Midsummer Night’s Dreams – Contemplations to Bazas

Le 04/08/2026

“Contemplations” opens up a space of peace and wonder. The mystical fervour of Hildegard von Bingen, the Orthodox solemnity of Rachmaninov and Mozart’s tenderness invite all listeners to turn their attention inwards and to the pure beauty of the divine.

This is followed by “Doubt”, then “Lamentations” and cries of distress through the works of Alonso Lobo, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and Joseph-Gabriel Rheinberger, culminating in the intense supplication of Allegri’s famous *Miserere mei Deus*. A sequence that embodies human suffering in the face of God’s silence. Light returns with three tributes to the Virgin Mary to soothe the soul. Tomás-Luis de Victoria and Edvard Grieg set the ancient prayer ‘Ave Maris Stella’ to music.

In conclusion, the exuberance of Francesco Guerrero, followed by Johann Sebastian Bach’s fervent appeal in the motet *Komm Jesu, komm*, will seal the union between humankind and the divine.

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