Autumn Musical Days
Baroque and classical music concerts in Souvigny, Allier
2026
About Autumn Musical Days
Every year on the last weekend of September, the Journées musicales d'Automne bring together five baroque and classical music concerts in the Saint-Marc auditorium and the priory church of Souvigny, in the Allier department. The festival was established in 2001 by the Association Saint-Marc, which had already been organizing concerts centered around the historic François-Henri Clicquot organ in the priory church.
The program features a mix of recitals, vocal and instrumental ensembles, along with a lecture, tours of sites rarely open to the public, and social gatherings such as a baroque afternoon tea, breakfast, and post-concert receptions.
Autumn Musical Days — edition 2026
Programme Autumn Musical Days 2026
Friday, September 25, 2026
- 9:00 PM — La Nébuleuse, Gabriel Rignol · "Memorare", rare motets by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (four singers, violins, theorbo, viola da gamba, organ) · Auditorium Saint-Marc
Saturday, September 26, 2026
- 10:00 AM — Concert-presentation: The reed stops of the Clicquot organ, by Madeleine Cordez · Priory Church · Free admission
- 3:00 PM — Café Zimmermann, Céline Frisch and Pablo Valetti · "Around Leipzig: Bach and Telemann" (traverso, violin, viola da gamba, harpsichord) · Auditorium Saint-Marc
- 9:00 PM — Trinity Boy's Choir and l'Achéron, François Joubert-Caillet · "Elizabeth's Corsairs" (four young English singers, five violas da gamba) · Priory Church
Sunday, September 27, 2026
- 9:45 AM — Hanna Salzenstein · "Around the Suites: Bach and Dall'Abaco", cello recital · Auditorium Saint-Marc
- 11:15 AM — Artists' Mass, featuring Céline Frisch (Clicquot organ) and Hanna Salzenstein (cello) · Priory Church · Free admission
- 5:00 PM — Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet · "Venetian Splendors", Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus, Gloria, Magnificat (choir and orchestra, 27 musicians) · Priory Church
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Practical information — Autumn Musical Days
Access
Souvigny is located 12 km west of Moulins (Allier), approximately 3 hours from Paris via the A77 motorway through Nevers. By train, Moulins-sur-Allier station is 2 hours and 30 minutes from Paris Bercy station on the line towards Clermont-Ferrand. Some concerts are held at the theater in Moulins, near Souvigny.
Tickets
The box office opens on September 1st. Tickets can be purchased via the festival website, through the association, by email, by mail, or by phone.
A festival born from a heritage association
The Association Saint-Marc, founded in 1901 under the law of the same name, takes its name from the former Saint-Marc church in Souvigny, where it originally housed a lapidary museum. Its initial mission focused on the monumental and artistic heritage of the town. It later dedicated itself to promoting the historic François-Henri Clicquot organ in the priory church, for which concerts had been held since the 1950s, and organized a symposium in 1983 to mark the instrument's bicentenary.
The Journées musicales d'Automne, created in 2001, continue this work with an annual weekend of concerts. Performances are filmed, with some being broadcast on radio or television, and others released as recordings under the Souvigny-Festival label.
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