Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà present ELLE

Analekta presents

How to celebrate the 25^th anniversary of the ensemble La Pietà by Angèle Dubeau? The answer came naturally to her through the music. An album completely thought out, conceived, played and composed by women. ELLE, in the singular, because each woman is unique.

Added to the music of Olafur Arnalds, Armand Amar, Ludovico Einaudi, Alex Baranowski, Philip Glass, and Max Richter will be works from her latest opus, an incursion into the musical world of women, including Rachel Portman, Elena Kats-Chernin and Rebecca Dale.

Angèle Dubeau founded La Pietà in 1997, an all-female string ensemble featuring some of Canada’s best musicians. What she could not have known at the time was that this experiment, originally conceived for periodic recordings, would gradually become a full-time occupation.

From early on, the ensemble gained a solid reputation, playing Canada’s most prestigious venues and on television. “Precise attacks, excellent ensemble playing and energy… One would think oneself magically transported to the blessed era of the Solisti di Zagreb… passion, presence… The musicians’ smiles are contagious” noted Le Devoir.

Known for their exceptional virtuosity and impeccable precision, their rich interpretations, and above all the contagious happiness that enlivens their stage presence, Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà have crisscrossed the world for 20 years. The Los Angeles Times noted that “Dubeau is an exciting, dynamic fiddler… The performances were consistently robust and inquiring, taking nothing for granted… Dubeau’s well-drilled band played with agility, power, a nicely weighted sound and a fierce joy in the doing”.

Program
ANTONIO VIVALDI, Sinfonia per archi R.V.146-Allegro
LUDOVICO EINAUDI, Run
DALAL, Eos
CAROLINE SHAW, Plan & Evelation: IV The Orangery
REBECCA DALE, Winter
ELENA KATS CHERNIN, Re-Invention No1
RACHEL PORTMAN, Flight
JULIE THÉRIAULT, Transmutation
JEAN-MICHEL BLAIS, Nostos
ARMAND AMAR, Planet Ocean + Human
OLAFUR ARNALDS, 1440-Eulogy for evolution
ALEX BARANOWSKI, Immortal Universal
UNO HELMERSSON, The Grand Master Suite
ARVO PÄRT, Summa
PHILIP GLASS, The Hours
MAX RICHTER, The Left overs: Main theme + Dona Nobis Pacem
LUDOVICO EINAUDI, Experience