MUSIC : The Capital City Minstrels presents Concert By The Brotherhood of the Knights of Beau-Soleil from Domaine Mont sur Rolle (Switzerland) at Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate > 6:30pm on 12th February 2016

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Time : 6:30 pm Add to Calendar 12/02/2016 18:30 12/02/2016 20:00 Asia/Kolkata MUSIC : The Capital City Minstrels presents Concert By The Brotherhood of the Knights of Beau-Soleil from Domaine Mont sur Rolle (Switzerland) Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2016/02/music-capital-city-minstrels-presents.html C. D Deshmukh Auditorium, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 DD/MM/YYYY

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Venue : C. D Deshmukh Auditorium, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
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Event Description : The Capital City Minstrels presents Concert By The Brotherhood of the Knights of Beau-Soleil from Domaine Mont sur Rolle (Switzerland)

 The repertoire of the 21 member Choir includes songs that not only celebrate the vine and wine, but those that embrace nature, love, work and the joys of life.

The Brotherhood of the Knights of Beau-Soleil in concert
This February a unique group will descend on Delhi straight from the Swiss countryside, bringing their celebration of wine and music to the capital. In association with the Capital City Minstrels, the all-male choir of the Brotherhood of the Knights of Beau-Soleil will delight music lovers with a selection of Swiss folk music that applaud the vine and wine, and of course that heady emotion – love!
Delhi’s iconic choir, the Capital City Minstrels (CCM), is delighted to welcome some very special guests to the capital this month. CCM travelled to Europe in June 2015 for a two week tour of Germany, Hungary and Switzerland. Hosted by and jointly performing with various choirs in these countries, it was in Switzerland that CCM had the privilege of performing with the Brotherhood of the Knights of Beau-Soleil. This wonderful choir will be in Delhi on February 12, 2016 for a concert at the India International Centre. Accompanied by CCM, music lovers should not miss an enthralling performance by this unique 

Who is the Brotherhood of the Knights of Beau-Soleil?
The Brotherhood of the Knights of Beau-Soleil is a small bacchic society located in the eponymous Domaine Mont sur Rolle. It has about seventy members of very varied professions and its Governor is Thierry Durand, owner of the estate. In 2010, thirty years after the formation of the Brotherhood, the then Governor Maurice Durand created a small group to sing at the Ressat and to lead this group he approached René Martinet, a well-known conductor. Thus, the Choir was born! 
The choir has grown to an accomplished ensemble of 21 voices, all members of the Brotherhood. With the sole goal of entertaining the public, its repertoire has expanded to include songs that not only celebrate the vine and wine but those that embrace nature, love, work and the joys of life. 

About their music
Ländlermusik or Swiss folk music is an essential element of popular instrumental music in Switzerland and is also a specific term for rural dance music in triple time. Other rhythms such as marches, scottish, mazurkas or foxtrots are also played in traditional rural Swiss dance music. Typical instruments played by ländler bands include the accordion, clarinet and contrabass and it is in this formation that the three musicians accompanying the Beau-Soleil choir will play.
The alphorn is the most typical of Swiss musical instruments. Carved from spruce wood the wind instrument is about 360 cm long. It first appeared in the fourteenth century. Because its sound can carry over long distances it was used to alert remote mountain villages of approaching danger or to summon villagers to church. Today alphorns are also made of carbon fiber and so are lighter and easily transportable. The sound of the alphorn renders it difficult to play in combination with other instruments. It is usually played by groups of two, three or more alphorn players.

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