Tuesday, October 21, 2025 – 7:30 pm
Bougie Hall
1339, Sherbrooke West
Montréal, H3G 1G2

Bus Bus : 24 – stop De la Montagne / Bishop
Métro Métro : Guy-Concordia, Peel or Lucien-L’Allier

SUMMARY

The Eton Choirbook miraculously survived Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries—leading to the Anglican Reformation—preserving a significant part of the sacred music of 15th century England. Its magnificent scores evoke the atmosphere and spirit of the cathedrals, chapels, and monasteries for which they were intended, while figures, animals, and various objects inhabit its illuminated initials as symbols and allusions to the text…

PROGRAM

John Sutton (fin XV e siècle)
Motet Salve Regina à 7 voix
(Eton Choirbook numéro 22, v.1500)

Edmund Turges (v.1440 – v.1508)
Chanson Good Lord preserve the Ostrich feather à 3 voix
(Fayrfax Manuscript, v. 1500)

John Browne (1453 – v.1500)
Motet Stabat Iuxta Christi Crucem à 6 voix
(Eton Choirbook numéro 8, v.1500)

William Horwood (v.1430 – 1484)
Magnificat secundi toni a 5 voix
(Eton Choirbook numéro 71, v.1500)

Walter Lambe (XVe – XVIe siècle)
Motet Nesciens Mater à 5 voix
(Eton Choirbook numéro 52, v.1500)

Robert Wylkynson (v.1450 – ap.1515)
Motet Salve Regina à 9 voix
(Eton Choirbook numéro 15, v.1500)

DISTRIBUTION

Choristes-solistes 

Marie Magistry, Len Torrie, sopranos
Josée Lalonde, Maddie Studt, altos
Nils BrownNathan LeLièvre, David MenziesMichiel Schrey, Arthur Tanguay-Labrosse, tenors
Pierre-Etienne Bergeron, John Giffen, William Kaushaar, basses

Andrew McAnerney, conductor