Chants d'Auvergne

By OXALYS & Claire Lefilliâtre

So irresistible are Joseph Canteloube's Chants d'Auvergne that Oxalys commissioned Annelies Van Parys to rewrite this great orchestral work for chamber music. The premiere took place on April 5, 2014 in Amuz with the French soprano Claire Lefilliâtre (Le Poème Harmonique). Given the success, Van Parys and Oxalys are continuing this with new arrangements of music from Canteloube's five song cycles. Oxalys also opens with Bohuslav Martinu's chamber music swan song: his unsurpassed (second) nonet from 1959. We get an ode to folk music!
In addition to Claire Lefilliâtre, 13 top musicians are on stage.