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Immaculate Conception
Rue Carnot
62930 Wimereux
Church | XIX | Neoclassical | Catholic Church
From shipwreckers to sea rescuers
Conference
11 August 2025 : 20.00
Maritime traditions evolve over time. Three centuries ago and more, the Channel coastline, which we now call the Côte d'Opale, was known as a haven for privateers and sometimes shipwreckers. Exactly 200 years ago, a Franco-British committee from Boulogne set up what became France's first lifeboat station. From sea bathing safety to offshore rescue, the Société Humaine et des Naufrages, now part of the Société Nationale de Sauvetage en Mer, has been providing uninterrupted voluntary assistance to people in danger on the seas since 1825. The maritime world is grateful for the thousands of lives saved in this way.
Meet up at the Baie Saint-Jean boat show, rue Sainte-Adrienne (Wimereux).
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Grand Duo for 4 hands for piano by Léopoldine Blahetka
9 August 2025 : 20.30
Born in 1809 in Guntramsdorf, south of Vienna, Austria, child prodigy Leopoldine Blahetka toured European cities from an early age. During her recitals, she rubbed shoulders with such celebrities as Paganini and Chopin. After returning from a series of concerts in London, the young pianist settled with her parents in Boulogne-sur-Mer in 1832, where she played host to the young Wagner and Meyerbeer. Until her death in 1885, she played a major role in musical life there, teaching and giving regular concerts. She was a member of the Philharmonic Society and her compositions were known throughout Europe. Today, she is regarded as a pioneer and one of the greatest composers of her time.The Grand Duo à quatre mains pour le pianoforte en fa dièse mineur, op. 47’, dedicated to Clara Wieck (the future Clara Schumann), performed this evening by the Piano Duo Shoko Hayashizaki & Michael Hagemann, is a major work that was recorded by the two pianists in its world premiere in 2024 and will be performed for the first time in France, on 9 August 2025 in the very region where it was composed.Rendezvous at Saint-Pierre church in Wimille.Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
A walk through the Wimereux of yesteryear (6th stage)
18 August 2025 : 20.00
Arnaud Destombes is passionate about the history of Wimereux, which he deciphers through an extensive collection of postcards dating back to the town's origins, and enriched by family photos entrusted to him in a friendly manner. Using these visual aids, some of which are unique on glass plates, and a wealth of archive documentation, he takes pleasure in taking us back in time, adding personal accounts and anecdotes to the commentary on each photo. It's a great way to understand the Wimereux of today through the photos of yesterday. This tour, like the five previous ones, won't be a lecture, but just a convivial opportunity to discover the many photos from the early days of the seaside resort. We have no doubt that he will once again be able to astonish his large audience, impatient to find out more!Departure from the Salon de la Baie de Saint-Jean, rue Sainte-Adrienne (Wimereux).Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
Children's dreams
25 August 2025 : 20.00
Rêves d'enfants’ is a collection of pieces composed by Florian VERDIER and published by Bayard-Nizet (Belgium).Initially written for solo piano, they have been rethought and adapted to the contours of the jazz trio, inviting improvisation in tableaux of very different moods and colours. Like our dreams, unpredictable moments when everything becomes possible, the trio takes us into space, into a labyrinth, who knows where else...Each of these pieces is built around an ostinato, as heady as some of our dreams, which seem to follow their strangely coherent trajectory for as long as we are immersed in them. Each page turned is a new dream, different and unique, a bubble of joy, anxiety or nostalgia, a plunge into the air, under the sea, a suspension of time...See you at the Baie Saint-Jean salon, rue Sainte-Adrienne (Wimereux).Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
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