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Early Music Voices: Suzie LeBlanc & Constantinople
Pre-concert talk at 7:30pm.
Canada's outstanding early music soprano, Suzie LeBlanc performs with the innovative musicians of Constantinople in an evening of music from early 17th-century Italy.
Kiya Tabassian, setar, shourangiz,
Michel Anger, baroque guitar and theorbo
Olivier Breault, baroque violin
Pierre-Yves Martel, viola da gamba
Patrick Graham, percussion
Renaissance Venetian madrigalist, Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677) created a secular vocal repertoire that intoxicates the senses. A worthy heiress of Monteverdi, she provides the inspiration for this program of beautifully sung poetry and bold improvisations. Also on the program are pieces by another Italian genius: Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger (1580-1651). His spontaneous changes, sharp contrasts and unusual rhythmic groupings provide fertile ground for Constantinople, who always welcome the chance to free themselves from the cultural codes of old Europe. Dont miss this opportunity to hear them perform with one of Canadas premiere early music specialists, Suzie LeBlanc in this unique concert.
THE PROJECT: http://constantinople.ca/creations/metamorfosi-musicali-2/?lang=en
ABOUT CONSTANTINOPLE:
As musician-inventors and musician-travellers, we endlessly replay our utopias, with Babel as backdrop. The territory to explore is infinite: cultures and memories whose lines we like to shift so that they finally converge. Furthermore, we make migration and the mixing of cultures our territory. Is it perhaps our early exile that led us to return to the source, to follow the tracks of our predecessors, to tirelessly search for creative allies? Whatever it is, this awareness of belonging to several space-times is as basic to us as respiration, as inspiration.
Constantinople is the story of a musical ensemble that chose the journey as its cornerstonegeographical journeys, but also historical, cultural and innerand to seek inspiration from all sources, to aim for distant horizons. Drawing inspiration the ancient city illuminating East and West, the ensemble, founded in 1998 in Montreal, was conceived as a forum for creation, encounters and cross-fertilization. Over the past decade, the group has developed over 35 new works and staged nearly 132 cities in 25 countries.
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LocationChrist Church (View)
3602 8th Street SW
Calgary, AB T2T 3A7
Canada
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| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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