Les Classiques de Villars - Grande Salle d'Ollon

Let yourself be transported into the magical world of The Bremen Musicians, the timeless masterpiece by the Grimm brothers that continues to amaze young and old alike across the generations. On stage, the captivating voice of our narrator, Marthe Alexandre, blends harmoniously with the talents of seven musicians to bring this marvellous tale to life in a performance that is both touching and unforgettable.

The Bremen Musicians, a marvellous tale by the Brothers Grimm
In Germany, in a village not far from Bremen, a miller lives with his donkey. The donkey is getting on in years, and his master decides to kill it to get its skin back. But the donkey sensed trouble and ran away at night. He decides to go to Bremen to become a musician. On the way, he meets a dog who is too old to hunt and whose master wants to get rid of him. The donkey offers to take the dog with him to Bremen to join the municipal orchestra. Further on, the donkey and the dog meet a cat and a rooster in the same situation as themselves, and offer to follow them on the road to Bremen.
One evening, the four animals discover a house inhabited by thieves. Determined to take their place, they devise a plan to get rid of the thieves: the donkey stands in front of the window of the house, the dog climbs on the donkey, the cat on the dog and the rooster on the cat. When they are all in place, they shout together, leap out of the window and the thieves, frightened, flee. After their disappearance, the four legged companions decide to move into the house.
The leader of the thieves later sends one of his men to see if they can recover the house. The animals attack and terrorise him in the dark. In the end, the animals take up permanent residence in the comfortable house. They won't be playing in Bremen.

With the Filarmonica Quartet

• Valerii Karchagin violin
• Oksana Anisimova violin
• Ilia Tarasenko viola
• Stanislav Ovchinnikov cello
• François Pineau-Benois violin
• Mark Drobinsky cello
• Marthe Alexandre recitalist
• Simon Adda-Reyss piano