Baroque ensemble on period instruments
Francis Colpron, artistic director

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Les Boréades, 1999

2011

Les Boréades en collaboration avec la Société pour les arts en milieux de santé présente: Jean de Nivelle et Cadet Roussel

Musique et chansons populaires du 16ième siècle et leur descendance québécoise. Musiciens: Francis Colpron, Femke Bergsma et Betsy MacMillan.

  • Friday, October 14, 2pm: Centre d’hébergement Jean-Henri-Charbonneau, 3095, rue Sherbrooke Est, Montréal. Contact: Patrick Campbell, récréologue, 514-523-1173 poste 5247, Patrick.Campbell.LTEAS@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
  • Thursday, October 13, 2:30pm: Centre d’hébergement de Saint-Laurent, 1275, boulevard de la Côte-Vertu, Montréal. Contact: Nathalie Lalonde, 514-748-6400 poste 3350, animation.stl@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
  • Wednesday, October 12, 1:45pm: Hôpital LaSalle, 8585, terrasse Champlain, LaSalle. Contact: Françoise Houde, service des loisirs, 514-362-8000 poste 1855, francoise.houde.dll@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
  • Tuesday, October 11, 2:30pm: Centre d’hébergement Paul-Lizotte, 6850, boulevard Gouin Est, Montréal. Contact: Luc Gendreau, 514-384-2000 poste 7853
  • Saturday, October 8, 2pm: Centre d’hébergement Jean-de-la-Lande, 4255, rue Papineau, Montréal. Contact: Chantal Lavallée, technicienne en loisirs, 514-526-4981 poste 304, c.lavallee@ssss.gouv.qc.ca

September 30, 8pm: Les Tabarinades, Théâtre de la ville in Longueuil, 450-670-1616

September 29, 8pm: Les Tabarinades, Salle Jean-Eudes in Montréal, Maison de la culture Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, 514-872-1731

September 24, 8pm: Les Tabarinades, Maison de la culture Ahuntsic-Cartierville (CAM), 514-872-0271

September 16 at 8pm: Les Tabarinades, Maison de la culture Maisonneuve (CAM-concert at Théâtre Denise-Pelletier), 514-872-2200

September 10 to 16: Les Tabarinades, Théâtre Denise-Pelletier (school shows), 514-253-8974

August 27 till September the 2d: Masterclass and concert given by Francis Colpron, Ancient music weeks of l’Associazione Collegium Pro Musica Genova, Italy

August 19 at 8pm: Beatles Baroque, Val d’Or, Festival Classique de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue, 819-824-5072 — www.fcat.ca/Festival_Classique_de_lAbitibi-Temiscamingue/Accueil.html

August 8 at 8:30 pm: Les Tabarinades, Théâtre de la Verdure for the first concert of the Boréades’s tour, Conseil des arts de Montréal en tournée, 514-872-1774

July 16: Les Boréades — Beatles Baroque at the Domaine Forget

July 26: Colpron en récital, Camp Musical Père Lindsay, Lanaudière, 450-755-2496

June 5: Beatles Baroque, Festival Classica of Saint-Lambert, Saint-Lambert

July 6: Masters of the Baroque, Music and Beyond Festival in Ottawa Julian Armour — 1 concert, 613-565-4338

April 29 at 8pm: Beatles Baroque, Shenkman Arts Centre, Ottawa; Harold Shenkman Hall, 245 Centrum Boulevard, Ottawa, ON. Tickets: 613-580-2700 — Toll free number: 1-866-752-5231. www.shenkmanarts.ca/events_evenements/details/april_avril/boreades_fr.html

February 1—20: Garde Robe, Tournée Française, France

2010

December 7: Christmas Concert/Thirteen Strings, Ottawa, Ont., 613-738-7888

October 16 & 17: Allemand XVIIe & XVIIIe siècles, Petite Église Anglicane, Lac Brome, Québec

October 10: Garde Robe, Centre culturel de Joliette, Joliette, Québec, 450-759-6202

October 3: Garde Robe, Centre culturel et communautaire Henri-Lemieux, Lasalle, Québec, 514-367-6550

September 24: Beatles Baroque, Festival Orgue et couleurs, Montréal, Québec, 514-899-0644

September 19: Beatles Baroque, Théâtre des deux Rives, St-Jean sur le Richelieu, Québec, 450-358-3949 / 1 888-443-3949

September 14-17: Garde Robe, Théâtre de Baie-Comeau, Baie-Comeau, Québec, 418-295-2500

August 11: La Calisto — Musique Royale, Osprey Arts Centre, Shelburne, Nouvelle Écosse, 902-634-9994

August 10: La Calisto — Musique Royale, Evergreen Theater, Margaretsville, Nouvelle Écosse, 902-634-9994

August 9: La Calisto — Musique Royale, Christ Church, Dartmouth, Nouvelle Écosse, 902-634-9994

August 8: La Calisto — Musique Royale, St.Stephen Anglican Church, Chester, Nouvelle Écosse, 902-634-9994

August 3: Pleins Feux sur Renata Pokupic — Festival de Lanaudière, Église de Terrebonne, Terrebonne, Québec, 1-800-561-4343 / 450-759-4343

August 1: La Calisto — Festival international de musique baroque de Lamèque, Église Saint-Antoine de Padoue de Miscou, Nouveau Brunswick, 506-344-5846

July 31: Pleins Feux sur Renata Pokupic — Festival international de musique baroque de Lamèque, Église Sainte-Cécile de Petite Rivière de l’Île, Nouveau Brunswick, 506-344-5846

July 29: Tempêtes et Passions — Festival international de musique baroque de Lamèque, Église Ste-Marie-St-Raphaël, Nouveau Brunswick, 506-344-5846

July 17: Beatles Baroque — Festival Classique des Hautes Laurentides, Rivière Rouge, Québec, 514-388-7281

July 14: Duo Colpron Knox — Maison Trestler, Vaudreuil, Québec, 450-455-6290

July 6: Les Allemands XVII — Festival de musique d’Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario

June 26: Colpron Senza basso — Festival Montréal Baroque, Marché Bonsecours, Montréal, Québec, 514-845-7171

June 6: Tempo Francis Colpron — Toronto, Ontario

April 21: La voce del cornetto — Palais Montcalm — Québec

April 13 & 14: Garde-robe — Maison Culturelle et communautaire Montréal-Nord

February 4, 5 & 6: Garde-robe — Sevran Festival Rêveurs éveillés, Paris-Nord, France

2009

December 7: Carte blanche Colpron/Université de Montréal, Chapelle Saint-Louis Montréal

November 12: Concert bénéfice — Le Belvédère du Centre des sciences de Montréal — Vieux-Port

October 24: Beatles Baroque (Showcase) — Richmond Hill Performing Arts Centre, 10268 Yonge Street, Richmond Hill, Ontario, 905-787-8811

October 20, 21 & 22: Garde-robe — Salle Pauline-Julien, 15 615, blvd Gouin Ouest, Sainte-Geneviève, 514-626-1616

October 17: Beatles Baroque — Salle André-Prévost, 535, rue Filion, Saint-Jérome, 450-432-0660

September 30: Press Conference— Presentation of the Saison 09-10 — Restaurant Chez L’Épicier, Vieux-Montréal

May 27 & 28: Garde-robe — Maison de la Culture Mercier, Montréal

May 24: Garde-robe — Arrière-Scène, Beloeil

May 6: Garde-robe — Festival Petits Bonheurs, Montréal

April 16: Musiques des Plats pays — Ensembles Les Boréades et Caprice, Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours, Montréal

April 5: Ponticello — Ensembles Les Boréades et Caprice, Gatineau

March 31: Purcell Project — Théâtre des Arts de Rouen, Rouen

March 26: Vivaldi furioso — Salle Gaveau, Paris

March 24: Vivaldi furioso — Espace Jean Legendre, Compiègne

March 21: Vivaldi furioso — Théâtre Georges Leygues, Villeneuve-sur-Lot

March 19: Vivaldi furioso — Église de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

March 15: Apothéoses françaises — Church in the Hollow (Saranac United Methodist), Saranac, USA

March 14: Apothéoses françaises — Lake Forest Senior Living Community, Saranac, USA

March 5 2009: La Calisto — Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur

February 25 to March 1: Garde-robe — Centre National des Arts, Ottawa

January 31: Beatles Baroque — Saint-Eustache

January 25: Beatles Baroque — Hamilton

January 18 to 24: West Canada Tour

2008

December 7: Trinity Consort, Portland, Oregon, É.-U.

December 6: Trinity Consort, Portland, Oregon, É.-U.

November 10: Prairie Debut, concert, Snow Lake, Manitoba

November 9: Prairie Debut, concert, Altona, Manitoba

November 8: Prairie Debut, concert, Winnipeg, Manitoba

November 7: Prairie Debut, cours de maître, Winnipeg, Manitoba

October 26: La Calisto — Église de la Visitation, Montréal

October 19: La Calisto — Centre communautaire Elgar de Verdun (Îles-des-Sœurs)

October 17: La Calisto — Centre civique Dollard-des-Ormeaux

October 16: La Calisto — Bibliothèque publique Eleanor London de Côte-Saint-Luc

April 12 and 13: Concert Apothéoses françaises at église du Lac Brome, West Brome.

March 15 to April 27: A 9 concerts Beatles Baroque tour across Canada:

  • March 15, 2008: Théâtre du Vieux-Terrebonne, Terrebonne (QC)
  • March 27, 2008: The Rose Theatre, Brampton (ON)
  • March 28, 2008: Brock University, O’Sullivan Theater, St.Catharines (ON)
  • March 31, 2008: Oakville Centre for Performing Arts, Oakville (ON)
  • April 3, 2008: Salle Desjardins-Telus, Rimouski (QC)
  • April 4, 2008: Salle de spectacle Desjardins, New Richmond (QC)
  • April 5, 2008: The Playhouse, Fredericton (NB)
  • April 6, 2008: Dalhousie (NB)
  • April 26, 2008: Centre culturel de Beloeil, Beloeil (QC)
  • April 27, 2008: Théâtre Centennial, Lennoxville (QC).

February 14 to March 2: Garde-robe, co-production with Le Moulin à Musique, à la Maison théâtre (French only).

February 3: Francis Colpron solo concert: Colpron Sanza basso at Stewart Hall, Pointe-Claire, 3pm.

January 25: Bach and the Baroque at the Miller Theater of Columbia University, New-York.

2007

June 10: Beatles Baroque at the Musikfestspiele Sanssouci und Nikolaisaal Postdam, in Germany.

April: A 25 concerts tour in French Belgium with Youth and Music Belgium and the Jeugd & Muziek Vlaanderen

February 1st to 18: Tour of The Purcell Project with Karina Gauvin in France:

  • February 3, 2007: Centre culturel Piano’cktail, Bouguenais
  • February 4, 2007: Théâtre Quartier Libre, Ancenis
  • February 8, 2007: Scène Nationale le Trident, Cherbourg-Octeville
  • February 9, 2007: Théâtre du Puy en Velay, Le Puy
  • February 11, 2007: Théâtre des Bergeries, Noisy-le-Sec
  • February 12, 2007: Salle Gaveau, Paris
  • February 18, 2007: Scène Nationale l’Arc, Le Creusot.

February 14: Recital with Karina Gauvin at the Sénat, Paris

2006

December 9 and 10: concerts at Trinity Episcopal Church, Portland

November 19: Invenzioni Stravaganti at The Early Music Guild, Town Hall, Seattle

November 18: Invenzioni Stravaganti at the Renaissance and Baroque Society, Synod Hall, Pittsburgh

November 9 to 11: Four performances of Garde-robe in la Maison de la culture Plateau Mont-Royal.

October: Hyver, Karina Gauvin and les Boréades de Montréal, nominee at l’Adisq, classical / vocal

April: Hyver, Karina Gauvin and les Boréades de Montréal, nominee at the 2006 Juno Awards.

January: Les Boréades were invited to perform at the Miami Bach Society in the USA:

  • Friday, Jan 27 (morning): master class at the University of Miami
  • Saturday, Jan 28 at 7:00 pm: benefit concert (private event)
  • Sunday, Jan 29 at 4:00 pm: concert at St. Andrew’s Church, 14260 Old Cutler Road.

2005

2005-2006: Nominee at the Opus prize for best recording of the year with Hyver.

2005-2006: Five-concert series at the Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours, Montreal, comprising, Harmonious Consort, Al Rovescio, A musical offering, Haydn Intime and Bach à l’orchestre.

August: Les Boréades performed their production of Handel’s Acis and Galatea with American conductor Eric Milnes at Festival Vancouver. Musicians of the ensemble gave master classes for Early Music Vancouver.

June: Residency at Nova Scotia Festival, June 1st-10.

May: Les Boréades de Montréal (eleven musicians led by Francis Colpron) and soprano Karina Gauvin offered two programmes: Handel and Purcell as well as Sourire français, during an important European tour. The musicians performed at Utrecht’s Vredenburg and Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw (Netherlands) as well as Salle Gaveau in Paris (France) and went on to Regensburg (Germany), without the singer, to play their Beatles Baroque programme at the Tage Alter Musik Festival.

2004

2004-2005: Sensibilité 1750 Nominee at the Opus prize for Reconnaissance à un artiste hors-Québec.

2004-2005: concert series at the Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours, Montreal, comprising, The London Scene, Charpentier instrumental, Sensibilité 1750; Benefit gala La tempête et le chardonneret at the Pierre-Mercure Hall, Pierre-Péladeau Center.

September: Les Visitandines in Gatineau. Sourire français with Karina Gauvin in Québec. Beatles baroque as the opening concert of the Bremen Music Festival, Germany.

July: Beatles baroque as part of Festival Bach de Québec. Les Maîtres du Baroque (quartet in concert), at St-Jean-Port-Joli.

June: Beatles Baroque at the Montreal Baroque Festival

2003

2003-2004: Nominee at the Opus prize for best recording of the year with Acis & Galatea.

Eight-concert Montreal tour of Beatles Baroque as part of “Jouer dans l’Île, in which we participated for the third time in our career.

Five-concert series at the Chapelle historique Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours, Montreal, comprising, Empfindsamkeit, La Rome des princes, Meslanges harmoniques, Invenzioni Stravaganti and, as a benefit concert, Deutsche concerti.

November: Western Canada tour of Masterpieces of the High Baroque: Bach, Handel, Telemann, etc.

August: Three remarkable appearances at the Vancouver Early Music Festival and Vancouver Festival British Columbia.

2002

2002-2003: Montreal concert series at the Chapelle historique Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours, comprising Banquet musical; Les nations de la voix; Les patronymes du Québec; and Acis and Galatea.

December: Pipo et la mère Noël — 30 performances at the Jeunesse Musicales du Canada hall in Montréal

November: Performances at the Place des Arts, Montréal and at Harbour Front, Toronto under the auspices of Jeunesses Musicales du Canada Twelve performances in New Brunswick of Pipo et la mère Noël.

September: Performance at the Festival de Lachine as part of the celebration of the International Music Day

March: A tour of 24 concerts in Europe.

2001-2002

Montreal concert series, comprising Chez les Visitandines, L’Allemagne classique, Chaconnes et Passacailles, and Passions françaises.

Jouer dans l’île 2000-2001 tour of Beatles Baroque in the Montreal region (our second time participating).

2000-2001

Nominee at the Opus prize for best recording of the year with In Stilo Moderno.

1999

1999-2000: Opus prize for best recording of the year with Telemann

August: Second tour for Musique Royale in Nova Scotia.

June: Concert in Halifax as part of the Scotia Festival of Music

May: Third tour in French Belgium with Youth and Music Belgium; more than 40 concerts.

1998

1998-1999: Opus prize for best concert of the year

April: A 9-concert tour for Jouer dans l’île of the Montreal region.

1997

August: A 6-concert tour for Musique Royale in Nova Scotia

1996

December: Promotional tour with 9 concerts for the new CD Noëls français de XVIIIe siècle aux instruments in the Montreal region.

March: Second tour in French Belgium with Youth and Music Belgium consisting of more than 30 concerts.

1995

February: A 40-concert tour for Youth and Music Belgium in French Belgium.

1994

January-April: Recipient of the Revelation 1994-tour with 36 concerts for Youth and Music Canada.

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