FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL D'ORGUE DE VOUVANT - JUAN DE LA RUBIA

> Thursday, August 15 / 7:00 pm Juan de la RUBIA Titular organist at the Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona, professor of improvisation at the Escuela Superior de Música de Catalunya / Spain Jusepe Ximenez (Tudela 1601 - Zaragoza 1672): Batalla de sexto tono (Battle of the 6th tone) Antonio de Cabezón (Castrillo Mota de Judíos 1510 - Madrid 1566): Diferencias sobre la gallarda milanesa (Variations on the Milanese gaillarde) Anónimo (16th century): Chanson de la Virgen que parió (Song of the Virgin who gave birth) Johann Sebastian Bach (Eisenach 1685 - Leipzig 1750): Fantasy and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 Juan de la Rubia (La Vall d'Uixó 1982): Improvisation on the hymn Ave Maris Stella Charles Tournemire (Bordeaux 1870 - Arcachon 1939): Choral-Improvisation on Victimae Paschali laudes Improvisation reconstructed by Maurice Duruflé from a 78 rpm recording made in 1931 on the great organ of the Basilica of Sainte-Clotilde in Paris Louis Vierne (Poitiers 1870 - Paris 1937): Improvised meditation Improvisation reconstructed by Maurice Duruflé from a 78 rpm recording made in 1928 on the great organ of Notre-Dame de Paris Pierre Cochereau (Saint-Mandé 1924 - Lyon 1984): Variations sur un vieux noël (excerpts) Improvised variations recorded on the great organ of Notre-Dame de Paris during Christmas Eve 1973 and reconstructed by Jeremy Filsell Juan de la Rubia trained at the conservatories of Valencia and Barcelona, the Berlin University of the Arts and the Toulouse Conservatory. He has won numerous awards, including the Eurovision National Prize for Young Spanish Musicians, the Prize of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Granada, and the Prize of the Catalan Music Palace of Barcelona... He performs in the most prestigious concert halls as a soloist or with orchestra: Auditorio Nacional de Musica de Madrid, Konzerthaus de Berlin, Gewandhaus de Leipzig, Elbphilharmonie de Hambourg, Philharmonie de Saint-Pétersbourg; the cathedrals of Cologne, Westminster, Bogota, Mexico, the church of Saint-Sulpice in Paris. His repertoire ranges from early music to works by contemporary composers. Between 2014 and 2016, he performed Bach?s complete works for organ in Madrid and Barcelona. Juan de la Rubias is titular organist at Barcelona?s famous Sagrada Familia and professor of improvisation at the Higher School of Music of Catalonia. He is regularly invited to give master-classes in Stuttgart, Budapest and Rome. *************************** Price: 10 ? / Support price: 15 ? Under 16s: free (at concert entrance only) Box office: (opening soon) - Vouvant, Fontenay-le-Comte, La Châtaigneraie and Maillezais tourist offices Tel: 02 51 69 44 99 - Online: billetterie.vendeegrandsud.com - At the church, ½ hour before the concert: payment by card possible Access to the concert via the Théodelin nave Children: recommended for ages 5 and up