Music of the Past Time Festival

Programme Musica del temps passat ©

Tuesday, July 22, Friday, July 25, Tuesday, July 29 & Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 8:30 p.m. at the Saint Jean-Baptiste Church in Roquefixade. Early Music Festival.
Price per concert: €20 - Ages 7 to 16: €8
4-concert subscription: 20% off

Contact : Daniel FÉDOU, Président des Amis de Roquefixade

Tél. : 06 43 07 60 44
E. mail : festivalroquefixade@gmail.com

 

Tuesday, July 22

Christophe Coin, cellist
J.S. Bach: Suites Nos. 4 & 5 for solo cello
& D. Gabrielli, JD Braun,  B. Romberg, G. Dall'Abaco
facebook.com

 

Friday, July 25

Quintette Aérïs
Brass Ensemble, conducted by Patrick Pagès
Barok Brass: Evolution of Brass Instruments
in the 17th and 18th Centuries
From M.A. Charpentier to J.S. Bach.
5aeris.com

 

Tuesday, July 29

La Quintina, 3 singers
Organetto, ed. Jeremy Couleau
Chiaroscuro in Verona:
Paolo Fonghetti (1572-1630)
World premiere: Lamentations and Mass for 3 voices.
laquintina.space

 

Thursday, July 31

Blowpipes, 18th-century wind ensemble
Pyrotechnics, Trio sonatas
(oboe, bassoon, basso continuo)
Vivaldi, Fasch, Telemann, Zelenka.
ensemblesarbacanes.com

 

The Friends of Roquefixade Association

Every year, the Friends of Roquefixade organize the Early Music Festival, Musica del Temps Passat: four evenings of concerts held in the church, on the village square.

Founded in 2000, the Friends of Roquefixade association's official goal is to promote the cultural development of the Cathar site of Roquefixade. The festival, called Musica del Temps Passat, is an early music festival. It is a meeting place with history and music: it offers a musical opportunity to rediscover this heritage: these concerts encourage us to showcase the repertoires of the medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods.

Located in the heart of the Cathar Pyrenees region, this festival, which has been awarded the status of a Land of Art and History, was awarded the label by the Departmental Council based on the unique nature of its programming in the Ariège department. By visiting the place with its historical past, in an exceptional geographical setting, opposite the castle of Montségur, we will complete the walk by stopping to contemplate the listed altarpiece of the church, and discovering musical repertoires interpreted by international artists. Similarly, the Cathar trail also Chemin des Bonshommes will allow you to take a break at the Roquefixade stopover gîte: you can combine hiking and festival!Trésorier

 

Daniel Fédou
President of the Association of Friends of Roquefixade
E. mail : dfdanipaule@gmail.com

Alain Rouch

Treasurer

Elisabeth Saint-Dizier

Secretary

 

Testimonials

Excerpts from the public guestbook:

• Another magical moment out of time! Wonderful musicians and a sublime singer
• Thank you for this gift of music that helps us live. Thank you for the desire to dance, born from this beautiful evening.
• Thank you from the bottom of my heart for this exceptional oriental/baroque concert. An oasis of freshness in the desert of today's music..." ; "... a pure moment of happiness that I would have wished would last forever. Like every year, it was absolute bliss, time suspended. Thank you for the wonderful Festival, thank you to all these extraordinary artists, let's hope it continues for centuries and centuries
• It's always a delight, what a program, congratulations
• What a wonderful evening: excellence, humor, passion, poetry, music. Thank you for giving us so much joy, thank you for this timeless moment.

Excerpts from the artists' guestbook:

• This evening we listened to the music of the spheres... when the images of yesteryear of the Musician Angels suddenly come to life... plucked strings, bowed strings and the sweet sounds of flutes come together to the delight of a captivated audience.
• We are honored to participate in this high-quality festival. It defends what is precious: Baroque heritage. We were happy to have brought and anchored a castle in this building; thank you very much.
• A big thank you to the whole team; a magnificent village and region; a very warm welcome before the concert and also by the public, thank you again
• Thanks to the festival team and the enthusiastic audience! And thanks to you, we discovered this magnificent song of the cowherd, the audience, thank you again!
• Many thanks for your welcome and the pleasure of playing in this beautiful church, ... magnificent acoustics

 

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