- Online booking recommended
- ATTENTION: Reduced route and prices due to works on our railway line!
- All ages
- 1.5 hours
Come aboard an authentic historic train (railcar from the 1950s or a train from the 1930s) for a guided tour through the Bocq valley.
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La fête au(x) château(x) – For its first edition, the ASBL Horizon is pulling out all the stops!
From 19 to 26 June 2022, “La fête au(x) Château(s)” will highlight Wallonia’s architectural heritage, focusing on the commune of Yvoir and the surrounding area.
In magnificent locations steeped in history, you will be able to discover ancient and world music, theatre, dance, workshops for children, exhibitions and lots of entertainment for young and old.
On 21 June, on the occasion of the concerts at the Château de Spontin, the Chemin de Fer du Bocq joins forces with the ASBL Horizon to offer you a journey through time and space with our combined tickets including
- the discovery of the marvellous Bocq valley in a vintage train (1950s)
- access to one or two concerts at the Château de Spontin.
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Your combined ticket offers you :
- a guided tour (in French) of the Bocq valley in a 1950s tourist train, lasting approximately 1.5 hours
- access to the concert(s) according to the ticket purchased
For information: the Château de Spontin is located 50 metres from the Spontin station.
Be careful when crossing the road!
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Spontin Castle illustrates the evolution of a manor house from the Middle Ages to the present day.
Originally, around the 12th century, the castle of Spontin was a square “defensive tower” built on an islet of the Bocq. It was only in the 14th century that the residence really took on the appearance of a classical fortress.
From the 16th century onwards, the fortifications became useless (invention of gunpowder) and the castle was transformed into a stylish residence by the opening of windows and the construction of the current roofs on the towers.
The last two alterations were the construction of a fortified farmhouse on the façade (17th century) and the demolition of part of the rear fortifications.
Today, Spontin Castle is emerging from its torpor and beginning a long and slow process of rebirth.
Crédits : Wikipedia et https://bleuhorizon.be/lieux/ -
The Arsen Petrosyan Quartet plays traditional and sacred Armenian classical music, covering different periods and genres in the historical chronology of Armenia. The instruments used are Duduk, Santur, Qanun, Percussion.
The programme includes music by Grigor Narekatsi (10th century), Simeon Yerevansi (18th century), Sayat-Nova (18th century), Komitas (20th century) among others.
The concert presented at the festival “La fête au Château” is based on our new album “Hokin Janapar”. It will also include a tribute to one of their famous compatriots: Charles Aznavour.
Crédits : https://bleuhorizon.be/le-quatuor-arsen-petrosyan/
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Their music, however, is not a simple reproduction of the songs found in ancient manuscripts, but rather an updating of them, a process that is both an act of recovery and revaluation of previous musical traditions, and a creative musical act. Furthermore, it can be said that Father Mihail Buca rewrites the music he performs, going beyond the musical text, to a deeper level, where the melody comes from, in order to be able to interpret it in a spirit of freedom, adaptation and nuance, while remaining very faithful to the spirit of the score. Consequently, even well-known scores will appear as new and lively in his interpretation, far from any routine and stereotyping.
Crédits : https://bleuhorizon.be/tronos/ -
he music of A FILETTA is a journey… One could say that it is a demanding and daring contemporary polyphonic vocal proposal, born of a powerful oral tradition.
It was in 1978 that a group of very young people, driven by a fierce desire to contribute to the safeguarding of an oral heritage in full decline, set out on their journey… and their road has been long, sometimes winding, but punctuated by discoveries and exceptional encounters. The singers readily admit that “encounters” are part of their musical DNA.
Their repertoire includes sacred and secular songs with diverse influences, film music by Bruno Coulais, compositions for choreographies by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, excerpts from the chorus of an ancient tragedy and pieces from a requiem commissioned by the Saint-Denis festival.
Music that serves a vision of the world that unambiguously rejects any kind of identity-based withdrawal and whose philosophy could be summed up in this beautiful aphorism by René Char: “The purest harvests are sown in a soil that does not exist; they eliminate gratitude and owe only to the spring”.
Crédits : https://bleuhorizon.be/a-filetta