Participate in a Quiz-concert in a cathedral

Name: Participe en un concurso en una catedral
Start: 2023-09-17T19:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T20:30:00+02:00
Location: Cathédrale Saint-Étienne

The Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs organizes a free concert in the cathedral. The organist Elodie Marchal will perform music of all kinds through the song Fran…

Domingo 17 septiembre 2023, 19:00Passed

The Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs organizes a free concert in the cathedral. Organist Elodie Marchal will interpret music of all genres through French song, film music, and classical register. Your musical culture will be put to the test in the face of questions that will be asked to you live via an application. You can also enjoy the concert without playing. Whether you like organ music, you are a fan of musical quizzes, or you enjoy being in an original place for an event, the "Quiz-concert at the KT" awaits you.

About the location

Cathédrale Saint-Étienne

Rue Vialard, 51000 Châlons-en-Champagne

Marne
Grand Est

The Saint-Etienne Cathedral offers the visitor the testimony of an architectural evolution over 5 centuries, between the 12th and 17th centuries more precisely. Begun in Romanesque style, construction continued in Gothic and then Baroque style. In 700 years, expansions, modifications and reconstructions have marked its history.
In the 1200’s, the cathedral stood in the heart of the canonical district, which occupied a quarter of the ancient Gallo-Roman city. A real city in the city with a bishopric, churches, canonical houses, a library, a school, a prison, a hospital… today disappeared. From the first Romanesque construction of the twelfth century only the crypt and the base of the north tower of the transept remain. Following a fire in 1138, the north transept was rebuilt. In the years that followed, the nave was rebuilt in Gothic style and the south arm of the transept was completed in 1215.
In 1230, a new fire ravaged the cathedral which had to be rebuilt in large part. A new bedsi