Wednesday, April 1st 2020, 7:30 p. m. – CANCELLED
Bon Pasteur Historical Chapel
100 Sherbrooke Est, Montreal
Sherbrooke Metro

Admission to the chapel for Prestige subscribers: as of 6:30 pm
General admission: 7:00 pm

SUMMARY

A program of instrumental and vocal works composed by or dedicated to women. Featuring works written by composers Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen, and Barbara Strozzi. Arias, songs and pieces composed by Handel, Mondonville,  Duphly, and Rameau, highlight the virtuosity of women singers and musicians of the eighteenth century.

PROGRAM

Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre (1665-1729)
Suonato en sol mineur
Grave – Presto – [Adagio] – Presto – Adagio – Presto –
Aria Affettuoso Adagio – Becarre allegro, bemol

Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)
Sonate No. 3 en si bemol majeur pour violon et clavecin, Op. 5
Moderato
Allegro

Jacques Duphly (1715-1789)
Pièce de clavecin, Livre I: La Boucon

Jean-Joseph Cassanea de Mondonville (1711-1772)
Paratum cor meum (Psalm 56)

Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677)
L’Heraclito Amoroso

Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen (1745-1818)
Sonata en trio No. 5 en sol majeur, Op. 1
Allegro Moderato
Rondo

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
Pièces de Clavecin en Concert II: La Boucon

Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen
Duetto II en  majeur
Larghetto
Allegro-Minuetto-Allegro

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) – Arrangé par John Walsh
Lascia ch’io pianga
Vo’far guerra de l’opéra Rinaldo

DISTRIBUTION

Sallynee Amawat et Sari Tsuji, violons
Andrea Stewart, violoncelle baroque
Rona Nadler, clavecin
Kimberly Lynch, soprano