Luc Beauséjour, Music Director of Clavecin en concert, has announced the dazzling program of his 27th season, which includes nine concerts. The first of these musical events will take place in Salle Bourgie at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts on September 28 at 7:30 p.m. with Karina Gauvin performing a revisiting of “Italian Classics”.
Among the guest singers and musicians will be soprano Marie-Josée Lord, mezzo-soprano Julie Boulianne, harpsichordists Pierre Hantaï, Bruno Procopio and Luc Beauséjour, as well as pianofortist Mélisande McNabney, organist Vincent Boucher and flutist Grégoire Jeay. The ensemble Volte, under the direction of Thomas Le Duc-Moreau, and the Orchestre de l’Agora, under the direction of Nicolas Ellis, will offer programs of orchestral works.
Programming
September 28, 2021 – 7:30 pm
Bourgie Hall of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
ARIE ANTICHE
“Italian Classics” revisited: works by Caccini, A. Scarlatti, Caldara, Falconieri, Durante, Bononcini, Pergolesi, Gluck & Giordani
Karina Gauvin, soprano
Amanda Keesmaat, cello
Sylvain Bergeron, archlute
October 14, 2021 – 7:30 pm
Concert hall of the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal
FANTASIES ON THE FORTEPIANO
Works by J. S. Bach, C. P. E. Bach, Mozart, Kozeluch, Beethoven & Mélisande McNabney after C. P. E. Bach
Mélisande McNabney, fortepiano
November 14, 2021 – 2:30 pm
Bourgie Hall of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON
Concerto by J. S. Bach and symphonies by C. P. E. Bach and W. F. Bach
Steve Bergeron, harpsichord
Ensemble Volte
Thomas Le Duc-Moreau, conductor
December 19, 2021 – 3:30 pm
Saint Joseph’s Oratory
GREAT CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Traditional carols, Spirituals, Christmas for organ, Concerto for 2 trumpets by Vivaldi, etc.
Marie-Josée Lord, soprano
Stéphane Beaulac & Benjamin Raymond, trumpets
Vincent Boucher, organ
Luc Beauséjour, organ and harpsichord
In coproduction with Saint Joseph’s Oratory
February 25, 2022 – 7:30 pm
Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel, Old Montreal
BACH AND HIS INFLUENCERS
Bach, Corelli and Vivaldi
Luc Beauséjour, harpsichord
The Agora Orchestra
Nicolas Ellis, conductor
March 9, 2022 – 7:30 pm
Bourgie Hall of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
FROM THE GREAT CENTURY TO THE ENLIGHTENMENT
Works by d’Anglebert, F. Couperin, Rameau and Forqueray
Bruno Procopio, harpsichord
In co-production with Bourgie Hall
April 14, 2022 – 2:30 pm
Bourgie Hall of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
CELESTIAL ARIAS FOUND
Works by Porpora, Pescetti, Galuppi, Wagenseil, Traetta, Hasse, Ottani, Terradellas & Perez.
Julie Boulianne, mezzo-soprano
Harpsichord Ensemble in concert
Luc Beauséjour, harpsichord and conductor
May 13, 2022 – 7:30 pm
Bourgie Hall of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
PIERRE HANTAÏ PLAYS BACH AND HAENDEL
Pierre Hantaï, harpsichord
In co-production with Bourgie Hall
June 10, 2022 – 7:30 pm
Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel, Old Montreal
C. P. E. BACH AND THE ROYAL INSTRUMENT
Four sonatas for flute and obbligato harpsichord by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Grégoire Jeay, flute
Luc Beauséjour, harpsichord
Hans Martin Linde
Music for a Bird
Jean-François Dandrieu
Le concert des oiseaux
Markus Zahnhausen
Toccata (Schlaflied für einen Kolibri)
Jean-Philippe Rameau
La poule
Jacob van Eyck
Engels Nachtegaeltje
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer
Sonata “Il cucù”
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