Théodore Gouvy International Festival
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The Théodore Gouvy International Festival (Festival international Théodore Gouvy) is an annual festival of classical music held in honour of Franco-German composer, Théodore Gouvy. The festival is located in Hombourg-Haut (region Grand Est), the town where the composer, from 1867 onwards, used to spend the summer with his family.
Mission
The festival has been established by the Institut Théodore Gouvy and the Choeur d'hommes de Hombourg-Haut (male choir founded in 1865 with Gouvy's support). The festival is aimed at rediscovering the major works of the composer.
The first edition took place in 1995.[http://choeurhhh.pagesperso-orange.fr/festival.html Creation and early years of the Festival. On the website of the male choir.]
Since then, the festival is supported by the town of Hombourg-Haut, the region Grand Est and the Moselle (department).
The festival is intended to be a series of six concerts spread out over the year. A close relationship has been established with the [https://www.lestrademensuel.fr/tag/festival-international-theodore-gouvy Orchestre national de Lorraine], major participant in the Festival.The orchestra changed its name and became in 2019 the Orchestre national de Metz
Programming
Each concert associates a work of Gouvy with works of other composers. This mix is most often based on highlights of the musical scene or on other topical issues as the 10th anniversary of the twinning between Hombourg-Haut and San Giorgio di Pesaro in 2016 (with an Ouverture of Rossini, the 4th symphony of 4Mendelssohn and the 1st symphony of Gouvy (both symphonies have been composed in Italy).[http://www.radiomelodie.com/agenda/8424-festival-international-theodore-gouvy.html Concert programme available on the website of Radio Mélodie]
Participating vocal groups, artists and orchestras include conductors like Pierre Cao, Jacques Mercier, Joachim Fontaine, soloists like Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Françoise Pollet, Jean-Pierre Wallez…; choirs like the [https://lunvision-blog.com/2013/12/10/theodore-gouvy-et-la-russie/ Choir of the monks of Saint-Alexander Nevski monastery], the female Choir Rimsky-Korsakov of Saint-Petersburg, Oxford Voices, Psalette de Lorraine…; chamber music ensembles like Ricercare or the Chamber Orchestra of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (KMVL)[http://www.hombourg-haut.fr/site/medias/_images_agenda/Affiche_concert_13.11.2016.pdf Concert programme on the official website of Hombourg-Haut]....; string quartets (Quatuor Varèse, Quatuor Denis Clavier) etc.
Venues
File:Hombourg-Haut Église Saint-Étienne 02.jpg, main venue in the festival.]]
The concerts are generally held in the collegiate church of Saint-Stephen. The New Year concert takes now place in the new "Espace Wendel".[http://www.radiomelodie.com/agenda/8424-festival-international-theodore-gouvy.html Programme of the New Year concert of January 2019 on the website of Radio Mélodie]
30th edition of the festival in 2019
The 30th edition coincides with the 200th anniversary of Théodore Gouvy's birth.See the programme of the third concert on the website of the [https://57.agendaculturel.fr/concert/hombourg-haut/les-30emes-rencontres-musicales-de-hombourg-haut-festival-international-theodore-gouvy.html cultural news of the département de la Moselle].
The fourth concert (on July 4, exactly 200 years after Gouvy's birth) provided the opportunity to inaugurate the statue erected in the honour of the composer and to re-create one of his cantatas, Aslega.Concert programme on the official website of the Theodore Gouvy Institute This work has been premiered in Paris in 1876 and was the first cantata Gouvy composed for soloists, choir and orchestra. The composer reworked it (1888-1892). Nevertheless this second version (with German libretto) has never been published and performed. The performance was directed by Jacques Mercier.In the German magazine Opus, music critic Friedrich Spangemacher points out the power of Gouvy's music.[https://www.opus-kulturmagazin.de/ikob-kunstpreis-fuer-feministische-kunst-prix-dart-pour-lart-feministe-art-prize-for-feminist-art-2-copy/ See Opus Kuktur Magazin]
References
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External links
- [https://www.facebook.com/institut.gouvy/friends_mutual?pnref=eh Festival International Théodore Gouvy]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhOz_VI1j1Q The Choir of the monks of the Alexander Nevski Monastery of Saint-Pétersburg sings "Benedictus" of Gouvy's ''Missa Brevis']' (Théodore Gouvy International Festival - Collegiate church Saint-Stephen (Hombourg-Haut)
Category:Music festivals established in 1995