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Palace of Versailles – European Night of Museums 2026
Saturday 23 May 2026
19:00 to 00:00
Last access: 10 pm
Location : Château de Versailles
Destination
Place d'armes
78000
Versailles
GPS coordinates
Latitude : 48.802833
Longitude : 2.121054
Entrance via American Independence Street
Event Organizer
Établissement public du château, du musée et du domaine national de Versailles
Location
Château de Versailles
Place d'armes
78000
Versailles
Presentation
To mark European Museum Night, the Palace of Versailles invites you to enjoy a musical stroll through the rooms of the South Wing from 7 pm until midnight.
ON THE PROGRAM:
From 7.00 pm to 11.59 pm: Guided tours led by students from the École du Louvre in the Empire Rooms (the Empire Rooms are accessible only after the concert)
At 7.20 pm: Concert featuring works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Concerto for Two Harpsichords in C minor, BWV 1060, I. Allegro, II. Adagio, III. Allegro
Pianists: Felicia Cheng and Claire Meissner Bernard
Franz Liszt, Symphonic Poems, arrangement for two pianos, 3. Les Préludes, after Lamartine
(30 minutes)
At 8.20 pm: Concert by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (arr. Nicolas Economou), The Nutcracker,
Suite from the ballet, 1. Overture, 2. March: Tempo di marcia viva, 3. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy: Andante non troppo, 4. Russian Dance (Trepak): Tempo di Trepak, molto vivace, 7. Dance of the Mirlitons: Moderato assai, 8. Waltz of the Flowers: Tempo di valse
Modest Mussorgsky (arr. Jura Margulis), A Night on Bald Mountain (version for two pianos)
(30 minutes)
At 9.20 pm: Concert by Franz Liszt, Symphonic Poems, arrangement for two pianos, 6. Mazeppa
Alexander Tsfasman, 4 Songs, 2. Jolly Night, 3. Dancing Fingers & Abram Chasins, Fantasy on themes from Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus
(30 minutes)
At 10.20 pm: Franz Liszt, Reminiscences of Norma, after Bellini
Camille Saint-Saëns (arr. Greg Anderson), The Swan (version for two pianos) & Leonard Bernstein / John Musto / Xavier Aymonod, Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
(30 minutes)
From 7.00 pm to 11.59 pm: Guided tours led by students from the École du Louvre in the Empire Rooms (the Empire Rooms are accessible only after the concert)
At 7.20 pm: Concert featuring works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Concerto for Two Harpsichords in C minor, BWV 1060, I. Allegro, II. Adagio, III. Allegro
Pianists: Felicia Cheng and Claire Meissner Bernard
Franz Liszt, Symphonic Poems, arrangement for two pianos, 3. Les Préludes, after Lamartine
(30 minutes)
At 8.20 pm: Concert by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (arr. Nicolas Economou), The Nutcracker,
Suite from the ballet, 1. Overture, 2. March: Tempo di marcia viva, 3. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy: Andante non troppo, 4. Russian Dance (Trepak): Tempo di Trepak, molto vivace, 7. Dance of the Mirlitons: Moderato assai, 8. Waltz of the Flowers: Tempo di valse
Modest Mussorgsky (arr. Jura Margulis), A Night on Bald Mountain (version for two pianos)
(30 minutes)
At 9.20 pm: Concert by Franz Liszt, Symphonic Poems, arrangement for two pianos, 6. Mazeppa
Alexander Tsfasman, 4 Songs, 2. Jolly Night, 3. Dancing Fingers & Abram Chasins, Fantasy on themes from Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus
(30 minutes)
At 10.20 pm: Franz Liszt, Reminiscences of Norma, after Bellini
Camille Saint-Saëns (arr. Greg Anderson), The Swan (version for two pianos) & Leonard Bernstein / John Musto / Xavier Aymonod, Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
(30 minutes)
Prices
Free admission upon booking a time slot online in advance.
Booking is free but compulsory for each concert via the château’s ticket office. (No tickets sold at the venue).
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