La Nef – O’Carolan’s Welcome to Sweden

A concert featuring the Swedish nyckelharpa, as well as the similarities among traditional Irish, traditional Swedish, and Baroque music. Original arrangements of compositions by Turlough O’Carolan (1670-1738) and of traditional Swedish music.

A nyckelharpa is a traditional Swedish musical instrument. It is a string instrument or chordophone. Its keys are attached to tangents which, when a key is depressed, serve as frets to change the pitch of the string.

Musicians
Alex Kehler, musical direction, nyckelharpa, violin
Sylvain Bergeron, artistic Direction, archluth, Baroque guitar
Antoine Malette-Chénier, Gaelic harp, Baroque harp
Kirsty Money, nyckelharpa, viola, violin
Tina Bergmann, hammered dulcimer

Program
Works from Turlough O’Carolan (1670-1738) and traditional music from Ireland and Sweden

Tuesday, March 10th 2020 at 7:30pm
Duration: 1 Hrs 30 Min

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