Festival International de Carillon presents a weekly showcase of the carillon’s rich sonic palette, performed by local and international carillonneurs. The programme ranges from historic transcriptions to contemporary compositions, exploring timbre, rhythm and resonance across the city skyline. Intimate and expansive by turns, the concerts emphasise nuanced bell technique and spatial listening, inviting attentive moments of reflection and communal listening under open skies.

Performed by Gli Angeli Genève, this triptych of Leçons de ténèbres presents three consecutive late-night programmes centred on Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s music, with complementary pieces by Marin Marais. Each evening unfolds a gradual descent into shadow: light fades, a low voice emerges and the repertoire shapes a slow, contemplative progression from intimate austerity to richer textures. The staging uses subtle illumination and focused sonorities to heighten the sacred, meditative atmosphere and reveal hidden details of the music.