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Garde-robe
\nThursday 3 May 2007<\/p>\n
Bach and Death
\nFriday 23 March 2007<\/p>\n
Pre-Classical Concertos
\nThursday 25 January 2007<\/p>\n
Colpron senza basso
\nThursday 30 November 2006<\/p>\n
2006 Benefit Gala
\nTuesday 14 November 2006<\/p>\n
Scarlatti and the Flute
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Les Bor\u00e9ades is already 11 years old, and the pleasure of seeing you again, our cherished and loyal public, is as keen as ever. It is true that the repertoire that we tackle is inexhaustible, including many immortal masterpieces as well as lesser-known compositions that nonetheless hold pleasant surprises. Our season, as always marked by a certain audacity and a sense of discovery, calls upon some outstanding musicians who share our passion for music.<\/p>\n
The season opens with an Italian program featuring the concertante music of Alessandro Scarlatti. Then a recital by yours truly will put the spotlight on the recorder and traverso as real solo instruments – that is, without basso continuo – in compositions by the German masters of the eighteenth century: Bach father and son. We will start the year 2007 with a concert of pre-classical works that will bring out the traverso in all its expressive and virtuoso possibilities, with the double bassist David Sinclair and the Franz Joseph Quartet as our guests for the occasion. In fourth place, a Bach concert in which our enlarged ensemble will present the magnificent cantatas BWV 78 and 198. Finally, the season will come to a close with a premiere: a new work entitled Garde-robe will put together theatre and music in order to tell you the story of Pauline and the wind.<\/p>\n
During the summer, we recorded our thirteenth and fourteenth CDs, produced in collaboration with the soprano Karina Gauvin (Purcell recital) and our old friend, the conductor and harpsichordist Eric Milnes (Beatles Baroque III). It is because of our faithful audience, which follows our activities closely and appreciates our work, that we have been so productive!<\/p>\n
Speaking for the entire ensemble, I wish you an excellent evening and abelle saison de Bor\u00e9ades<\/em>!<\/p>\n Francis Colpron<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css_animation=””][vc_column][vc_empty_space][separator_with_icon icon=”fa-angle-down”][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css_animation=”element_from_fade” transition_delay=”250″][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Thursday 3 May 2007, 19:00<\/strong><\/p>\n Artists Auditorium Le Pr\u00e9vost Program<\/strong><\/p>\n Co-production with\u00a0Moulin \u00e0 Musique<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(creation and production of musical shows for children and family). Text and production:\u00a0Jo\u00ebl da Silva<\/strong><\/a>; Performers:\u00a0Marie-H\u00e9l\u00e8ne da Silva<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Francis Colpron<\/strong><\/a>; Sets and costumes: Patrick Martel; Lighting: Mathieu Ferdais; Music: Thomas Preston, Michel Corrette, Jacob Van Eyck, etc.<\/p>\n Two musicians tell a story about the wind.<\/p>\n It’s spring. One washday, when there was a strong wind, Pauline captured the wind in the sheet that she was hanging on the clothesline, and took it with her into the wardrobe. From that day on, in the secret of the wardrobe, Pauline played with the wind, at the whim of the seasons, and of the clothes. Together, they re-created the spring, and then the summer. When autumn came, the wind announced it would be leaving soon. Pauline tried to hold on to her friend, suggesting other games and other disguises, but soon, as winter came, tears were shed as they said goodbye. And the wind took off in search of another spring.<\/p>\n In a playful and musical way, through the medium of a friendship,\u00a0Garde-robe<\/em>\u00a0revisits the familiar theme of the four seasons. With two performers, a variety of flutes, a violin, songs, percussion, and invented instruments. This show is intended for children from 4 to 94 years of age. (FC)<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css_animation=”element_from_fade” transition_delay=”250″][vc_column][vc_empty_space][separator_with_icon icon=”fa-angle-down”][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css_animation=”element_from_fade” transition_delay=”250″][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Friday 23 March 2007, 20:00<\/strong><\/p>\n Artists Salle Pollack – Universit\u00e9 McGill Program<\/strong><\/p>\n Co-production with the singers of Les Voix Baroques. Cantatas BWV 78 and 198 by Johann Sebastian Bach.\u00a0Dorothee Mields<\/strong><\/a>, soprano;\u00a0Matthew White<\/strong><\/a>, countertenor;\u00a0Colin Balzer<\/strong><\/a>, tenor;\u00a0Sumner Thompson<\/strong><\/a>, bass;\u00a0Eric Milnes<\/strong><\/a>, director<\/p>\n The idea of death is omnipresent in the works of Bach. Still, it is surprising that we don’t find, among his compositions, the aspect of tragedy whereby the end of life is associated with irrational terror. On the contrary, the anguish of dying gives way to a spirit of calm joy, of sweetness and comfort. In Lutheran theology, in fact, death is considered to be an awaited liberation from the vicissitudes of our time on earth, full of the hope of meeting Christ in eternal life; death should, therefore, frighten only those who die in a state of sin. Among the most beautiful of Bach’s cantatas that have death as a theme is the Funeral Ode BWV 198, composed in 1727 in homage to Christiane Eberhardine, Electress of Saxony and Queen of Poland. (FF)<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css_animation=”element_from_fade” transition_delay=”250″][vc_column][vc_empty_space][separator_with_icon icon=”fa-angle-down”][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css_animation=”element_from_fade” transition_delay=”250″][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Thursday 25 January 2007, 20:00<\/strong><\/p>\n Artists Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Program<\/strong><\/p>\n With the\u00a0Franz Joseph quartet<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0Sturm und Drang<\/em>\u00a0and Rococo concertos for traverso by Franz Xavier Richter, Johann Stamitz, and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach<\/p>\n If there is a particularly discredited period in the history of music, it is surely the years from the end of Bach’s life up to the flourishing of the great Viennese classicists, Haydn and Mozart. Nevertheless, if we look at it closely, this period that we rather pejoratively refer to as pre-Classical seems like a veritable laboratory, one that saw the rise of Germanic musical genius. Beyond the superficial yet charming grace of the style galant, there were movements proposing to redefine affective expression, such as\u00a0Empfindsamkeit<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Strum und Drang<\/em>, upsetting the foundations of the Baroque and already announcing Romanticism. Besides which, in the instrumental domain, numerous composers were preoccupied with the development of the concerto, the creation of the symphony, and the refining of the sonata forms. Considered as an instrument of great sensitivity, the flute valiantly held on to its role, with sonatas and concertos featuring its delicacy in equal measure with its virtuosic qualities. (FF)<\/p>\n This concert is being recorded by Espace Musique, the music station of Radio Canada (100.7 in Montreal) and will be broadcast at a later date. [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css_animation=””][vc_column][vc_empty_space][separator_with_icon icon=”fa-angle-down”][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css_animation=”element_from_fade” transition_delay=”250″][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Thursday 30 November 2006, 20:00<\/strong><\/p>\n Artists Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Program<\/strong><\/p>\n Sonatas and fantasias for solo recorder and traverso by Georg Philipp Telemann, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach<\/p>\n The principle of the basso continuo characterizes virtually all music of the Baroque period. In chamber music, apart from works for keyboard, even pieces called “solos” cannot do without this accompaniment! Nevertheless, some rare compositions were written for melody instrument with the specific notation\u00a0senza basso<\/em>. Alongside the well-known sonatas and suites for solo violin and cello by Bach, the recorder and the traverso had an invaluable solo repertoire in the real sense of the term: at once delicate, ingenious, and virtuosic, and in which the instrument reveals its secrets in a sort of interior dialogue, reveling in its solitude. (FF)<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css_animation=””][vc_column][vc_empty_space][separator_with_icon icon=”fa-angle-down”][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css_animation=”element_from_fade” transition_delay=”250″][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Tuesday 14 November 2006, 18:00<\/strong><\/p>\n Artists Ritz-Carlton Montr\u00e9al Program<\/strong><\/p>\n “For our 11th season, Les Bor\u00e9ades promise our loyal audience and all music lovers that we will continue to play the most beautiful works of the baroque and classical repertoire with conviction. Sonatas, trios, quartets, concertos, suites, and cantatas whether large and small and for all kinds of instrumental line ups; music from Italy, France, England, or the German-speaking countries; we’ll embrace it all, and relish and cherish it.”<\/p>\n Francis Colpron With the special collaboration of Madame Sophie Faucher, actress and master of ceremonies for the gala, and with two performances of works by Bach by Les Bor\u00e9ades de Montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\n Attendance prizes All receipts from the gala will fund the development of Les Bor\u00e9ades, which is registered as a non-profit organization.<\/p>\n Tickets<\/p>\n To obtain tickets for the gala, please use our online reservation form, or call us at 514-634-1244, or send an email to njcharbonneau@videotron.ca. We will mail you tickets as soon as we receive payment. A receipt for income tax purposes will be issued a portion of the amount corresponding to the net income of the event (registered non-profit organization #897970323RR0001).<\/p>\n For any other information or to become a sponsor in exchange for services including free tickets, contact Robert J V\u00e9zina at 514-875-1353 extension 205.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css_animation=””][vc_column][vc_empty_space][separator_with_icon icon=”fa-angle-down”][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css_animation=”element_from_fade” transition_delay=”250″][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\nGarde-robe<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\n<\/strong>Francis Colpron
\nH\u00e9l\u00e8ne Plouffe
\nJo\u00ebl da Silva
\nMarie-H\u00e9l\u00e8ne da Silva<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>7355, rue Christophe-Colomb, Montr\u00e9al, Qu\u00e9bec<\/p>\n\n
Bach and Death<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\n<\/strong>Colin Balzer
\nDorothee Mields
\nEric Milnes
\nFrancis Colpron
\nH\u00e9l\u00e8ne Plouffe
\nMatthew White
\nSumner Thompson<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Website
\n<\/strong><\/a>555, rue Sherbrooke Ouest [m\u00e9tro McGill], Montr\u00e9al, Qu\u00e9bec<\/p>\n\n
Pre-Classical Concertos<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\n<\/strong>Francis Colpron
\nH\u00e9l\u00e8ne Plouffe
\nQuatuor Franz Joseph<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Website
\n<\/strong><\/a>400, rue Saint-Paul Est [m\u00e9tro Champ-de-Mars], Vieux-Montr\u00e9al, Qu\u00e9bec<\/p>\n\n
\nRecording producer: Richard Lavall\u00e9e; General manager of Espace Musique: Christiane LeBlanc.<\/p>\nColpron senza basso<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\n<\/strong>Francis Colpron
\nH\u00e9l\u00e8ne Plouffe<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Website
\n<\/strong><\/a>400, rue Saint-Paul Est [m\u00e9tro Champ-de-Mars], Vieux-Montr\u00e9al, Qu\u00e9bec<\/p>\n\n
2006 Benefit Gala<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\n<\/strong>Francis Colpron
\nH\u00e9l\u00e8ne Plouffe<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Website
\n<\/strong><\/a>1228, rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montr\u00e9al, Qu\u00e9bec<\/p>\n\n
\nArtistic Director
\nLes Bor\u00e9ades de Montr\u00e9al
\nFrancis Colpron<\/p>\n
\n-Two full-fare plane tickets offered by\u00a0Air France<\/strong>\u00a0for a European destination, with upgrade certificates for departures from Montreal
\n-Two tickets for the new 2007\u00a0Cirque du Soleil\u00a0<\/strong>show
\n-Gift certificate from\u00a0Archambault<\/strong>
\n-A complete set of recordings by Les Bor\u00e9ades and a season’s pass for 4 persons
\n-A one-year subscription to the daily newspaper\u00a0Le Devoir<\/strong>
\n-A $500\u00a0Via Rail\u00a0<\/strong>travel voucher<\/p>\nScarlatti and the Flute<\/strong><\/h2>\n