Ode to the Earth – April 21, 2024 LiveEvents April 14, 2024 458 Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal presents Ode to the Earth On the eve of Earth Day, this concert is devoted to Nature, as it is evoked, notably, in The Song of Songs. In this love poem from The Bible, which has frequently been set to music, the lovers are compared to all our planet’s many beauties: lilies and roses, an apple tree in the middle of an orchard, gazelles and stags, the song of the dove, fig trees, pomegranate trees, and vines… While John Taverner’s Western Wind Mass is based on a popular song that speaks of the western wind and its “small rain,” Nutshimit, composed by Maurice-G. Du Berger to an unpublished text by Innu poet Joséphine Bacon, convinces us of the importance of the Innu’s ancestral territories, places of myths, memory, and identity. Artists Andrew McAnerney, conductor Andrew McAnerney was raised in the British choral tradition and studied music at the University of Oxford (Magdalen College). He has enjoyed a varied career as a conductor, consort singer, soloist and arranger. Since moving to Canada in 2013, Andrew has worked with a range of professional choirs and orchestras including Arion Baroque Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Chamber Players of Canada, Elmer Iseler Singers, Elora Singers, Chœur Louisbourg and La Rose des Vents. Andrew was appointed artistic director of the Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal in 2015. A former Tallis Scholar, Andrew McAnerney has performed with many of Europe’s finest early music ensembles and is credited on over 50 recordings including the music of Bach, Brumel, Clemens non Papa, Crequillon, Gombert, Handel, Lotti, Morales, Moulu, Mozart, Palestrina, Phinot, Purcell and Rore. Andrew’s début CD with the Studio Laudate dominum, featuring music by Lassus, was released by ATMA classic in 2017. His second CD, L’Homme armé, also released on the ATMA Classique label, was nominated for a 2022 JUNO Awards in the category Classical Album of the Year (Large Ensemble). Andrew is passionate about musical excellence and accessibility. He regularly prepares his own early music performance scores from original sources, and is fascinated with presenting rediscovered works. Choir soloists Marie Magistry, soprano Josée Lalonde, alto Michiel Schrey, tenor John Giffen, bass Choir Ellen Torri and Megan Chartrand, sopranos Charlotte Cumberbirch and Kristen De Marchi, altos Kerry Bursey and Nathan LeLièvre, tenors Normand Richard and François-Nicolas Guertin, basses Program Orlando di Lasso (v. 1532-1594) Laudate Dominum omnes gentes Jan Sweelinck (1562-1621) Ecce nunc benedicite Cipriano de Rore (v. 1515-1565) Descendi in hortum meum Jacobus Clemens non Papa (v.1510-v.1555) Ego flos campi Maurice-Gaston Du Berger (1987-) Nutshimit – World premiere, unpublished text in Innu-aimun by the poet Joséphine Bacon, commissioned by the composer. John Taverner (v. 1490-1545) Western Wind Mass (avec des interpolations reconstituées de la chanson Westron Wynd) Sunday, April 21, 2024 at 2:30pm Bourgie Hall To purchase your tickets visit: www.mbam.qc.ca/en/bourgie-hall/