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TICKETS
A Series
Pass for all the Main Events Series Adults: 220$ Seniors: 160$ Students (25 and under): 70$
Main Concerts Adults : 35$ Seniors : 25$ Students : 10$
Friday June 20th at 7:30pm La Traversée Miraculeuse Location : Hangar 16, Quais du Vieux-Port Artists : Les Charbonniers de l'Enfer; Meredith Hall (soprano); Lisa Ornstein (Quebec fiddle); David Greenberg (Nova Scotia fiddle); La Nef.
Traditional Scottish and Quebecois music from the 18th century, as passed down through aural tradition to the 21st century. A concert illustrating the Anglo-French struggle for supremacy in this colonial outpost in the New World.
Friday June 20th at 9:30pm Chinoiseries Location : Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours Artists : Qian Yi (soprano); Samantha Louis-Jean (soprano); Youping Wu (dizi and percussions), Wen Zhau (pipa), Fang Ye (percussions), Yang Guiying (make up artist) and Les Voix Humaines.
Montreal Premiere! Love songs from 17th century France and China. Kun Opera, banished in China during the Cultural Revolution, will be heard for the first time in Montreal at this concert! Chinese decorative arts became the rage in Europe during the 17th century and Chinoiserie was the décor of choice for harpsichords! Chinese pastries will be served.
Saturday June 21st at 5:30pm I Mercanti di Venizia! Location : Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours Artists : Les Boréades de Montréal and Les Voix Humaines' Consort
Venetian 17th century music by Bassano, Rossi, Cima and Fontana for winds, violins, viols and pluckers.
Saturday June 21st at 7:30pm Klezmer: Venezia-Varsovie Location : Cirque Éloize / Gare Dalhousie Artists : Budowitz Ensemble (Budapest-Berlin)
BENEFIT CONCERT Budowitz (Budapest, Berlin & New-York) ‘period’ Klezmer band on 19th century instruments. Concert followed by a dance party with caller Avia Moore
Sunday June 22nd at 5:30pm Bach Cantatas: Tribute to Glenn Gould Location : Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours Artists : Monika Mauch (soprano-Germany); Daniel Taylor (countertenor); the Bande Montréal Baroque, Eric Milnes (conductor).
Montreal Baroque offers a concert of Bach cantatas dedicated to Glenn Gould directed by Eric Milnes. The Bande Montréal Baroque will be joined by soloists Monika Mauch and Daniel Taylor. Cantatas BWV 170 and 210 will be performed.
Sunday June 22nd at 9:30pm SAFFRON SOIRÉE: Tabla d'Haute Location : Cirque Éloize / Gare Dalhousie Artists : Pandit Sharda Sahai (Tabla); Ramesh Mishra (Sarangi).
BENEFIT EVENING World renowned virtuoso tabla and sarangi players in a recital of Indian “classical” music. Pandit Sharda Sahai is a descendant of the first tabla virtuoso born in Banares, India, in 1775.
Monday June 23rd at 8:00pm CARRIBEAN SOIRÉE Versailles Voodoo! Location : Hangar 16, Quais du Vieux-Port Artists : Samantha Louis-Jean (soprano), Chris Coyne (tenor), Jean-François Gagon (actor), Ensemble Diolkidi (percussions), Oswald Duran (Haitian flute), Ensemble Caprice; Jeanty, Jocelyne Saint-Leger (choregrapher) and Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière (choregrapher and stage director).
Afro-French cultural history of Haiti through the music and dances of the Chevalier de St George, Rousseau, Rameau and Grétry and Voodoo dances and music.
B Series Intimate Concerts Adults : 20$ Seniors : 15$ Students : 10$
Sunday June 22nd at 7:00am Chinese Letters Location : Bell tower, Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours Artists : Wen Zhao, pipa; Lucas Harris, lute (Toronto) and an actor.
Lute and Pipa illustrate the novel by Canadian Ying Chen : love letters between Montreal immigrant, Yuan, and Sassa in Shanghai. Note: 90 steps to climb!
Sunday June 22nd at 7:30pm SAFFRON SOIRÉE Ohso Square, or the Calcutta market! Location : Cirque Éloize / Gare Dalhousie Artists : Notturna Ensemble (Montreal's newest group)
BENEFIT EVENING British East India Company employees’ creative musical life as revealed in a vast library of 18th century letters.
Monday June 23rd at 3pm Planxty O'Carolan Location : Galerie Pangée Artists : Ensemble La Cigale; Marie Magistry (soprano).
18th century Irish music by celebrated Irish harpist, O’Carolan, performed by one of Montreal’s newest groups.
Monday June 23rd at 5:30pm CARRIBEAN SOIRÉE Le Coulicam, Persian King! Location : Galerie Pangée Artists : Masques Ensemble
Ensemble Masques is coming of age! The complete book of Rameau’s "Pieces de clavecin en concert" will be performed by Montreal’s young artists. Rameau was one of the most popular composers amongst the French colonialists in Haiti during the 18th century.
C Series
Free admission!
Saturday June 21st: 10:00AM ATELIER-CONFERENCE Chinoiseries Location : Château Ramezay Artists : Shuni Tsou and Wen Zhao
11:00am CONFERENCE: Haitian classical music? Location : Château Ramezay Artists : Claude Dauphin, speaker
12:00PM ATELIER Fiddlers' Fayre Location : Château Ramezay Artists : David Greenberg
2:00PM ATELIER What's this Klezmer? Location : Château Ramezay Artists : Tamas Gombei and Joshua Horowitz from Budowitz Ensemble
3:00PM ATELIER An Indian improvisation Location : Château Ramezay Artists : Pandit Sharda Sahai and Shawn Mativetski, tabla
Sunday June 22nd:
10:00AM ROUND TABLE Gould-berg Variations Location : Château Ramezay Artists : Luc Beauséjour, Bruce Haynes, Amy Horvey, Bernard Lagacé, Oleksander Mycyk, Yaron Ross, Vivienne Spiteri, Rachelle Chiasson-Taylor (moderator).
For the anniversary of a Canadian legend, the incomparable pianist, philosopher and film-maker, Glenn Gould! Rachelle Chiasson-Taylor, harpsichordist, musicologist and Gould expert will be joined by international guests to talk about Gould’s influence on the Baroque movement and performance of Bach .
2:00PM Gould, the Renaissance Man! Location : Château Ramezay Artists : Rachelle Taylor, virginal.
Rachelle Taylor will perform, and comment on, some of Gould’s favourite music by Byrd, Gibbons.
3:00PM Gould au Cinéma Location : Château Ramezay
Archives rares CBC et LAC Extasis (SRC) Glenn Gould : Au-delà du temps (ARTE) Glenn Gould L’Alchimiste (ORTF)
D Series
Fayre's events are free. Look at the daily program...
TO BUY TICKETS 1. BEFORE THE FESTIVAL : • Here, our electronic ticket counter • By sending an e-mail • By mail : Festival Montréal Baroque, 3589, rue Sainte-Famille, Montréal (Québec) H2X 2L2 • By phone : 514.845.7171 ; 1.866.845.7171
2. DURING THE FESTIVAL • Ticket counter at the Fayre (Place de la Dauversière), Saturday and Sunday, June 21-22, from 13h to 16h30 • At the door of the concert halls, one hour prior to the concert • By phone : 514.845.7171 ; 1.866.845.7171 |