It is like what we imagine [music] to be:
dark, salt, clear, moving, utterly free, (…)
forever, flowing and drawn, and since
our knowledge is historical, flowing, and flown.
adapted from At the fishhouses - Elizabeth Bishop
Salle Bourgie, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
A musical and poetic work inspired by the personal stories of people living in long-term care facilities (CHSLDs), which pays tribute to the rich memories of our senio
A project developed in partnership with La Société pour les arts en milieu de santé (SAMS)
Redpath Hall, McGill University
Ariadne Lih, Nell Snaidas, Suzie LeBlanc, sopranos; Lucas Harris, theorbo; Erin Headley, lirone; Dorothéa Ventura, organ
Featuring newly reconstructed works by Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602–c.1677), abbess of the convent of Santa Radegonda in Milan. This convent housed one of the most celebrated ensembles of women musicians in early modern Italy and was one of the twenty Milanese female foundations whose music became famous between 1600 and 1700. Cozzolani was one of the most prolific nun-composers of her time, publishing four editions of sacred works. The tragically lost bass part to her first book of motets was recently reconstructed by Lucas Harris (theorbo player; musicologist; conductor) and the completed work will be presented in its world premiere
