Concert at the Auditorium: The Henri Martin Monument to the Dead, memories of the Poilus

Place des Consuls

On the eve of the November 11 commemorations, this Tuesday Concert offers a sensitive immersion into the memory of the Great War, inspired by the painting The Monument to the Dead by Henri Martin, kept at the Henri Martin Museum. Designed as a dialogue between music, painting and literature, this musical and narrative show resonates with the voices of two musicians who lived the conflict up close: cellist Maurice Maréchal and violinist Lucien Durosoir. Through excerpts from memoirs, letters and testimonies, their stories give flesh to the soldiers’ experience…