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> Thursday 21 August 2025 / 7pm

Freddy EICHELBERGER, organ

- Frédéric Chopin (Zelazowa Wola, Duchy of Warsaw 1810 - Paris 1849) :
Polonaise in C minor, Op. 40 No. 2
Preludes op. 28 nos. 9, 6 *, 7, 20, 2, 14 and 4 *
Mazurkas op. 7 no. 2 and op. 17 no. 4
*Works played at Frédéric Chopin's funeral by Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély on the organ at La Madeleine church in Paris, 30 October 1849.
- Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach (Gambsheim 1817 - Toulouse 1891): March, Offertory, Allegretto
- Franz Schubert (Vienna 1797 - 1828): Die Gestirne (The Stars)
Played by Frédéric Chopin on the organ of Notre-Dame du Mont in Marseille during the eulogy for tenor Adolphe Nourrit on 24 April 1839
- Emile Waldteufel (Strasbourg 1837 - Paris 1915): Amour et Printemps (Love and Spring)
- Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély (Paris 1817 - 1869): Elevation and Communion
- Jacques-Louis Battmann (Masevaux 1818 - Dijon 1886) :
Marche opératique / offertoire in Bb
Funeral Offertory
Offertory in C

Freddy EICHELBERGER. If he hadn't loved musical experiences so much, Freddy Eichelberger would surely have gone back to live in the tropics, where he spent part of his childhood.
After studying the organ with Odile Bailleux and Jean Boyer, he went on to study the harpsichord with Blandine Verlet and Noëlle Spieth.
Involved in musical theatre with the ensemble Les Witches, he works with singer-actress-director Sophie Boulin at the Péniche Opéra in Paris. He plays with a number of early music ensembles, with the violinist Odile Edouard, is a member of the trio Une bande de clavecins with Pierre Gallon and Yoann Moulin, and regularly teaches at various courses and master classes.
Freddy Eichelberger has been responsible for the artistic supervision of the 200 Bach cantatas performed in concert at the Temple du Foyer de l'Âme in Paris from 2000 to 2024.
He has made over sixty recordings, either solo or with other partners or ensembles.

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Price: €10 / Support price: €15
Under-16s: free (only at the concert entrance)

Tickets at
Vouvant, Fontenay-le-Comte, La Châtaigneraie, Maillezais and Mervent Tourist Offices - Tel: 02 51 69 44 99
At the church, ½ hour before the concert: payment by card possible

Access to the concert via the Théodelin nave / PRM access

Children: recommended for ages 5 and up