
- Chamber music with the Solistes of La Folia (from the quatuor to the octet)
