A visit to the Chants de Vielles Festival in Quebec
Mary Ann Kennedy visits Canada, exploring the rich folk traditions of Quebec at the annual Chants de Vielles Festival in the tiny village of Calixa La Vallee.
Mary Ann Kennedy explores the rich folk traditions of Quebec at the annual Chants de Vielles Festival in the tiny village of Calixa La Vallée. Its main stage, set up in a barn, hosts a performance by star acapella group Les Charbonniers d'Enfer; Les Chauffeurs a Pied play for a barn dance; and trio Serre l'Ecoute lead the audience in some rousing anti-English songs from the eighteenth century.
The Chants de Vielles Festival takes place in the local village showground, and one of the tasks of festvial volunteers is to clear the main barn of 'dirt' to prepare for the concerts. Local people house the artists, put up the marquees and feed the festival-goers, but it's also an international event which attracts performers and audience from Europe as well as across North America. It's a festival where top performers mingle freely with amateurs, and there are improvised music sessions starting up throughout the day, and well into the night.
First broadcast in December 2011.
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Chants de Vielles Festival
Festival parade
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Les Charbonniers de l'Enfer
Sur C'es Terres Labourees
Performers: Michel Bordeleau, Michel Faubert, André Marchand, Jean-Claude Mirandette, Normand Miron
- Chants de Vielles Festival.
- Calixa La Vallee, Quebec.
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Les Charbonniers de l'Enfer
O Marie
Performers: Michel Bordeleau, Michel Faubert, André Marchand, Jean-Claude Mirandette, Normand Miron
- Chants de Vielles Festival.
- Calixa La Vallee, Quebec.
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Les Charbonniers de l'Enfer
Le Diable dans la ville de Poitiers
Performers: Michel Bordeleau, Michel Faubert, André Marchand, Jean-Claude Mirandette, Normand Miron
- Chants de Vielles Festival.
- Calixa La Vallee, Quebec.
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Les Charbonniers de l'Enfer
Hier au soir
Performers: Michel Bordeleau, Michel Faubert, André Marchand, Jean-Claude Mirandette, Normand Miron
- Chants de Vielles Festival.
- Calixa La Vallee, Quebec.
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Chants de Vielles Festival
Improv session in marquee
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Daniel Thonon
hurdy-gurdy improvisation
- Chants de Vielles Festival.
- Calixa La Vallee, Quebec.
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Daniel Thonon
hurdy-gurdy improvisation
- Chants de Vielles Festival.
- Calixa La Vallee, Quebec.
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Serre l'Ecoute
C'est le général de Flipe
Performers: Gabrielle Bouthillier, Liette Remon, and Robert Bouthillier
- Chants de Vielles Festival.
- Calixa La Vallee, Quebec.
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Serre l'Ecoute
Buvons ma cousine
Performers: Gabrielle Bouthillier, Liette Remon, and Robert Bouthillier
- Chants de Vielles Festival.
- Calixa La Vallee, Quebec.
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Serre l'Ecoute
La vie d'un jeune garcon
Performers: Gabrielle Bouthillier, Liette Remon, and Robert Bouthillier
- Chants de Vielles Festival.
- Calixa La Vallee, Quebec.
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Les Chauffeurs à Pied
5,4,3!
Performers: Antoine Gauthier, Benoît Fortier, Olivier Soucy, Louis-Simon Lemieux
- Chants de Vielles Festival.
- Calixa La Vallee, Quebec.
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Les Chauffeurs à Pied
J'aime mon 'tit flacon
Performers: Antoine Gauthier, Benoît Fortier, Olivier Soucy, Louis-Simon Lemieux
- Chants de Vielles Festival.
- Calixa La Vallee, Quebec.
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Les Chauffeurs à Pied
Barn Dance music
Performers: Antoine Gauthier, Benoît Fortier, Olivier Soucy, Louis-Simon Lemieux
- Chants de Vielles Festival.
- Calixa La Vallee, Quebec.
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Broadcasts
- Sun 11 Dec 2011 22:00Â鶹Éç Radio 3
- Sun 7 Apr 2013 22:00Â鶹Éç Radio 3
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