Baroque Festival – June 23-26, LiveEvents June 16, 2016 2921 The 14th Montreal Baroque Festival TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT… Quebecers cope bravely with the whims of Mother Nature. To celebrate this spirit, the 14th Montreal Baroque Festival will present a torrent of colorful musical passions, flooding the metropolis with cataclysmic musical tempests and a storm of ideas both mundane and magical. For four days, come lightning or thunder, a Tempest in a Teapot will inundate the McGill Campus, Old Montreal and Philips Square with the music of Purcell, Bach, Boismortier, etc, interspersed with a few rays of sunshine to blush the horizon before the hurricane hits! Button up and hold on to your umbrella! Thursday, June 23, 2016 Métis Fiddler Quartet Free outdoor concert Métis Fiddler Quartet Come enjoy some great music while having lunch in the lovely park of the Square Phillips (Sainte-Catherine/Union). June 23rd, Noon Musical Marathon “Canon Blast” Amateur and profesional musicians Once again, the Festival organizes a musical marathon for amateur and professional musicians to have fun performing all sorts of canons! Whatever the instrument you play, come join us! Square Phillips June 23rd, 3pm to 6pm Work and Play in The Tempest Conference presented by IPLAI (Institute for the Public Life of Arts and Ideas) Michael Bristol, Shakespeare’s specialist Conference in English. Redpath Museum June 23rd, 5pm Prospero’s Tempest Bande Montréal Baroque, Lina Tur Bonet, Passiflore, Flûte Alors!, Pallade Musica, Paul Hopkins (actor), Jean Asselin (stage director), Hélène Brunet (soprano), Michael Taylor (countertenor), Philippe Gagné (tenor), Clayton Kennedy (bass). Celebrating the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death with Prospero’s philosophic end-of-life tempest, music by Purcell and friends. Redpath Hall June 23rd, 7pm Fugal Tornado Les Voix Humaines: Susie Napper & Margaret Little. Instruments of Happiness: Tim Brady, Marc-Olivier Lamontagne, Jonathan Barriault, Antoine Berthiaume. Bach’s Art of Fugue revisited as a tornado of novel sounds from electric guitars and electrifying viols! Redpath Hall June 23rd, 9pm Friday, June 24, 2016 Breakfast Banter Gilles Cantagrel, Bach scholar (France) Come have breakfast with Mr. Cantagrel and discuss Bach’s life and works. Café Tasse & Coupe June 24th, 9am Odéi Bilodeau Impetuous lover, Turbulent love Odéi Bilodeau (soprano), Martin Robidoux (harpsichord) A recital featuring Odéi Bilodeau, winner of the Mathieu-Duguay Competition of the International Early Music Festival in Lamèque (New Brunswick). Salle de la Commune, Marché Bonsecours June 24th, 11am Free outdoor concerts Métis Fiddler Quartet at Noon at the Square Phillips Vocal ensemble Tactus at 4pm at Place d”Armes. June 24th, Noon and 4pm Tumultuous Bach 1 Lina Tur Bonet, Baroque violin (Spain) Jesse Blumberg, baritone; Eric Milnes, harpsichord. The complete Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin by JS Bach: Sonata in G minor BVW 1001 and Partita in B minor BWV 1002. Salle de la Commune, Marché Bonsecours June 24th, 2pm JacintheThibault Torrent of tears! Jacinthe Thibault (soprano) and Ensemble Sonate 1704 Jacinthe Thibault joins Sonate 1704 for a tumultuous exploration of the musical worlds of 18th century French composers Clérambault, Montéclair and Rebel. Salle de la Commune, Marché Bonsecours June 24th, 5pm Hail! the Gigantic Gigue! Ensemble Caprice and the Métis Fiddler Quartet A devilishly delicious evening of musical blends redefining the past while looking forward into the future! Baroque, metis and contemporary musics all together! Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours June 24th, 7pm Baroque and folk party For the evening of the “St-Jean”, a explosive party where Baroque and folk meet, young and professional musicians play and improvise until the end of the night! Festival’s artists and musicians of the next generation Café Tasse & Coupe June 24th, 10pm Saturday, June 25, 2016 Jean-François Bélanger Scandinavian gust! Jean-François Bélanger, nyckelharpa The nyckelharpa is Swedish bowed instrument who was invented more than 700 years ago. The instrumentalist uses wooden keys to obtain different pitches while sympathetic strings allow the instrument to sound louder. Redpath Museum June 25th, 11am Free outdoor concerts Noon: Rendez-vous baroque français 1:30pm: Daniel Zuluaga, Baroque guitar 3pm: ensemble Infusion Baroque (duo flute & violin) 4:30pm: ensemble La Cigale Square Phillips June 25th, Noon to 6pm Weather Alert! Vincent Lauzer, recorder This concert presents new works for recorder by young Quebec composers where the influence of Baroque music is noticeable. Early music themes, melodies, forms and concepts are getting revisited, reinvented, disrupted, or even deconstructed. Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University June 25th, 2pm Concerts noncerto® present: Los rafales de vento! David Jacques (guitar) and Ziya Tabassian (percussions) Carried by a desire of freedom, this concert is the reunion of two musician friends through rasguedos, campanellas, variations and improvisations. They will travel through music inspired by Spain, the Mediterranean, including African and Native-American influences. Redpath Museum June 25th, 4pm The Widow Rebel Le Nouvel Opéra New France, 1747: Pursued by the Opera de Paris and the Comédie-Francaise, the Widow Rebel escaped to the New World where she opened a small market theatre catering to the more irreverent of her community. With her outrageous comedians, she made a point of ridiculing the Paris theatre and ballet with satirical comedy and grotesque dances! Redpath Hall June 25th, 7pm Tumultuous Bach 2 Lina Tur Bonet, Baroque violin (Spain) Jesse Blumberg, baritone; Eric Milnes, harpsichord. The complete Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin by JS Bach: Sonata in a minor BVW 1003 and Partita in D minor BWV 1004. Redpath Hall June 25th, 9pm Sunday, June 26, 2016 Tempest in a percolator! A VIP event for only 40 guests. Reserve your tickets now! Join the Queen and Mr. Bach at the harpsichord for a gastronomic breakfast featuring several exquisite, musico-epicurean surprises ! $100 per person. Many surprises will be served! The location will be kept secret until later… June 26th, 9am Heavenly Bach: Thunder and lightning! Paolo Pandolfo, viola da gamba (Italy) Renowned Italian gambists, Paulo Pandolfo, will storm Montreal with his audacious, debut recital in the city. This performance of Bach cello suites will cause a tumult of thunder and lightening amongst cellists furious that a viol has stolen their music! Lobby of the arts building, McGill University June 26th, 11am Free outdoor concerts Noon: Passiflore, violin trio 1:30: Jennifer Thiessen, viola d’amore 3pm: ensemble La Cigale, duo harpe & theorbo 4:30: ensemble Le Petit Rien, French music Square Phillips June 26th, Noon to 6pm Cold front, hot front: the Bach familly meets Ensemble Alkemia and Gilles Cantagrel, musicologist. Everyone is invited to come to a party thrown by various members of the large Bach family! These Bach family gatherings are very amusing – clan members tell brilliant stories and you’ll hear family anecdotes you’ve never heard before! Who knows: you might even be asked to sing by J.S. himself! Ensemble Alkemia and Gilles Cantagrel will M.C. the event! Lobby of the McGill arts building June 26th, 2pm Music of fire and water by Bach, Handel and Scarlatti Out of Series Concert Vincent Boucher, organ D. Scarlatti: sonatas for keyboard (arrangments for organ), G. F. Handel: Water Music and other transcriptions for organ; J. S. Bach: choral An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653 and Toccata and fugue in D minor, BWV 565 Oratoire Saint-Joseph June 26th, 3:30pm Lina Tur Bonet Tumultuous Bach 3 Lina Tur Bonet, Baroque violon (Spain) Jesse Blumberg, baritone; Eric Milnes, harpsichord. The complete Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin by JS Bach: Sonata in C major BVW 1005 and Partita in E major BWV 1006. Lobby of the arts building, McGill University June 26th, 4pm Tempest of ideas: The Reformation according to JS Bande Montréal Baroque conducted by Eric Milnes. Hélène Brunet (soprano), Michael Taylor (countertenor), Philippe Gagné (tenor), Jesse Blumberg (bass). Cantatas BWV 76, 79 and 80. Redpath Hall June 26th, 7pm A last tempest, but not the least… All the festival goers and artists! Concluding the 14th edition, one last evening of breezy musical encounters until the next festival… Café Tasse & Coupe June 26th, 9pm Tickets and information: www.montrealbaroque.com or 514-845-7171 ext. 1
