Performer: Marie-Josèphe Jude

Dreisig, Degout, Jaroussky – the cream of French singing puts the history of female composers on show for International Women's Day.

The sweet atmosphere of the end of a warm summer day and the gorgeous smell of fresh hay welcomed the spectators in to the impressive 12th-century walls, full of memories, of the Cistercian abbey of Noirlac. The venue adapted surprisingly well to the ancestral sonorities of Brahms’ German Requiem.

Vingt-cinq compositrices, vingt-six compositions en un concert, du piano seul au lied et à diverses formations de chambre, c'est une belle idée mais c'est aussi une source de frustration...