Music and performances?

Hello all. I%26#39;ll be in Paris Thanksgiving week, and am interested in concerts, performances, etc. while I%26#39;m in the city. I%26#39;m already planning on seeing ballet at Opera Garnier and a Gregorian chant concert at Notre Dame. Any other suggestions? Merci!

|||

Here on some things from my notes:

A small venue on the Ile St. Louis

http://www.theatre-ilesaintlouis.com/

I think the following is fro National Geographic, I don%26#39;t know how recent the information is:

Attend an hour-long choir rehearsal each Sunday morning at 9:45 a.m. at Sacré-Coeur (+33 [0]1 53 41 89 00) on the highest point in Paris.

Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse (209 av. Jean-Jaurès; tel. +33 [0]1 40 40 46 46.), the city%26#39;s prestigious music conservatory, located near the Parc de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement, offers more than 300 student concerts yearly, most of which are free. Concerts span chamber music from the Middle Ages to contemporary jazz.

When the Louvre was a royal palace, the Gothic Église St-Germain-l%26#39;Auxerrois (2 Place du Louvre, tel. +33 [0]1 42 60 13 96) was its church. Enjoy free hour-long bell-ringing concerts each Wednesdays at 2 p.m.

Next to the Centre Pompidou, St-Merry Church (78 Rue St-Martin, 4th, tel. +33 [0]1 42 74 59 39) hosts complimentary classical, baroque, and gospel concerts by up-and-coming talent each Saturday night at 9 p.m. and Sunday afternoons at 4 p.m. (September through July). Donations are collected.

The American Church in Paris offers classical music and blues concerts free of charge Sundays at 5 p.m. as part of the church%26#39;s Atelier Concert Series from September to November and January to June. A freewill offering is taken at the door to support the series.

Each Thursday at 12:45, sacred and classical music concerts are free and open to the public at l%26#39;Église de la Trinité (Place d%26#39;Estienne d%26#39;Orves, tel. +33 [0]1 48 74 12 77). Following the performance, rub shoulders with the musicians at the after-concert coffee hour.

Radio France gives 180 free concerts a year (mostly on Saturdays) by national and philharmonic orchestras and choirs, including weekly chamber music concerts at the Petit Palais auditorium in the Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris (116 av. du Président Wilson, tel. +33 [0]1 56 40 15 16) from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Free tickets are handed out 30 minutes beforehand.

Twice monthly, Radio France allows free admission to recordings of mini-concerts for the program called La Bande Passante, alternating between the club venues Le Tryptique and La Flèche d%26#39;Or.

a few more:

mosaicodiffusion.com/…

concertclassic.com/festival/…

www.saint-eustache.org/dotclear/index.php… (for the free organ recitals at Saint-Eustache every Sunday)

http://www.classictic.com/en/ (Search for Paris and your dates)

for concerts at St Chapelle

http://www.archetspf.asso.fr/

http://www.ampconcerts.com/

|||

Also, have a look at the show that will be at the Folies Bergere at that time. According to the website it%26#39;s Zorro!. The FB is a wonderful old theatre with a wooden stage and velvet curtains. I saw Cabaret there a couple of years ago and, although it was all in French, it was one of the best things I%26#39;ve ever done in Paris. Have a look:

http://www.foliesbergere.com/