Wednesday, January 21, 2026 – 7:30 pm
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours
400, rue Saint-Paul Est
Montréal, H2Y 1H4

Bus Bus : 170, 30, 350, 355, 364, 365
Métro Métro : Champs-de-Mars

SUMMARY

Intertwined here are Love—from its personification in the goddess Venus to the wisdom of Saint Anne, grandmother of Jesus, through the passion of Mary Magdalene— Devotion—through the compositions of cloistered nuns, who, as mystical brides of Christ, raised their music to the heavens— and Unicorns— honouring the pioneers whose genius defied their time, marrying polyphony to Hebrew prayers or defying the patriarchy…

PROGRAM

Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677)
Le Tre Grazie a Venere
Mater Anna

Sulpitia Cesis (1577-v.1619)
Maria Magdalena

Salomone Rossi (1570-1630)
Se leoncorno
Psaume 8
Jit Gaddal

Francesca Caccini (1587-1640)
Le tre sirene

Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704)
Surge o felix anima
Ad arma spiritus

Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602-v.1678)
Regina caeli, laetare
O caeli Cives

DISTRIBUTION

Élodie Bouchard et Leah Weitzner, sopranos
Maddie Studt, mezzo-soprano
Madeleine Owen, theorbo and lute
Tristan Best, viola da gamba and lirone