Musiques pour faire plaisir !
2023
Edition 2023 — Finished
Edition 2023 — MPFP!
First Edition — July 30 to August 6, 2023
For its first edition, the Musiques pour faire plaisir! festival settled on the banks of the Loire, between Beaugency and Mer, from July 30 to August 6, 2023. The program, structured around the theme of nature, offered a musical journey in five parts:
- Forest: Brahms Trio
- Animals: Excerpts from Carmen, Chabrier's La Pastorale des cochons roses, Landowski's La Chanson de Pérote
- Water: Works by Takemitsu, Debussy, and Milhaud
- Time: Vivaldi and Haydn
- Universe and Humanity: Jolivet, Rossini, Mozart, Rodrigo
The Artists
Tenor Albin Menant, pianists Jean-François Ballèvre and Jean-François Bouvery, flutist Elena Stojceska, clarinetist Carjez Gerretsen, and guitarist Romain Petiot led this first edition. A youth concert and cultural activities led by a wind quintet in the Loiret and Loir-et-Cher departments completed the program.
Programme
2023 Program
- Forest: Brahms Trio
- Animals: Carmen (excerpts), Chabrier, Landowski
- Water: Takemitsu, Debussy, Milhaud
- Time: Vivaldi, Haydn
- Universe and Humanity: Jolivet, Rossini, Mozart, Rodrigo
- Youth Concert and cultural activities around music and nature
Highlights
- First edition of the festival
- Thematic program around nature in five parts
- Concerts between Beaugency and Mer, on the banks of the Loire
- Artists: Albin Menant, Elena Stojceska, Carjez Gerretsen, Romain Petiot
- Youth concert and cultural activities in Loiret and Loir-et-Cher
- Eco-responsible charter and promotion of soft mobility
Published by Valentin Contard, festival listings writer. Reviewed, corrected and approved by Christophe Contard, editor-in-chief. .