LA BRETAGNE NOCE ET FEST-NOZ
BRITTANY WEDDING AND FEST-NOZ
Barclay licence Arion, 1964, 86 086
Reissued in 1974 this is a document, about a traditional Breton wedding ceremony in Inner Brittany. But the groom was not an ordinary man : he was Millig ar Skañv aka Glenmor who was a famous singer and composer whose life was dedicated to Breton culture and politics. So many people attended the wedding including some famous musicians.
The album is divided in two parts : on side A we can join the crowd and follow the successive steps of a Breton wedding like going to the bride's house, make her cry (because she'll leave her family), play for the horses bringing the couple to the church; then in the church a few cantiques are sung by Andrea Ar Gouilh; after the religious part it's time to go the place where the meal is ready; first a dance is usually played (danse du bouquet) and then we can hear singers and musicians during the banquet.
Side B is time for dancing; famous singers like the Morvan brothers sing a plin and a fisel, sonneurs Yann Peron, Georges Cadoudal play a gavotte and Albert Poulain sings in French a laridé. The two last tracks were recorded when the sonneurs and people bring a milk soup (soubenn al laezh) when the newlyweds are already in bed; this soup is full of edible and inedible things meant to remind them that life has its ups and downs
The bombarde player Yann Peron is in great form and we can appreciate his talent in slow and fast tunes.
Text in French.
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