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Autumn Organ Festival

  • Cultural
  • Concert
  • Classical music
  • Sacred music
Divers lieux, Divers lieux, 84000 Avignon
Many varied concerts that showcase the rich heritage of organs in Avignon. With each new edition of this organ event, the concerts reach an ever-wider audience full of enthusiasm for the organ.
Les Automnales focuses on Baroque, Romantic and sacred music in the churches of Avignon and the surrounding area.

The next edition of Automnales de l'orgue à Avignon runs from September 28 to December 14, 2025.

CONCERTS IN AVIGNON :
- CAMPRA'S TE DEUM AND VIVALDI'S GLORIA
SATURDAY OCTOBER 4 AT 5PM
Métropole Notre-Dame-des-Doms
Soloists, choir and instrumental ensemble
As part of Semaine Provençale and Semaine Italienne d'Avignon.
Prices: to be announced

- BACH AND ITALY
SUNDAY OCTOBER 5 AT 6PM
Temple Saint-Martial
Recital on the Pascal Quoirin organ
Bach/Vivaldi: Concerto in A minor BWV 593
Johann Sebastian Bach: Canzona BWV 588
Fantasy in C major BWV 570
Fugue in C major on a theme by Albinoni BWV 946
Trio sonata no. 4 in E minor BWV 528
Fugue in B minor on a theme by Corelli BWV 578
Trio sonata no. 6 in G major BWV 530
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major BWV 564
Retransmission on large screen
Free participation
As part of Avignon's Italian Week.

- THE ENGLISH ROMANTIC ORGAN
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11 AT 3PM
Collégiale Saint-Didier
Recital on the François Mader organ
Holst: Chaconne from the Moorside suite
Thalben-Ball: Elegy
Bridge: Adagio in E major
Elgar: Nimrod from Variations Enigma Op.36, Sonata for organ Op.28
Retransmission on large screen.
Free participation.

- SCHUBERT'S MASS IN G
CANTATE LE SOLEIL ET LES AUTRES ETOILES, CREATION BY Éric BRETON
CORONATION ANTHEM, ZADOK THE PRIEST HWV 258 BY HAENDEL
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25 AT 5 P.M.
Métropole Notre-Dame-des-Doms
Choir, instrumental ensemble and organ
Prices: from €10 to €22

- FROM BACH TO BELLINI WITH A TRIBUTE TO RAVEL
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 1ST AT 5PM
Collégiale Saint-Agricol
Soprano, oboe and organ
Handel: Air n°2, from Neun Deutsche Arien
Buxtehude: Toccata BuxWV 164 and Canzona BuxWV 170
Albinoni: Concerto for oboe in D minor Op.9 No.2
Ravel: No.2, Scheherazade's Magic Flute
Antonini: Hommage à Ravel, premiere
Donizetti: Grande Offertorio per Organo o Piano Forte
Bellini: Concerto for oboe in E-flat major
Haydn: No. 8, Nun beut die Flur from Creation
Bach: Nos. 1, 2, 7, 8 from Cantata BWV 199 Mein Herz schwimmt im Blut
Free participation

- L'OVNI BAROQUE: CANTATA A 3
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2 AT 4PM
Chapelle Saint-Louis
Soprano, violin and organ pedalboard, harpsichord and organ
Bach: Sinfonia from Cantata BWV 29
Partita BWV 1006
Recitative Drum sucht auch Amor sein Vergnügen from Cantata BWV 202
Air Auch mit gedämpften, schwachen Stimmen from Cantata BWV 36
Overture in D major BWV 828 from the 4th Partita
Froberger: Toccata I, Ricercar VII
Schütz: Eile mich, Gott, zu erretten, Op. 8
Froberger: Toccata V, da sonarsi alla Levatione
Biber: Sonata V, Jésus retrouvé au Temple
Bach: Siciliano for violin and harpsichord BWV 1017
Recitative Ach! dieser süβe Trost from Cantata BWV 57
Air Seufzer, Thränen, Kummer, Noth from Cantata BWV 21
Adagio BWV 564
Burlesca in A minor, BWV 827 from the 3rd Partita
Air Bereite dir Jesu from Cantata BWV 147
Choral Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ from Cantata BWV 6
Single ticket €15

- SCHUMANN REQUIEM
UNE CEREMONIE IMAGINAIRE WITH Gabriel FAURE and René VIERNE
CANTATE DOMINO CANTICUM NOVUM, CREATION BY Isabelle CHAUVALON
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9 AT 4PM
Métropole Notre-Dame-des-Doms
Soloists, mixed choir, women's choir and children's choir
Instrumental ensemble and organ
Liszt : Ave Maria for women's voices and organ
Schumann: Requiem for soloists, mixed choir, instrumental ensemble and organ
René Vierne: Messe basse opus 8 for harmonium or organ
Gabriel Fauré: Messe basse for women's voices with organ or harmonium accompaniment
Chauvalon: Cantate Domino for 2 choirs and 2 organs, first performance
As part of Avignon Terre de Culture 2025 and the 30th anniversary of Avignon's inclusion in UNESCO's World Heritage List.
Prices : to come

- CHAMBER MUSIC WITH ORGAN
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 11 AT 3 PM
Collégiale Saint-Didier
Two violins and organ
Stanley: Voluntary 8
Handel: Sonata in G minor no. 8
Biber: The Crucifixion from the Rosary Sonatas
Vitali: Chaconne in G minor
Morandi: Sonata in C major
Vivaldi: Concerto for two violins RV 522
Bach: Pastorale in F major
Tchaikovsky : Melody in E flat major Op.42
Ucellini: Aria sopra la Bergamasca
Retransmission on large screen
Free participation

- CINE-CONCERT: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 15 AT 5 PM
Temple Saint-Martial
Organ and Cinema
Thierry Escaich's improvisations on Rupert Julian's 1925 silent film The Phantom of the Opera, based on Gaston Leroux's novel of the same name.
Big screen projection
The Phantom of the Opera is a 1925 American film directed by Rupert Julian, based on the novel of the same name by Gaston Leroux. It is part of the Universal Monsters series. Erik, the Phantom of the Opera, a half-crazed being rejected by society, lives in the disused basement of the Garnier Opera House in Paris. In love with one of the opera singers, Christine Daaé, he intrigues to get her the lead role, before demanding his love in return. But when she discovers the profound ugliness of the man they call the Phantom of the Opera, she, with the help of her suitor, tries everything to escape his clutches. As was customary at the time, the film will be accompanied by musical improvisations.
Single ticket price: €15

- DIXIT DOMINUS BY VIVALDI AND KYRIE BY MOZART, SCHUBERT AND DVORAK
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 22 AT 5 PM
Saint-Agricol collegiate church
Soloists, choir, instrumental ensemble and organ
Preston: Uppon La Mi Re, organ
Pärt: Trivium, organ
Apt Manuscript: Kyrie, a cappella choir
Mozart: Kyrie in D minor Kv. 341, choir and instrumental ensemble
Schubert: Kyrie from Mass in A-flat major D. 678, choir and instrumental ensemble
Dvorak: Kyrie from the Mass in D Op. 86, choir and instrumental ensemble
Guilmant: Introduction and Allegro from the 1st Sonata Op.42, organ
Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus, choir and instrumental ensemble
Prices: on sale

Full program at https://www.musique-sacree-en-avignon.org/

Location

Location

Autumn Organ Festival
Divers lieux, Divers lieux, 84000 Avignon

Spoken languages

Spoken languages
  • French
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