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Jardins de Sardy Summer Concerts

LE PROGRAMME : 

Mardi 15 Juillet à 18h30 : DIVERTISSEMENTS MUSICAUX

Morceaux composés pour les salons de musique. Trois époques pour trois salons : 

  • Mozart chez les Jacquin 
  • Beethoven, Debussy et Rachmaninov chez Madame de Saint Marceaux 
  • Walton chez les Sitwell

Ikuko Ducasse : clarinette, saxophone

Chloé Dunn : violon, violon alto

Patrick Hilliard : piano

Mardi 22 Juillet à 18h30 : DES HISTOIRES EN MUSIQUE

Concert adapté (et recommandé !) pour les enfants de 7 à 77 ans 

Des contes et récits de notre enfance racontés et mis en musique par des grands compositeurs : quand les grands se mettent au service de la nouvelle génération.

  • Le Conte de Pierrot Lapin (B.Potter), Dudley Glass 
  • Alice au Pays des Merveilles (L. Caroll), Florent Nagel 
  • L’enfant et les sortilèges (Colette), Ravel 
  • d’autres mélodies sur le thème des contes mis en musique…

Sofia Kirwann-Baez : chanteuse soprano

Isaline Leuridant : chanteuse soprano

Delphine Vidal : narratrice

Thomas Ooi : baryton

Patrick Hilliard : piano

Mardi 29 Juillet à 18h30 : Broadway Hits ! 

Répertoire de comédies musicales et de chansons américaines parmi les airs des plus grands compositeurs ayant marqué ce genre : Bernstein, Porter, Bacharach, Masser, Loewe, Legrand,… 

Du Magicien d’Oz aux Misérables en passant par My Fair Lady. 

Sophie Touitou : chanteuse soprano

Ilan Evans : chanteur

Alexandre Saada : pianiste

Mardi 5 Août à 18h30 : Saxo et Jazz

Ensemble de pièces et arrangements pour saxophone solo ou accompagné de piano. 

Chants traditionnels : Scarborough Fair ; Greensleeves  

XXème : standard de jazz (Autumn Leaves, Lullaby of Birdland, Misty, Petite Fleur,…) ; D. Milhaud, P. Maurice, E. Bozza, A. Piazzola, C.-H. Joubert, M. Mangani,…

Gaétan Dupont : saxophone

Camille Demaumont : piano

Mardi 12 Août à 18h30 : Cristina Ortiz et ses amis

Cristina Ortiz, connue pour ses talents de pianiste concertiste présente 2 musiciens, rencontrés au cours de sa carrière, qu’elle accompagnera au piano dans un programme sous le signe des cordes :

  • Mozart, Sonate pour piano et violon K454
  • Rachmaninov, Sonate pour violoncelle et piano 
  • Mendelssohn, trio en ré mineur pour violon, violoncelle et piano

Cristina Ortiz : piano

Anthony Flint : violon

Johann Sebastian Paetsch : violoncelle

INFORMATIONS PRATIQUES :

Les concerts commencent généralement dans le cœur du jardin (si les conditions météorologiques le permettent), au niveau du long bassin, et se poursuivent dans la salle de concert attenante à l’accueil-salon de thé.

A l’issue de chaque concert, nous sommes heureux de partager un moment convivial avec vous autour d’un buffet  offert par les Jardins de Sardy, l’occasion de déguster notre vin rouge. Vous avez aussi la possibilité de rencontrer les musiciens et de faire connaissance avec les autres spectateurs. 

Réservation fortement conseillée : au plus tard, quelques jours avant, pour faciliter la logistique des concerts. 05 53 27 51 45 ou jardins.sardy@gmail.com

Reminder: Chateau Fayolle – unique wine, a notable visit!

The tour of the vineyard (appellation Saussignac) begins at 10:30 and will be followed by a tour of the chai, a tasting, and a substantial shared lunch platter. 

Reservations close on 25th April for this 7th May visit, notable for this much appreciated tour and for the tasting and lunch platter that follows. Members should contact Nigel: family and friends are, as always welcome.

2025 Programme, subscriptions due!

Nigel has sent details of our draft plan to members:

All events include lunch.

Saturday 5 April. 46100 Figeac. Guided afternoon tour of the town courtesy of the local Tourist Office. 

Early May. Château de Fayolle, 24240 Saussignac. Presentation, visit, wine tasting.

Early June. Château des Milandes, 24250 Castelnaud-la-Chapelle (once the property of Josephine Baker, singer, actress, civil rights activist, and Resistance agent).

Late June/early July. 12250 Roquefort. Cheese caves, Viaduc de Millau visitor centre, La Cavalerie.

Late July/early August. Visit to truffle producer(s), involving one (or possibly two) of 47140 Penne d’Agenais and 47370 Tournon d’Agenais.

Late August. Either Château de Malle, 33210 Preignac or Château Guiraud, 33210. Sauternetastings.

September. AGM. Venue to be arranged.

May we please remind members that the 2005 annual subscription of €20 agreed at the AGM is payable by January 2025? As ever, there is no charge for spouses, partners, and guests.

The OUS season is almost upon us..

Nigel has circulated members with preliminary details:

The OUS SWF season is almost upon us.

Our first event will take place on Thursday 16 May. It will consist of a private guided tour of the Musée Napoléon, housed in the Château de la Pommerie, property of a descendant of the Emperor.

The château lies just outside the village of Cendrieux (24092), some 20–25 mins north-east of Bergerac. Our visit will be preceded by lunch at Restaurant Chez Julien in Paunat (24510).

Further details of this first event will be circulated in early April.

The outline schedule of summer events is as follows. As soon as we have more detail, we shall post it on the website.

26 June: 46000 Cahors

Mid-July: 46100 Figeac

5 September : AGM, probably at Mélange, 24240 Saussignac

Late September/early October: 32000 Auch

We shall also see whether it might be possible to arrange at some stage during the summer a lunch in the Agen/Villeneuve-sur-Lot area complete with invited speaker.

At last, we meet ‘en présentiel’

Your committee met in person on July 1st. A joint committee report and other AGM papers have been sent to members. These include details of two short-term events to which members and friends are invited and which will restart our programme of activities:

  • A lunch at the Hôtel de Bastard in Lectoure (32) on August 19th at 12 for 12:30.
  • Our AGM at l’Atelier in Issigeac (24) on September 16th.

Around Gaillac in May

Our first full event of 2020, arranged by Committee member Christopher Boddington, will be a trip on Wednesday 6 May to the Gaillac region. Details have been sent to members.

Arrangements include:

The 2020 AGM will take place in either the first or the second week of September at Restaurant l’Atelier, 62 D14, 24560 Issigeac. Further details will be on this Website as soon as we have them.

Our 10th year AGM

Our AGM this year took place in the pleasant golfing environment of the Villeneuve-sur-Lot club, courtesy of our treasurer Pip. Marion has sent minutes to all members. Together with the reports presented, these record a successful year, changes to the committee, and a look forward to next year.  Nearly thirty members and partners also enjoyed a very agreeable luncheon in stimulating and convivial company. Thanks to Marion (her last AGM as secretary, but still with us on the committee) and Pip for the organisation.

Visiting Josephine

Our group of 30 visited Josephine Baker’s Chateau des Milandes on 26th June, courtesy of Tony Tucker. A fascinating tour of this 15th century Chateau, restored in the 20th century after centuries of disuse, and home of the American-born entertainer Josephine Baker from 1937 to 1968 was followed by lunch and a well-presented display of predatory birds. Josephine Baker’s story is well documented, but still remarkable as a major stage star in revues of the 20s and 30s, who then used her wealth extravagantly and immensely generously at Milandes, modernising the village and adopting eleven children. Then as a member of the French Secret Service in World War II she earned the Legion d’Honneur, and became a major participant in Civil Rights demonstrations in the 1960s. The I-Spy prize goes to Richard O’Neill for spotting the pocket-free ‘Irish’ billiard table’ and the raptor photography prize goes to Pip Kirby.

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The OUBC 2014 Boat Race squad comes to SW France

 

Warming up
Warming Up

 

The A crew with the President aboard
The A crew with the President aboard

All together now!

Marion reports:

The chilly, overcast day did nothing to dampen the spirits of those members who went to Le Temple-sur-Lot recently to meet and encourage the OUBC oarsmen and coxes training for the 2014 race. The crews, excellent ambassadors of the University, cheerfully gave up some of their free time to talk to us.  The lunch which followed, and which was attended by the two coaches (Sean Bowden and Andy Nelder), the President (Malcolm Howard) and the Club Administrator (Barbara Wilson), was a lively and convivial affair ; after watching the crews warm up and set off for their afternoon’s training, the OUS SW France members present (some of whom had travelled a long distance for the occasion) agreed unanimously that the event should be repeated next year !