Wednesday, September 24, 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

Despite its undeniable originality, we often forget just how important Spanish music is in the 17th century repertoire. To get to know it a bit better, here are various vocal and instrumental compositions—sometimes unrestrained, sometimes poignant, embellished with castanets and other surprises—all of which evoke different facets of women’s lives as well as the beauty of Iberian nature, its fauna, flora, and seaside landscapes.

PROGRAM

José Marín (1619-1699)
No piense Menguilla ya
Sepan todos que muero
Ojos pues me desdeñais
Sin duda piensa Menguilla

Alonso Mudarra (v.1510-1580)
Triste estaba el rey David (instrumental)

Antonio de Cabezon (1510-1566)
Variations sur Ancor che col partire (harpe)

Anonyme
Españoletas (instrumentale)
Vuestros Ojos
Nina si encontrares durmiendo a cupido

Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710)
Canarios (instrumentale)

Juan Hidalgo (1614-1685)
Luceros y flores, arded y lucid

Gabriel Bataille (1574-1630)
Si sufro por ti
El baxel esta en la playa

Henri de Bailly (158?-1637)
Passacalle Yo soy la locura  

DISTRIBUTION

Catherine St-Arnaud, soprano
Sylvain Bergeron, lute and baroque guitar
Antoine Malette-Chénier, baroque harp