A Century of Women’s Music – April 24, Bourgie Hall LiveEvents April 16, 2019 2767 A CENTURY OF WOMEN’S MUSIC Admired in their day by their peers but virtually unknown today, these five composers created rich and diverse works that, for the most part, remain to be discovered. Despite what the title of Elsa Barraine’s piece might have us believe, these are no quaint “lady’s handworks,” but a complex repertoire introduced to us by the Pentaèdre ensemble and young pianist Lysandre Ménard (featured in Léa Pool’s film La Passion d’Augustine). Wednesday, April 24th 2019 at 7:30pm Duration: 1 Hrs 30 Min Artists Pentaèdre Ariane Brisson, flute Marjorie Tremblay, oboe Martin Charpentier, clarinet Mathieu Lussier, bassoon Louis-Philippe Marsolais, horn Guest: Lysandre Ménard, piano Program Hedwige CHRÉTIEN Wind Quintet Louise FARRENC Sextet for Piano and Winds, Op. 40 Mel BONIS Scènes de la forêt for Flute, Horn, and Piano, Op. 123 Claude ARRIEU Quintette en ut Elsa BARRAINE Ouvrage de dame, Theme and Variations for Wind Quintet For tickets and information: www.mbam.qc.ca/en/concerts 514-285-2000 Bourgie Concert Hall, at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) complex, is a 444-seat venue located in the restored Erskine and American Church (designed in 1894 in Neo-Romanesque style by architect Alexander Cowper Hutchison). Designated a national historic site in 1998, the transformed setting is now graced with high-quality acoustics and an exceptional décor incorporating 20 historic Tiffany stained glass windows. Ideal for performances by chamber-music ensembles, string orchestras, and other groups, Bourgie Concert Hall offer music lovers an auditory repertoire as diverse as the MMFA collections Bourgie Concert Hall 1339 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3G 2E8
