Cycle
Folies parisiennes

Wit and playfulness

Chamber Music Light Music
© Inanis / Tommy Loska
The French chanson of the light-hearted, playful, or even saucy, variety epitomises “le bel esprit” – the elegant wit – inherited from the seventeenth century. Spicy, suggestive, risqué without being offensive: this is a difficult art, constantly teetering on the brink of immoderation, but always managing at the last moment not to descend into vulgarity.

From the eighteenth century to the Belle Époque, the guitar was the accomplice for such musical marivaudages. Marc Mauillon, baritone, and Pascal Sanchez, guitar, reveal part of the rich history of this inexhaustible repertoire.

Dates

Mon 14 July 2025
18.00
Festival des Arcs, Bourg Saint-Maurice
Sun 28 September 2025
17.00
Palazzetto Bru Zane, Venice

Performers

Marc Mauillon baritone
Pascal Sanchez romantic guitar

Programme

Songs for voice and guitar by HERVÉ, MARESCOT, MAMERS, DOISY, MERCHI, BOILEAU, etc.
Production Bru Zane France
14 July in collaboration with theAcadémie-Festival des Arcs

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