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The organ rejoices! 25 years of musical experience at the Grand Temple organ

  • Reformed Church of Lyon 3 quai Victor Augagneur 69003 Lyon (map)

More Info: https://www.lyon-france.com/L-Agenda/Musique-Concerts/L-Orgue-jubile-!-25-ans-d-experiences-musicales-a-l-orgue-du-Grand-Temple

This concert invites you to discover unexpected encounters between sound and image.

This concert offers a retrospective of 25 years of musical experiences around the organ of the Grand Temple de Lyon. It invites you to discover unexpected encounters between the sound and the image, between instruments that everything seems to oppose (organ and drums, organ and bagpipes with the first public hearing of the group "2CO"). 

With the participation of Michel Robert (Organist of St Donat, Artistic Director, Conductor), Michel Visse (Percussionist Honorary Soloist of the National Orchestra of Lyon), Valérie Quoniam and Martin Cascaro (Sonneurs) and of Frederic Lamantia (Holder of the organ of the great temple of Lyon and organist with the City hall of Villeurbanne). 

In the program:
- Silent cinema with short films accompanied by live organ and piano 
(M. Robert & F. Lamantia) 
- French song on the organ with original transcriptions of the greatest "tubes" by Brel, Piaf, Brassens. .. (F. Lamantia & M Visse) 
- Slavonic melodies in duet 
Organ and drums (F. Lamantia & M. Visse) 
- Current and folk music from the original transcripts of the "2CO" Group (F. Lamantia, M. Cascaro & V. Quoniam).

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