Festival de Beaulieu-sur-Mer

3rd

FESTIVAL

17 - 25 September 2005

9 concerts – 8 lectures – 3 exhibitions – 2 military parades

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Autumn rendez-vous at one of the leading music festivals of the Côte d’Azur

After the great success of the last two editions of the Festival de Beaulieu-sur-Mer, the Association of Festival de Beaulieu-sur-Mer, together with the Mayor and Town Council of Beaulieu-sur-Mer, announce the Festival de Beaulieu-sur-Mer 2005 which, from 17^th-25^th September, will offer a Franco-British-Russian themed programme of concerts, lectures and exhibitions, presenting some of the world’s finest British, French and Russian artists.

Last year’s programme was the largest cultural event in France commemorating the centenary of the Entente Cordiale, and received personal messages of support from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and President Chirac, as well as congratulations from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of France and Great Britain. It played to capacity audiences drawn from the region and abroad, and was acclaimed by international and local press.

This year’s Festival, under the patronage of the Prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes and attended by ambassadors from the three above-mentioned countries, will celebrate the presence of the Russian and British communities in Beaulieu-sur-Mer over the past century and their contribution to the town and its surrounding region; the sixtieth anniversary of the Borodin String Quartet; important moments in Franco-British-Russian cultural relations over the past 250 years; and the sixtieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War.  

International artists will include: The Band of the Scots Guards, The Borodin String Quartet commemorating its 60^th anniversary, The Eiffel Trio, The Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Centre of Moscow, The Moscow Rachmaninov Trio, The Orchestre Régional de Cannes, The Russian Vocal Quartet of Nice, the Russian pianist Ludmila BERLINKAYA, the Russian bass Vladimir MATORINE and the Russian pianist Denis MATSUEV, winner of the Tchaikovsky Competition.

The festival’s lecture series is presented by a distinguished body of academics, diplomats and artists, including Richard Cooper, Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford; Sir John Holmes, British Ambassador to France; former Reuter’s General Manager, Michael Nelson; French music critics André Peyrègne and André Segond; Julie Lawson, Curator of the National Portrait Gallery of Scotland; and Alexis Obolensky, one the great authorities on the history of the Russian community of the Côte d’Azur.

Three exhibitions also highlight the Festival’s Franco-Russian-British theme: “Ossian: Fragments of Ancient Poetry”; “The Russian Winter Season at Beaulieu-sur-Mer”; and “Homage to Anton Chekhov” (see separate information).

The visit of a French warship to the Bay of Beaulieu, together with parades and a ceremony at the Beaulieu War Memorial performed by the Scots Guards Band and the French Air Force, enable  the Festival to commemorate, in addition to its other themes, the sixtieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War.

The Festival offers the French, British and Russian communities of the Alpes-Maritimes a unique opportunity to join together in an act of celebration, in homage to the heritage of these three communities in the town, and in appreciation of the important contribution made by each one of them to the creation and development of the Côte d’Azur over the past 150 years. 

MAIN THEMES OF FESTIVAL 2005

The 2005 Beaulieu-sur-Mer Music Festival commemorates:

·        the presence of the British and Russian communities in Beaulieu-sur-Mer for over one hundred years and their contribution to the development of the town and the Côte d’Azur

·         important developments in cultural relations between France, Russia  and Great Britain over the past 250 years

·        the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War

·         the sixtieth anniversary of the Borodin String Quartet

·         the 80th birthday of the Russian cellist Valentin Berlinsky

ARTISTS APPEARING IN THE FESTIVAL

 2003

Tenebrae Choir

Regional Orchestra of Cannes – Provence – Côte d’Azur

Sorrel String Quartet

Philippe BENDER, chef d’orchestre

Peter DONOHOE, pianist

John FOX, tenor

Susan LANDALE, organist

Annie VAVRILLE, soprano

2004

Band of the Scots Guards

Nice Opera Chorus

Nice Philharmonic Choir

French Navy Band of Toulon

Scottish Ensemble

Nice Philharmonic Orchestra

Ysaye String Quartet

Dalton BALDWIN, pianist

Peter DONOHOE, pianist

Clio GOULD, violinist

Marco GUIDARINI, conductor

David KADOUCH, pianist

Luca LOMBARDO, tenor

David MAXWELL ANDERSON, tenor

Christopher ROSS, pianist

Sarah WILLIAMSON, clarinetist

Elisabeth VIDAL, soprano

2005

Band of the Scots Guards

Borodin String Quartet

Eiffel Trio

Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Centre, Moscow

Moscow Rachmaninov Trio

Regional Orchestra of Cannes – Provence – Côte d’Azur

Russian Vocal Quartet of Nice

Ludmila BERLINSKAIA, pianist

Brian BANNATYNE SCOTT, bass

José Ferreira LOBO, conductor

Vladimir MATORINE, bass

Denis MATSUEV, pianist

Wayne MARSHALL, organist

LECTURERS

2003

Donald BUTTRESS, Surveyor Emeritus of Westminster Abbey, London

Hugh CECIL, Professeur of History, Leeds University

Richard COOPER, Professor of French, Oxford University

Martin DRAPER, Former Episcopal Vicar of Europe

Marcel LEGROS, Cultural Council, Beaulieu-sur-Mer

Michael NELSON, Historian and former General Manager of Reuters

André PEYREGNE, Music Critic

 2004

Edward CORP, Professor of History, University of Toulon

Marc DOIN, President, Beaulieu Historique

Ian DUNLOP, Historian

S.E. Monsieur Gérard ERRERA, French Ambassador to Great Britain

Peter France, Professor Emeritus, Edinburgh University

Robin GILLANDERS, Senior Lecturer, Napier University, Scotland

S.E. sir John HOLMES, British Ambassador to France

Simon KERRY, Historian

Julie LAWSON, Curator, National Portrait Gallery, Scotland

Marcel LEGROS, Cultural Councillor, Beaulieu

Michael NELSON, Historian and former General Manager of Reuters

Robert PARIENTE, Jounalist and Musicologist

André PEYREGNE, Music Critic, Nice Matin

André SEGOND, Musicologist at Marseilles Opera, and music critic

2005

 Richard COOPER, Fellow, Brasenose College, Oxford

Sir John HOLMES, British Ambassador to France

Michael NELSON, former General Manager, Reuters

Alexis OBOLENSKY, artist and historian

André PEYREGNE, Director, Nice Conservatoire, and music critic

André SEGOND, musicologist and music critic

TOURIST OFFICE, BEAULIEU-SUR-MER

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INTERNET : www.ot-beaulieu-sur-mer.fr

E-MAIL : tourisme@ot-beaulieu-sur-mer.fr

Under the distinguished patronage of

Monsieur Pierre BREUIL

Préfet des Alpes-Maritimes

PATRONS:

Sir John Holmes, GCVO, KBE, CMG,

British Ambassador to France

S.E. Monsieur Jean CADET

French Ambassador to Russia

S.E. Monsieur Alexandre AVDEEV

Russian Ambassador to France

Monsieur Roger Roux

Mayor of Beaulieu

 PATRONAGE COMMITTEE :

Monsieur André Cane

Archivist of Beaulieu

William Christie

Founder and Artistic Director of Les Arts Florissants; conductor

S.E. Monsieur l’Ambassadeur Jean Guéguinou

French Ambassador to UNESCO

Barbara Hendricks

Opera Singer; Honorary Ambassador, UNHCR; Human Rights Activist

S.E. Carlo KRIEGER

Luxembourg Ambassador to Russie

Monsieur Henry LOYRETTE

President & Managing Director, The Louvre, Paris

The Most Hon. the Marquess of Salisbury

 MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Professor Richard COOPER, vice-chairman

M. Michael NELSON, vice-chairman

Mme Catherine LEGROS, secretary

Mme José CIPRIANI, treasurer

Mme Lucienne MAS, deputy secretary

Mme Carol BRUTON, board member

M. John FOX, adviser

Founder, General Manager & Artistic Director

Mr John FOX

The Association of Festival de Beaulieu-sur-Mer

Registered at the Préfecture des Alpes-Maritimes, n° 0062024969             

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Registered Office : 12, rue Paul Doumer, 06310 Beaulieu-sur-Mer   

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CONCERTS 2005

EXHIBITIONS

LECTURES (in French)

LECTURES (in English)

INFORMATION

BEAULIEU-SUR-MER (06310)

between Nice and Monaco

Festival de Beaulieu-sur-Mer

From 17th to 25th September 2005

INFORMATION   

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7 concerts by ticket admission

(ticket price  - 20 euros)

2 concerts at free admission

8 lectures at free admission

3 exhibitions at free admission

2 parades at free admission

SNCF Railway Station: Beaulieu-sur-Mer

Airport : Nice-Côte d’Azur

Motorway : Estérel-Côte d’Azur-Italie A8

Festival de Beaulieu-sur-Mer reserves the right to change its programme