Thursday, April 16, 2026 – 7:30 pm
Bougie Hall
1339, Sherbrooke West
Montréal, H3G 1G2

Bus Bus : 24 – stop De la Montagne / Bishop
Métro Métro : Guy-Concordia, Peel or Lucien-L’Allier

SUMMARY

The SMAM and musica intima jointly commissioned composer Andrew Balfour, of Cree ancestry, to create Missa Tekakwitha, The Seven Stones of Grandfather’s Prophecies, which evokes the tragic fate of Kateri Tekakwitha, who died at the age of 24. This concert, a collaboration between the SMAM and musica intima, will blend European polyphonic music with Indigenous languages, bringing together legendary figures of the First Nations, Marian symbols, miracles, natural wonders, and other profound upheavals. Missa Tekakwitha will be performed alongside the remarkable Missa Et ecce terræ motus by Antoine Brumel.

In collaboration with musica intima.

PROGRAM

Andrew Balfour (1967-)
Missa Tekakwitha, Les Sept Roches des prophéties du grand-père

Antoine Brumel (v. 1460 – v. 1515)
Missa Et ecce terræ motus

DISTRIBUTION

Choir

Andrew McAnerney, direction