FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL D'ORGUE DE VOUVANT – ALMA BETTENCOURT
Église Notre-Dame Place de l'Eglise 85120 VOUVANT
Event description
> Thursday 29 August / 7.00 pm
Alma BETTENCOURT
Organ class of the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique de Paris
Jean Langlais (La Fontenelle 1907 – Paris 1991): Hymn of Thanksgiving – Te Deum
Claude Debussy (Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1862 – Paris 1918): Clair de lune, from the Suite Bergamasque for piano
Transcription for organ by Jean-Baptiste Robin
Maurice Ravel (Ciboure 1875 – Paris 1937): Ma mère l’Oye, suite for piano four hands
I. Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant – 2. Petit Poucet – 3. Laideronnette, Impératrice des Pagodes
4. Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête – 5. The fairy garden
Transcription for organ by Thomas Ospital
Olivier Messiaen (Avignon 1908 – Clichy 1992): The Nativity of the Lord (excerpts)
– The Angels
– The Shepherds
Gaston Litaize (Ménil-sur-Belvitte 1909 – Bruyères 1991): Scherzo, from Douze pièces pour grand orgue
Olivier Messiaen: The Ascension (excerpts)
– Prayer of Christ ascending to his Father
– Transports of joy from a soul before the glory of Christ which is its own
Alma Bettencourt began playing the piano at the age of 5. In 2014, she joined Elena Rozanova’s piano class at the Conservatoire de Région de Paris, and in 2016 Éric Lebrun’s organ class at the Conservatoire de Saint-Maur-des-Fossés. In 2017, she won 1st Prize in the “Brin d’herbe” Contemporary Piano Competition in Orléans. Since 2020, she has been studying at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris with Olivier Latry and Thomas Ospital. Alma Bettencourt gives recitals in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Paris (St-Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts, St-Louis-en-l’Île, St-Pierre-de-Montmartre, Temple de Pentemont, St-Paul-St-Louis, St-Eustache, St-Sulpice) as well as in Fouesnant, Cunault, St-Pol-de-Léon, Cherbourg, Briançon, Lannion, Quimperlé, Guérande… In 2021, Alma Bettencourt took part as a performer in the St-Sulpice Composition Competition in Paris, where she premiered “Aleppian Circle” by Michel Boédec, for which she is the dedicatee.
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Price: €10 / Support price: €15
Under-16s: free (only at the concert entrance)
Tickets at :
– Vouvant, Fontenay-le-Comte, La Châtaigneraie and Maillezais tourist offices
Tel: 02 51 69 44 99
– Online: billetterie.vendeegrandsud.fr/billetteries
– At the church, ½ hour before the concert: payment by card possible
Access to the concert via the Théodelin nave
Children: recommended for ages 5 and up
Alma BETTENCOURT
Organ class of the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique de Paris
Jean Langlais (La Fontenelle 1907 – Paris 1991): Hymn of Thanksgiving – Te Deum
Claude Debussy (Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1862 – Paris 1918): Clair de lune, from the Suite Bergamasque for piano
Transcription for organ by Jean-Baptiste Robin
Maurice Ravel (Ciboure 1875 – Paris 1937): Ma mère l’Oye, suite for piano four hands
I. Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant – 2. Petit Poucet – 3. Laideronnette, Impératrice des Pagodes
4. Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête – 5. The fairy garden
Transcription for organ by Thomas Ospital
Olivier Messiaen (Avignon 1908 – Clichy 1992): The Nativity of the Lord (excerpts)
– The Angels
– The Shepherds
Gaston Litaize (Ménil-sur-Belvitte 1909 – Bruyères 1991): Scherzo, from Douze pièces pour grand orgue
Olivier Messiaen: The Ascension (excerpts)
– Prayer of Christ ascending to his Father
– Transports of joy from a soul before the glory of Christ which is its own
Alma Bettencourt began playing the piano at the age of 5. In 2014, she joined Elena Rozanova’s piano class at the Conservatoire de Région de Paris, and in 2016 Éric Lebrun’s organ class at the Conservatoire de Saint-Maur-des-Fossés. In 2017, she won 1st Prize in the “Brin d’herbe” Contemporary Piano Competition in Orléans. Since 2020, she has been studying at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris with Olivier Latry and Thomas Ospital. Alma Bettencourt gives recitals in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Paris (St-Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts, St-Louis-en-l’Île, St-Pierre-de-Montmartre, Temple de Pentemont, St-Paul-St-Louis, St-Eustache, St-Sulpice) as well as in Fouesnant, Cunault, St-Pol-de-Léon, Cherbourg, Briançon, Lannion, Quimperlé, Guérande… In 2021, Alma Bettencourt took part as a performer in the St-Sulpice Composition Competition in Paris, where she premiered “Aleppian Circle” by Michel Boédec, for which she is the dedicatee.
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Price: €10 / Support price: €15
Under-16s: free (only at the concert entrance)
Tickets at :
– Vouvant, Fontenay-le-Comte, La Châtaigneraie and Maillezais tourist offices
Tel: 02 51 69 44 99
– Online: billetterie.vendeegrandsud.fr/billetteries
– At the church, ½ hour before the concert: payment by card possible
Access to the concert via the Théodelin nave
Children: recommended for ages 5 and up
Rates
| Pricing | Min. | Max. |
|---|---|---|
| Basic price | 15 € | – |
| Basic price | 10 € | – |
| Children's price | 0 € | – |
