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Festival history
The purpose of the Festival is to gather a choir of English and French singers for a long weekend in the South of France during the August Bank Holiday weekend and put on concerts in and around St Gauderic and Mirepoix.
The first St Gauderic Music Festival was held in August 2007; a couple of concerts were promoted in the summer of 2008, and the second festival took place in August 2009. A third festival is being planned for August 2010. See the link below for details.
For 2007, the English singers mainly stayed in Auberge du Balestie, (www.auberge-du-balestie.com) although there was an overflow to other accommodation in the area. Dave and Sylvia at the Auberge provided a comfortable environment for the Festival, laid on delicious food, as well as the glorious views of the Pyrenees, the beautiful weather and the appealing swimming pool.
The main works for the concerts in 2007 were Faure’s Requiem and Elgar’s From the Bavarian Highlands. We also sang Faure’s Cantique de Jean Racine and a few other works More detail see link below.
Two concerts were promoted in 2008. The Goldberg Ensemble string sextet gave a truly inspiring concert on 25 August, and the Latour Festival Choir came on 25 July. More detail see link below.
For the Festival in August 2009, with the main works were Mozart’s Requiem and Handel’s Zadok the Priest. Further details are available on the link below.