IN BACH’S ORBIT
Amateur musicians
Join the recorder and viola da gamba enthusiasts explore the 371 harmonizations of chorales by Johann Sebastian Bach. This marathon will take your breath away with the amazing celestial harmonies!
Lobby of the arts building, McGill University
Saturday, June 27th, from 11am to 5pm
CANTATAS; ETHER OR?
new music
Maurice-G. Du Berger, Andréanne Brisson-Paquin, Marie-Laurence Primeau, and Francis Colpron.
New music composed for voice, flute and viola da gamba by young and talented composer Maurice-G. Du Berger using the poetry of Claude Gauvreau and Tina Biello.
Tanna Schulich Hall
Saturday, June 27th,11am
LECTURE
Ben Schmidt (University of Washington, Seattle)
Early Modern Conversions presents: “Alchemy at Meissen, Or How China Became china (and Europe Transmuted the World)
Location to be confirmed
Saturday, June 27th, 12:30pm
MYSTERIES
Ensemble ALKEMIA
Ensemble ALKEMIA has chosen the theme of mystery, in all their evocations and connotations. Through myths, legends, beliefs, magic and secrets, the resulting musical landscape is vast and unusual! Introducing its audience to a cappella repertoire with the visual and spatial aspects of performance very much in mind, ensemble ALKEMIA has chosen to rely on the artistic versatility of its performers in order to envision a dialogue between the human voice and the human body in space : the performers, singing and moving, paint strikingly poetic and moving tableaux.
Redpath Hall
Saturday, June 27th, 2pm
HEAVENLY BACH 3
Sigiswald Kuijken, Suzie LeBlanc, and Gilles Cantagrel
For the first time in Montreal, come hear Bach cello suites played on violoncello da spalla with Sigiswald Kuijken. Soprano Suzie LeBlanc explores the Little Book for Anna Magdalena while French musicologist Gilles Cantagrel will talk about the latest discoveries on the cello suites. (3rd part)
Redpath Hall
Saturday, June 27th, 4pm
HAPPY HOUR LECTURE
Sigiswald Kuijken
Lobby of the arts building, McGill University
Saturday, June 27th, 5:30pm
THE ANGELIC VIRGIN
Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal
A Renaissance vocal feast with Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal including works by Palestrina and Benevoli.
Redpath Hall
Saturday, June 27th, 7pm
TOBACCO!
Les Voix Humaines, Michael Taylor, and Nigel North
Tobacco will be smoked by Les Voix Humaines with Canadian counter-tenor, Michael Taylor and British lutenist, Nigel North in honour of the eccentric, fashionable fop and mercenary soldier, Tobias Hume.
Redpath Hall
Saturday, June 27th, 9pm
GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS
Ensemble Discantus
An exploration of Renaissance music for flute consort with Ensemble Discantus.
Lobby of the arts building, McGill University
Saturday, June 27th, 9am