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2017-2018 season concerts: details.
SAISON 2018-2019
Con Flauto e Liuto
Grégoire Jeay et Sylvain Bergeron
Sunday, September 23rd 2018, 2 pm
Presented by MaisondelacultureMaisonneuve
Complementary pass required
Flutist Grégoire Jeay and lutenist Sylvain Bergeron will take you on an intimate journey through splendid pieces from 17th and 18th Century repertoires. Works by Boismortier, Groneman, Vivaldi, and Gioseppe Antonio Doni.
Musical director, Sylvain Bergeron, archluth and baroque guitar | Grégoire Jeay, baroque flute.
Carpe Diem
Secular songs from Antiquity to today
Tuesday, November 20th 2018, 8 pm
Bourgie Concert Hall, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
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A concert to celebrate the beauty of the moment. Through secular vocal music from ancient times to today, Carpe diem draws on real-world experiences to address life’s fragility, the passage of time, and the vitality of the present moment. Music of humanistic reflection, and messages of hope, wonder, and fraternity.
Artistic director, Dorothéa Ventura | Musical director, Jean-François Daignault
Dorothéa Ventura, voice | Ghislaine Deschambault, voice | Jean-François Daignault, voice, flutes, clarinet | Renaud Paradis,voice, french horn, narrator | Annabelle Renzo, harps.
Space Time Continuo
Basses in the Spotlight!
Tuesday, February 19th 2019, 8 pm
Bourgie Concert Hall, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
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Space Time Continuo explores the rich and profound sonic landscape of early music bass instruments. Cello, viola da gamba, and bassoon will be featured voices alongside theorbo, guitar, and harpsichord. This concert will comprise unusual Renaissance and Baroque repertoire for bass instruments, with works by Bach, Bartholomeo de Selma, Frescobaldi, Boismortier, and Corrette.
Musical Direction, Amanda Keesmaat and Dorothéa Ventura
Amanda Keesmaat, baroque cello, violin bass |Dorothéa Ventura, organ, harpsicord |Sylvain Bergeron, lute, theorbo, baroque guitar |Karim Nasr, baroque bassoon |Pierre-Yves Martel, viola da gamba and double bass |Antoine Malette-Chénier, triple harp.
The American Art-Song
Michael Slattery sings Dylan et Waits
Wednesday, April, 17th 2019, 9 pm
Maison de la culture Maisonneuve
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American singer-songwriters Bob Dylan and Tom Waits are renowned for both their songs and their distinctively unadorned singing voices. Their poetry evokes everyday American experiences and their attendant struggles and successes. This concert presents versions of American folksong alongside melodies by composers like Ned Rorem and Stephen Foster.
Musical Director, Seán Dagher
Michael Slattery, tenor | Seán Dagher, cittern |Sergiu Popa, accordion |Amanda Keesmaat, cello| Alexis Basque, trumpets.
UPCOMING TOUR DATES
SEA SONGS
September 13th, 2018 Halifax, Nova Scotia – David’s Presbyterian Church
14 septembre 2018 Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia – Cecilia’s Retreat
15 septembre 2018 Lake Charlotte, Nova Scotia – Memory Lane Heritage Village
16 septembre 2018 Shelburne, Nova Scotia – Osprey Arts Centre
17 septembre 2018 Blue Rocks, Nova Scotia – St. Barnabas Church
18 septembre 2018 Bridgetown, Nova Scotia – Oman Art Gallery
20 septembre 2018 Havre-Aubert, Îles-de-la-Madeleine – Au Vieux Treuil
In Concert
Fine Mouche et les petites gouttes d’or
UN CONTE MUSICAL DE SUZANNE DE SERRES
SUNDAY, October 14th 2018, 11am
Salle Claude-Léveillée, Place des arts (in French only)
Billetterie
SPRING 2019
L’OMBRE ET LE HIBOU
(in french only)
Sunday, April 7th 2019, 2 pm
Bourgie Concert Hall, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
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