Songs and Stories from Brittany with Marthe Vassallo
Castle of Stone and Sea: The Life, Songs, and Stories of a 19th-Century Breton Woman
25 October 2018, 18:30, Linklater Room, FREE ENTRY (adjacent to Elphinstone Hall on the King's College campus of the University of Aberdeen)
Part of the Scottish International Storytelling Festival
Co-sponsored by the Elphinstone Institute (University of Aberdeen) and the Scottish Storytelling Centre
Join us for what will be a thrilling and moving evening with one of Brittany’s most acclaimed traditional voices and passionate storytellers, Marthe Vassallo, who recounts and performs the life, song, and personality of the 19th-century Breton singer, Maryvonne Le Flem. A story of poverty, pride, and mysterious islands, celebrating the power of speech and song.
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