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Saturday, October 18, 2025 – 2 pm
Abbey of Saint-Benoît-du-Lac
1 Rue Principale
Saint-Benoît-du-Lac, J0B 1B0
Twelve a cappella voices will sing the most beautiful pages of the Eton Choirbook, recalling the splendor of its exquisite illuminations. The Eton Choirbook miraculously survived the monastery desecrations ordered by Henry VIII to establish the Anglican Reformation, preserving a significant portion of England’s sacred music from the 15th century. 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 like symbols and allusions…
This event is not part of the concerts offered as part of the Orford Music Festival.
Discounts on concerts do not apply to this event.
John Sutton (fin XVe s.)
Motet Salve Regina à 7 voix
Edmund Turges (v.1440 -v.1508)
Chanson Good Lord preserve the Ostrich feather à 3 voix
John Browne (1453-v.1500)
Motet Stabat Iuxta Christi Crucem à 6 voix
William Horwood (v.1430-1484)
Magnificat secundi toni a 5 voix
Walter Lambe (XVe-XVIe s.)
Motet Nesciens Mater à 5 voix
Robert Wylkynson (v.1450-ap.1515)
Motet Salve Regina à 9 voix
Choristes-solistes
Marie Magistry, Len Torrie, sopranos
Josée Lalonde, Maddie Studt, altos
Nils Brown, David Menzies, Nathan LeLièvre, Michiel Schrey, Arthur Tanguay-Labrosse, tenors
Pierre-Etienne Bergeron, John Giffen, William Kaushaar, bass