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Montreal, Thursday, January 26, 2023 – Vocal music lovers might be delighted! Bourgie Corridor welcomes, one week aside, two excellent English vocal ensembles, The King’s Singers on February 14 and The Gesualdo Six on February 21, whose live shows in Montreal are not-to-be-missed.
On Tuesday, February 14 at 7:30 p.m., the acclaimed ensemble The King’s Singers presents Discovering Concord, a live performance highlighting singing’s unifying power amongst individuals. From the Protestant Reformation to the American civil rights motion, the ability of music has mobilized nations, cultures, and causes to motion at varied moments all through historical past. Discovering Concord is proof that music is a real widespread language. Every bit on this system gives the important thing to an enchanting story that tells the story of who we’re and what path we’re touring. Discovering Concord demonstrates how deeply we might be moved by all types of tales when songs join us to them, and to 1 one other.
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Shaped in 1968, The King’s Singers is acclaimed worldwide for its a capella interpretations of an unlimited vocal music repertoire and commonly performs on prestigious levels (Royal Albert Corridor, Sydney Opera, Concertgebouw, Carnegie Corridor), radiating the enjoyment of choral singing. The versatile ensemble performs each the normal choral repertoire and modern works, in line with the British custom, garnering reward from audiences and critics alike and successful a number of prestigious awards, together with two Grammys and an Emmy. The group contains two countertenors, a tenor, two baritones and a bass, a configuration that has remained unchanged to this present day.
On Tuesday, February 21 at 7:30 p.m., The Gesualdo Six presents a beautiful live performance that includes English motets from the Renaissance, a time when musical composition was affluent however which additionally noticed quite a few social modifications, in addition to numerous political and spiritual upheavals. The programme traces music written over a interval of 200 years in the course of the Golden Age of English polyphony: florid medieval-sounding works by Sheppard and Forest, intricately woven polyphonic works by Tallis and Byrd, and the gorgeous simplicity of Tomkins and White. To commemorate the four-hundredth anniversary of his dying, explicit consideration might be paid to the music of William Byrd, one of the vital prolific composers of the Renaissance in Europe.
Based in 2014 in Cambridge, The Gesualdo Six rapidly carved out a spot for itself as one in all immediately’s most distinguished vocal ensembles, specializing within the interpretation of the huge sacred music repertoire from the English Renaissance in addition to modern works. The group has carried out at quite a few main festivals in the UK, Europe, North America and Australia. Acknowledged for his or her imaginative programmes in addition to their impeccable performances, The Gesualdo Six gives this undefinable pleasure that comes from a bunch of musicians singing completely as one.
The King’s Singers – Discovering Concord
Tuesday, February 14, 2023 – 7:30 p.m.
Artists
Patrick Dunachie, countertenor
Edward Button, countertenor
Julian Gregory, tenor
Christopher Bruerton, baritone
Nick Ashby, baritone
Jonathan Howard, bass
Location: Bourgie Corridor, 1339, Sherbrooke Avenue West
Value: $75 ($64 for Museum members)
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The Gesualdo Six – English Motets
Tuesday, February 21, 2023 – 7:30 p.m.
Artists
Owain Park, conductor
Man James, countertenor
Joseph Wicks, tenor
Josh Cooter, tenor
Michael Craddock, baritone
Sam Mitchell, bass
Location: Bourgie Corridor, 1339, Sherbrooke Avenue West
Value: $54 ($46 for Museum members)
Tickets and data
All particulars accessible on-line at bourgiehall.ca.
BOX OFFICE
Three easy methods to buy tickets
ONLINE : bourgiehall.ca
BY PHONE: 514 285-2000, choice 1, or 1 800 899-6873
IN PERSON on the MMFA field workplace (throughout opening hours)
and at Bourgie Corridor (one hour previous to the live shows)
Bourgie Corridor
Inaugurated in September 2011, Bourgie Corridor is a 462-seat live performance corridor on the coronary heart of the Montreal Museum of High-quality Arts. Possessing distinctive acoustics, it has rapidly made a reputation for itself as one in all Canada’s most beloved venues for live performance music. Positioned within the nave of the previous Erskine and American Church, its spectacular structure features a assortment of twenty Tiffany stained glass home windows that’s distinctive within the nation. Bourgie Corridor presents over 100 live shows a yr in varied musical types, starting from jazz to classical works, from Baroque music to modern creations. Its high-calibre programming options a number of the most distinguished Canadian and worldwide musicians of their era, whether or not they be at first of their careers or already properly established. bourgiehall.ca
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