Housed in an elegant townhouse in Geneva’s Old Town, the International Museum of the Reformation traces the history of the Protestant Reformation across nine rooms, from the 16th century to today. Paintings, manuscripts, objects, and interactive displays explore the movement’s impact in Geneva and beyond. From Calvin to Martin Luther King, the permanent exhibition offers both chronological and thematic paths, with augmented reality features and audio guides available in ten languages.
This guided tour examines the St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, exploring its causes — religious tensions, political manipulation and collective fears — and the immediate dynamics that transformed an attempted assassination into widespread violence. It investigates how the massacre affected relations between Catholics and Protestants, its spread beyond Paris, and its symbolic resonance within the Reformation. The narrative situates the events in broader social and political contexts, revealing the mechanisms that turned political rivalry into mass sectarian bloodshed.
Contrechamps presents a program pairing a newly commissioned work by Dzovinar Mikirditsian for string trio with Arnold Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht arranged for string sextet. The concert explores themes of transfiguration and chromatic intensity, weaving intimate chamber textures with expansive harmonies. The performers engage in a dialogue between contemporary compositional voice and late-Romantic expression, highlighting timbral contrasts, meticulous phrasing and emotional transformation across the programme.
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