Marie-Laure Garnier – Invitation to the Voyage

Thu 11 June

Experience an extraordinary evening with Marie‑Laure Garnier, acclaimed soprano, Révélation Lyrique of the Year at the Victoires de la Musique Classique in 2021 and recipient of the Médaille d’honneur de l’engagement ultramarin in 2024, whose luminous voice has captivated audiences from opera houses to global festivals. Accompanied on the piano by Célia Oneto Bensaid, she blends beloved arias with evocative Guyanese songs and Afro‑American melodies, offering an unforgettable musical journey rooted in heritage and expressive depth.

Marie‑Laure Garnier, soprano
Célia Oneto Bensaid, pianist

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Programme

  • Verdina SHLONSKY (1905-1990)
    Laïla bi-Khna’an, excerpt from Images palestiniennes

  • Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
    Main dominée par le cœur
    Priez pour Paix
    Les Anges musiciens
  • Ilse Weber (1903-1944)
    Wiegala
  • Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
    Le collier
    Prière exaucée
  • Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
    Kaddisch
  • Gospel 
    Walk Together
    Ride on King Jesus
    Deep River
    Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen
    He’s got the whole world
    He never said a mumblin word
    My good Lord’s done been here
    Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
    De Gospel train
    Weepin Mary
    Wade in the water

  • Guyanese songs

 
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