AGDE
To kick off the season, discover the winter event at Château Laurens: the Les Belles Ondes – Art Nouveau in Music festival, on 23, 25 and 28 February, and 2, 4, 6 and 8 March.
With Élisabeth Hölzle, actress
and L’Instant Donné:
• Mathieu Steffanus, clarinet
• Saori Furukawa, violin
• Caroline Cren, piano
• Maxime Echardour, cymbalum, percussion.
Just before the end of the First World War in September 1918 in Lausanne, when L’Histoire du soldat (The Soldier’s Tale) was premiered – a text by Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz set to music by Igor Stravinsky – the situation suggested that this travelling show had a bright future ahead of it: Switzerland had been spared the Great War and everything
looked set for an immediate tour of the villages. But the invisible arrival of the Spanish flu, which would affect the members of the troupe one after the other with varying degrees of severity, would put an end to the adventure.
In this show, the incredible and the absurd come together joyfully, moving between Stravinsky’s original music and that written for the occasion by composer Tomàs Bordalejo. The show is constructed before the audience’s eyes, sharing with them the adventures of creation!
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Concert only, no walking tour or visit
Spoken languages : French
Wednesday 4 March 2026 between 8.30 pm and 10 pm.
The doors of the reception pavilion will open at 8 p.m.
We strongly advise you to arrive at least 20 minutes before the concert begins.
