Wednesday, April 9, 2025 – 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

A voice, a bass viol, and a harpsichord—all that was needed to entertain music-lovers frequenting Parisian salons at the dawn of the 18th century, where they could delight in expressively titled instrumental pieces and cantatas, delicately evoking love in all its various facets. In these pieces, listeners could doubtless recognize their own amorous feelings, musically rendered in the most gallant fashion…

PROGRAM

Works by de Montéclair, Forqueray, Clérambault, Couperin and Rameau

Michel Pignolet de Montéclair (1667-1737)
Cantate La Badine for soprano and continuo

Antoine Forqueray (1672-1744)
Chaconne La Buisson for viol and continuo

Nicolas Clérambault (1676-1749)
Cantate L’Amour piqué par une abeille for soprano and continuo

François Couperin (1668-1733)
Harpsichord’s piece Les Ombres errantes

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
Cantate L’Ímpatience for soprano, viol and continuo

DISTRIBUTION

Andréanne Brisson-Paquin, soprano

Rafael Sánchez Guevara, viola da gamba
Christophe Gauthier, harpsichord