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Thursday, 12 June 2008 |
Nice’s Sacred Music Festival has been a highlight of
the city’s musical year for more than three decades.
Among innovations this year is the first appearance
of the singing nun, Sister Marie Keyrouz, who will
perform with the Ensemble de la Paix on the
opening night. For the first time also, the festival
will include a performance at the opera house, in
this case of Mahler’s 9th symphony with the Nice
Philharmonic conducted by its musical director
Marco Guidarini. As a finale, Gilbert Bezzina
directs the Nice Baroque Ensemble, augmented
by two orchestras, two choirs, two organs and
several soloists in a performance of J S Bach’s
‘St Matthew Passion’.
June 13 to 22. Further information about the
programme is available from 04 97 13 23 95 and
tickets go on sale from June 3.
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In response to the
humanitarian crisis in Burma
following the devastation
caused by Cyclone Nargis,
Prince Albert II of Monaco
has authorised an additional
€125,000 of emergency aid
to that country. Latest figures
suggest that the death toll
may be near 85,000, with as
many as 50,000 still missing
and as many as one million
people displaced; in some
areas, as much as 95% of
homes have been destroyed.
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In Aix, the season of arts and crafts continues with a weekend
devoted to decorative art and design on June 29 and 30 at the
Métiers d’Arts festival. Glassware, leather goods, carpentry
and stone carving will be on display from craftsmen and
women from all over France. On June 22, the theme is
pottery. Potters’ wheels will be spinning all along the Cours
Mirabeau and children will have the chance to learn how to
throw a pot.
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Thursday, 12 June 2008 |
Terroir 13, a fair offering the best in Provencal regional
produce, runs from June 6 to 8 in Marseille’s Hôtel du
Département. This year there will be a regional cooking
workshop, an animal zoo, sheep dog demonstrations, a quiz
for kids on farming and a jumping display from a troupe of
Camargue white horses.
Full details from www.terroir13.com.
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Thursday, 12 June 2008 |
Three young men, aged between 19 and 24 and already
known to the police, stole cars and went on a tour of
destruction. After stealing a car in Gap, they took two others
and went on a ‘tag’ rampage from Gap to Embrun (about
40km). On their trip, they severely damaged six cars in Gap,
three in Chorges, seven in Savines and seven more in
Embrun. Police, following a tip-off, arrested the three who
are now in custody pending trial.
The police are always warning the local population,
particularly older drivers, who often leave their cars
unlocked, sometimes even leaving the keys in the ignition.
The region’s population is growing fast and crime is growing
with it.
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