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THE SLEEPING LIBRARY

7 APRIL

The conditions of access to the concert are subject to the health constraints in force at the time of the performances.

Flash Concert

THE SLEEPING LIBRARY

Friday 7 april — 12.30pm

Lille – Auditorium du Nouveau Siècle

[ Price category 5 ]

± 45 minutes without interval

Schools’ concert


Friday 7 april
– 2.30pm

JOUBERT
The Sleeping Library

Jeune Chœur des Hauts-de-France
Pascale Dieval-Wils Conductor
Julien Joubert Piano and narrator

Poems by
Maurice Carême
Paul Verlaine
Jean-Luc Moreau
Joachim du Bellay

The composer recounts a memory from his teenage years: one sleepless night as he was trying in vain to put something to paper, he came across a magic room in his flat. It was an immense library run by a group of youngsters who called themselves the “Guardians of the Temple”. They told him that libraries, and the knowledge they hold, had been declining for several years. Rather than destroying the books and losing everything, some libraries had preferred to go underground, by “falling asleep”. Our hero stays in the sleeping library for some time, which changes his life, and possibly yours!

Jeune Choeur des Hauts-de-France © Ugo Ponte-ONL

Jeune Choeur des Hauts-de-France © Ugo Ponte-ONL

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