Spectacle à Beauséjour : L'Orchestre d'harmonie de Châtelaillon-Plage

This year, the Orchestre d'Harmonie de Châtelaillon-Plage will be offering an evening under the sign of water.
water... Whether alive, calm, raging, fresh or salty, water covers 70% of our blue planet. It plays a
It plays a crucial role in the development of mankind, and is a precious commodity. There are countless
musical works that, at least since the Baroque period, have been linked to the aquatic element.
Romanticism was particularly rich in this respect. Musical scores that give
to the theme of water - spring, river or fountain - number in the hundreds.
Who hasn't experienced Handel's three Water Music suites, Maurice Ravel's Jeux d'eau,
a piano piece by Maurice Ravel?
Film scores orchestrating the movements of water are not to be outdone. The composition
of The Shape of Water, winner of the 2018 Oscar for best film score, is by
Alexandre Desplat, the multi-award-winning French composer.
For this evening, the Orchestre d'Harmonie takes up the challenge of immersing you in an aquatic environment
full of musical colors, sound effects and unusual, impromptu alliances.
In an aquarium or on the open sea, in canals or harbors, in calm or stormy weather,
come and bathe in music...

The Orchestre d'Harmonie de Châtelaillon-Plage under the direction of Cécile and Francis Bétermin