Les Riches Heures Musicales de la Rotonde
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Edition 2025 — Les Riches Heures Musicales
The 43rd edition of the Les Riches Heures Musicales de la Rotonde festival took place from August 1 to 12, 2025, offering a European musical journey through the centuries. Without a single theme, the program brought together five exceptional ensembles exploring Baroque, Medieval, and Renaissance repertoires, from Biber's Austria to Elizabethan England, via Venice and the Scottish Highlands.
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43rd edition — Musical Journey Through Ancient Europe
The 2025 edition of the festival offered an essentially European musical tour through styles and centuries, without a set theme, in order to welcome ensembles previously excluded by thematic constraints.
The ensemble Les Veilleurs de Nuit opened the festival on August 1st with Heinrich Biber's Sonatas of the Rosary, a masterpiece of 17th-century Baroque violin virtuosity, performed by violinist Alice Piérot accompanied by Élisabeth Geiger on harpsichord and organ, and Angélique Mauillon on baroque harp.
On August 3rd, Tasto Solo presented "La Flor en Paradis", a program of sacred and secular motets from the codices of Montpellier and Las Huelgas (1250-1350), illustrating the flourishing of Western polyphony. On August 5th, the ensemble Tumbleweeds offered a luminous "Venetian Ballad" with works by Frescobaldi, Kapsberger, and Legrenzi, highlighting the sackbut, ancestor of the trombone.
On August 9th, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, led by François Lazarevitch, performed Scottish and Irish melodies and dance tunes from the 17th and 18th centuries. Finally, François Joubert-Caillet and the Quatuor A'dam closed the festival on August 12th with "Elizabeth's Corsairs", a program exploring faith and music aboard a British ship in the latter half of the 16th century.
Programme
Program for the 43rd edition
- Friday, August 1 at 9 PM: Ensemble Les Veilleurs de Nuit — "The Rosary Sonatas" by Heinrich Biber (Alice Piérot, violin; Élisabeth Geiger, harpsichord and organ; Angélique Mauillon, baroque harp)
- Sunday, August 3 at 9 PM: Tasto Solo — "La Flor en Paradis", sacred and secular motets from the Codex of Montpellier and the Codex of Las Huelgas (1250-1350)
- Tuesday, August 5 at 9 PM: Ensemble Tumbleweeds — "Venetian Ballad", 17th-century Italian music (Frescobaldi, Kapsberger, Legrenzi)
- Saturday, August 9 at 9 PM: Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, dir. François Lazarevitch — Scottish and Irish melodies and dance tunes (17th-18th century)
- Tuesday, August 12 at 9 PM: François Joubert-Caillet and Quatuor A'dam — "Elizabeth's Corsairs", faith and music in the time of Elizabeth I (16th century)
Highlights
- 43rd edition of the ancient music festival
- Five concerts from August 1 to 12, 2025
- Biber's Rosary Sonatas by Les Veilleurs de Nuit
- 13th-century medieval music by Tasto Solo
- Venetian Ballad by the ensemble Tumbleweeds
- Scottish and Irish melodies by Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien
- Elizabethan closing by François Joubert-Caillet and Quatuor A'dam
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From 10.00€ — 33.00€
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Rotonde du Château de Simiane-la-Rotonde
Rotonde du Château, 04150 Simiane-la-Rotonde