FREE OUTDOOR CONCERTS

Sunday, July 12 – 2:00 p.m.
Sun Yat-Sen Place
1055 Clark Street
Montreal, QC H2Z 1K2

Bus Bus: 55 – Saint-Laurent / De la Gauchetière stop
 Métro Metro: Place-d’Armes

Saturday, August 15 – 2:00 p.m.
Place du Village
1114 Sainte-Catherine Street East
Montreal, QC H3B 4G5

Bus Pedestrian zone
Metro: Place-d’Armes

SUMMARY

Italian Renaissance madrigals performed outdoors in the parks of the Ville-Marie borough. SMAM musicians will sing among the audience, transforming the space into a living stage. To enhance these special moments, artisanal ice cream will be offered free of charge. Between lemon, vanilla, pistachio, and captivating voices, join us for this musical and gourmet stroll—like turning a corner onto a Roman street. A unique way to rediscover the city, carried by the beauty of the voices and the freshness of summer.

Cancelled in case of heavy rain.

This project is presented as part of the Cultural Initiatives Support Program (Ville-Marie Borough).

PROGRAM

Heinrich Isaac (v.1450-1517)
Ne più bella di queste ne più degnia (I-Fn MS Banco Rari 337, Florence, 1520)

Philippe Verdelot (1480-1530)
Si suave è l’inghanno (GB-SC Recusant Library, Florence, 1526-29)

Giaches de Wert (1535-1596)
Era il bel viso suo 

Adrian Willaert (1490-1562)
Sempre mi ride sta (Canzoni villanesche alla napolitana, Venise, 1545

Giaches de Wert
Chi salirà per me (Venise, 1557-58)

Giaches de Wert
Dolci spoglie felic’e care tanto (Madrigali a 4 voci, Libro primo, Venise, 1561)

Jacob Arcadelt (1507-1568)
Il bianco e dolce cigno (Madrigali a 4 voci, Libro primo, Venise, 1539)

Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594)
Matona mia cara (Libro de villanelle, moresche, et altre canzoni, Paris, 1581)


Heinrich Isaac
Fammi una gratia, Amore

Adrian Willaert
Un giorno mi pregò una vedovella (Canzoni villanesche alla napolitana, Venise, 1545

Francesco Silvestrino (fl.1540-1550)
O Dio se vede chiaro

Adrian Willaert
Vecchie letrose (Canzoni villanesche alla napolitana, Venise, 1545

Philippe Verdelot
O dolce nocte (GB-SC Recusant Library, Florence, 1526-29)

Luca Marenzio (1553-1599)
Zefiro torno e’l bel tempo rimena; Ma per me lasso (Madrigali a 6 voci, Libro primo, Venise, 1581

Adrian Willaert
Madonna mia famme bon’offerta (Canzoni villanesche alla napolitana, Venise, 1545

Philippe VerdelotChi non fa prova, Amore (GB-SC Recusant Library, Florence, 1526-29)

Luca Marenzio
Piango, che amor con disusato oltraggio (Madrigali a quattro, cinque et sei voci, Libro primo, Venise, 1588

Jacopo Peri (1561-1633)
L’Euridice : Biond’arcer, che d’alto monte (Le musiche sopra l’Euridice, Florence, 1600)

DISTRIBUTION

Rebecca Dowd-Lekx, soprano
Marie-Andrée Mathieu, mezzo soprano
Michiel Schrey, tenor
Pierre-Étienne Bergeron, bass

Madeleine Owen, lute

Michiel Schrey, artistic direction