Performance
A bagad is a traditional Breton orchestra composed of 3 different sections: cornemuses (bagpipes), bombardes (oboe-like instruments) and the snare drum/percussion section. With its 30 musicians, the bagad interprets traditional airs from Brittany, including the gwerzhioù, sonioù, marches and especially danses, the group's specialty. Each year during the National Bagad Championship-Category 1, the musicians compose two different Breton music suites lasting about 15 minutes. Each suite is an arrangement of traditional airs and Breton-inspired compositions.
With its sheer power and numerous musicians, the bagad is an essential element in any major parade or festival
Festival de Cornouaille, Festival Interceltique de Lorient, Festival International de Folklore du Puy-en-Velay, etc.)
:
- Festival de Cornouaille à Quimper,
- Festival Interceltique de Lorient,
- Festival International de Folklore du Puy en Velay,
- Les Francofolies de La Rochelle,
- Les Vieilles Charrues,
- Luxembourg (Duddelange),
- Italie – Festival Celtica.
- Rennes : Nuits interceltiques de Rennes (2007 et 2008)
Its flexible repertoire makes the group a perfect fit for hearty, enthusiastic street concerts such as :
- Brest 96, various nautical festivals,
- Festival des Tambours en Fête de Charleville-Mézières 1998
- Saint-Nazaire 1999...
Concerts
The bagad is a musical formation par excellence that enables large audiences to discover the wealth and diversity of the instruments and melodies of Brittany :
- Festival de Cornouaille de Quimper, Festival Interceltique de Lorient, Nuits interceltiques de Rennes
- the Quartz concert house in Brest, Brest 96,
- Porto 1991, Geneva 1996 and Bordeaux 1998
Since the release of its first CD, the bagad plays regularly with the folk group Kurun (flute, bombarde, and drums). In 1998, pianist Didier Squiban solicited the bagad for the creation of a music show performed during the Festival de Cornouaille in Quimper.
Fest-noz - Popular Breton Balls
The bagad has great success among skilled and even novice dansers, because of its respect of tradition and its liveliness. For this reason it often plays at popular balls throughout Brittany. The musicians never fail to give an impromptu performance each time the opportunity presents itself...