Le Figaro Nantes
On Wednesday 10 and Thursday 11 May, musicians will animate the stations and train lines of the Pays de la Loire. "The Region invites the Ligériens to extend the 20th anniversary of the Folle Journéeen région this time in the stations and TER with free classical music concerts organized in partnership with SNCF," said in a statement the regional council.
Eight concerts are planned on train lines terminating or starting at Nantes. They will be offered by the Ellipsos Saxophone Quartet, which had already played in the tramways of Nantes on February 1st. 18 20-minute concerts will also be given by pianists in Le Mans, Angers and La Roche-sur-Yon train stations. Travelers will be able to hear Mozart, Bach, Offenbach, Mendelssohn or Chopin.
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Concerts on trains:
Wednesday 10 May: • 16:10 Nantes – 17:21 Le Croisic (Train 858073). • 16:35 Nantes – 18:00 Les Sables d'Olonne (Train 858895). • 17:39 Le Croisic – 18:48 Nantes (Train 858076). • 19:31 Nantes – Cholet 20:21 (Train 859659). • 18:32 Les Sables d'Olonne – 19:54 Nantes (Train 858876). Thursday 11 May: • 09:06 Rennes – 11:15 Nantes (Train 857756/7). • 16:32 Nantes – 17:48 St Gilles Croix de Vie (Train 857756/7). • 18:04 St Gilles Croix de Vie – 19:24 Nantes (Train 859126).
La Folle Journée en région is the result of a partnership between the famous classical music festival La Folle Journée de Nantes, which brought together 120,000 spectators from 1 to 5 February, and the Region. Through this event, the musicians travel to dozens of municipalities in the Pays de la Loire around the same theme as the Nantes edition, namely Ode à la Nuit in 2023. This year, from 25 to 29 January, 60,000 people participated in the 20th anniversary of this regional declination.
Concerts in train stations:
Le Mans : • Wednesday 10 May at 16pm, 17pm and 18pm: Valentin Filâtre, piano / Works by Bach and Mendelssohn. • Thursday, May 11 at 12pm, 13pm and 14pm: Madoka Okada, piano -/ Works by Bach and Chopin. Angers : • Wednesday 10 May at 15pm, 16pm and 17pm: Raphaël Collard, piano. • Thursday, May 11 at 12pm, 13pm and 14pm Pierre Le Bastard, piano. La Roche-sur-Yon : • Wednesday 10 May at 16pm, 17pm and 18pm: Mitchka Safavi-Morinière and Corinne Michon, piano four hands / Works by Mozart, Bach and Offenbach. • Thursday, May 11 at 17pm, 18pm and 19pm Mitchka Safavi-Morinière and Corinne Michon, piano four hands / Works by Mozart, Bach and Offenbach.
