Concert of the Armaillis de la Gruyère Men’s Choir

Place de l'église

The men’s choir Armaillis of Gruyère, consisting of 35 members, will perform in the traditional armailli costume (the shepherd who makes Gruyère on the alpage) and, in this Advent season, its program will consist of Christmas songs and in Gruyèrian patois. This Swiss choir preserves the memory of the music of the founder father of the Fribourg chorale tradition (Father Joseph, Pierre Bovet). This abbé was a teacher. He conducted and composed. And set about inventorying the folk melodies of Fribourg. He made choral art a marker of identity. Many of the songs…