Journées du Patrimoine : Concert autour de l'orgue profane, au Vieux Château à Vicq Sur Breuilh

The organ has never been an instrument reserved for places of worship. Until the 19th century, castles and well-to-do homes featured "organ cabinets", with a keyboard and a few stops. These were used to play dances and arrangements of fashionable songs. In Protestant families, psalms were sung around it as a family. In English manors, transcriptions of Handel's concerti were played...

Bruno Delforge invites you to discover this little-known, but invigorating and often virtuoso repertoire during an hour of music at the Vieux Château. As usual, he will introduce you to the context and environment in which these pieces were created.