Music for the Pause Program No. 6 – August 7, 7:30 PM – Mozart and Friends Christi Myers & Mieka Michaux Hoffmeister​ Duo for Violin and Viola, Op. 13, No. 6 in D Major Bruni​ Duo for Violin and Viola, Op. 4, No. 1 in B Flat Major Hoffmeister​ Duo for Violin and Viola, Op. 13, […]

Music for the Pause Program No. 7 – August 14, 7:30 PM – French Baroque Rivals Tyson Doknjas & Chloe Kim Boismortier​ Selections from ​Sonates en Trio Sans Basses ​Op. 7 Leclair​ Sonata No. 6, Op. 3 in D Major for Two Violins Guillemain​ Sonata No. 2, Op. 4 in D Minor for Two Violins Nicola Canzano​ […]

Music for the Pause Program No. 8 – August 21, 7:30 PM – German Winds Soile Stratkauskas, Kathryn Wiebe, Katrina Russell & Christina Hutten Fasch​ Quartet in D Bach​ Trio in F transcribed for flute, violin and bassoon BWV 1040 Schaffrath​ Trio for violin, bassoon and basso continuo in Bb Bach ​Andante​ ​from organ trio BWV […]

Music for the Pause Program No. 9 – August 28, 7:30 PM – Mozart and Bach’s Grandson Soile Stratkauskas, Mieka Michaux & Christina Mahler Mozart​ Flute Quartet in C Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach​ Trio in G major Mozart​ Flute Quartet in D Plus an interview with viola player Joanna Hood.   Watch the performance on FaceBook Live!

Music for the Pause Program No. 10 – September 4, 7:30 PM – Meditations on Solo Bach Joanna Hood, Christi Myers, Chloe Kim, Kathryn Wiebe,  Tyson Doknjas, & Mieka Michaux Hoffmeister​ Duo for Violin and Viola, Op. 13, No. 6 in D Major Bruni​ Duo for Violin and Viola, Op. 4, No. 1 in B Flat […]

Music for the Pause Program No. 11 – September 11, 7:30 PM – Bach and Biber Jeanne Lamon, Chloe Kim, Christina Mahler & Christina Hutton Biber​ Partia V in G minor from ​Harmonia artificiosa-ariosa J.S. Bach​ Continuo Sonata in E Minor, BWV 1023 Weckmann​ TBD J.S. Bach​ Ciaccona BWV 1004 Arrangement by Jeanne Lamon Plus […]

— POSTPONED —- Since 1741 Bach’s Goldberg Variations have been regarded as one of the pinnacles of the keyboard repertoire. Bach was very specific about how the variations are to be performed: on a “a harpsichord with two manuals.” This is a rare opportunity to hear the entire work presented as Bach intended and by […]

— POSTPONED to November 2021 —   Carolina Pozuela Montero and Miguel Lara  flamenco dancers Le Tendre Amour (Barcelona) Earth, Air, Fire, and Water personified meet in a Spanish bar in Antonio de Literes’ fast-paced, exotic, and entertaining opera Los Elementos (c. 1718). This is a crowd-pleaser with humour, flamenco dance, foot-tapping rhythms, dazzling guitar […]

— POSTPONED to November 2021 — Carolina Pozuela Montero and Miguel Lara  flamenco dancers Le Tendre Amour (Barcelona) Los Elementos Earth, Air, Fire, and Water personified meet in a Spanish bar in Antonio de Literes’ fast-paced, exotic, and entertaining opera Los Elementos (c. 1718). This is a crowd-pleaser with humour, flamenco dance, foot-tapping rhythms, dazzling […]

Gothic Voices (UK) Hear the fervour of familiar and unknown carols in their original 15th century form as well as the elegance of their ingenious forerunners. This celebratory interplay of narrative and symbolic poetry picturing the biblical stories of Mary and Jesus are combined with festive mass movements by early English celebrities Dunstaple and Power. […]

Les Voix Humaines (Montreal) Purcell’s 16 Fantasias are the perfect example of melding of old and new. The exquisitely- balanced sound of consorted strings is peppered with virtuosic Italianate passages, operatic recitativo sections, and French dances designed to please all ears! This programme intersperses the Fantasias with dance movements from Purcell’s opera The Fairy Queen […]

Mireille Lebel mezzosoprano Rudolfo Richter violin and direction Ensemble Castor (Austria) This light-hearted alternative to Vivaldi’s Four Seasons includes other concerts and vocal pieces by Vivaldi related to Nature–its sounds and powerful forces. Bird songs, tempests, pastoral life, and autumnal hunting are portrayed in turn. The programme starts with the aria Gelido in ogni vena […]

Ensemble Caprice (Montreal) Today it is often forgotten that Handel’s Messiah was composed for performance during Lent, not at Christmastide. Do not miss this rare opportunity to hear Handel’s greatest oratorio as he intended and when he intended. Hallelujah, indeed! “The music making by Ensemble Caprice was first rate.” New York Times  

Tallis Scholars (UK) Whoever the Armed Man (L’homme armé) originally was, he left a deep impression on late medieval Europe: over twenty mass settings are based on the melody which he inspired including one by Josquin. The balance of the programme is devoted to Mary and features Fayrfax’s Eterne laudis lilium which ends with the […]