13th International Organ Festival. Organ and recital: "Et ta main fermera les yeux" ("And Your Hand will Close My Eyes"): Pierre-Marie Escourrou, readings and Michel Alabau, organ, organised by the Department of Cultural AffairsSunday 5 August, at 5 pm Cathédrale de Monaco
On 5 August, there will a concert with
readings, based on the work of the poet and essayist Jean Miniac, "And your
hand will close my eyes ...". The author steps into the shoes of Johann Sebastian Bach. He imagines a diary written by the
composer towards the end of his life. His aim is to speak of Bach in a different way. He has more than risen to the challenge,
as the reading of this original composition enables us to get close to the
musician, of course, but also the son, the husband, the father, the social
being, the walker, the religious man ... in short, all the facets of this
composer, who remains one of the greatest geniuses in the history of humanity.
“Et ta main fermera mes yeux…” (And your hand will close my eyes ...")
Bach, journal intime (Bach, An Intimate
Diary) (Editions Fondencre)
Reading of the work by Jean Miniac, with
music
by Michel Alabau
and Pierre-Marie Escourrou