A copresentation with
september, 2019
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The Ars subtilior, a complex and refined musical style that followed the Ars Nova of the Middle Ages, serves as the starting point for a meeting between
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The Ars subtilior, a complex and refined musical style that followed the Ars Nova of the Middle Ages, serves as the starting point for a meeting between the universes of Ensemble Caprice and Constantinople.
In this original musical program, the Middle Eastern instruments of Constantinople (setar, kanun, oud and percussion) mix with the sounds of Ensemble Caprice (recorders and viols) as well as with the voices of soprano Rebecca Dowd and Persian singer Kiya Tabassian in a dialogue blending European and Middle Eastern medieval colors.
Repertoire: Llibre Vermell, Matteo di Perugia, Johannes Ciconia and others
In collaboration with Ensemble Caprice
Time
(Friday) 20 h 00 min
Location
Grand Théâtre de Québec, 269 boulevard René-Lévesque Est, Québec, G1R 2B3
Where
Quebec city, Canada
december, 2019
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Throughout the ages, people have always celebrated and recognized a greater power, one that manifests itself in various sacred, spiritual, or cosmic forms. During this concert, musical
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Throughout the ages, people have always celebrated and recognized a greater power, one that manifests itself in various sacred, spiritual, or cosmic forms. During this concert, musical praises and prayers will be addressed to the cradle of humanity, our-mother-the-sea, by drawing from one of the 13th century’s musical jewels, the manuscripts known as the Cantigas de Santa Maria. These songs bear witness to a time when sages, poets, musicians, dancers, scribes, and illuminators, whether Christian, Muslim, or Jewish, served art in an ecumenical spirit.
In collaboration with the crystalline-timbred vocalist Savina Yannatou, Constantinople presents Praises to the Sea, a ceremonial concert in five parts, in the spirit of a mystical quest.
Time
(Thursday) 20 h 00 min
Location
Grand Théâtre de Québec, 269 boulevard René-Lévesque Est, Québec, G1R 2B3
Where
Quebec city, Canada
february, 2020
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Making the songs and music of peoples from past to present ring out, by reconnecting and uniting their breathing, their voices… Musically revisiting our relationship to the universe…
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Making the songs and music of peoples from past to present ring out, by reconnecting and uniting their breathing, their voices… Musically revisiting our relationship to the universe…
In a circular formation, Mi’kmaq songs and prayers will mingle with Tuvan overtone-singing, melisma and Persian singing. Joining their dialogue will be the ney (end-blown flute), the most ancient and emblematic instrument in Sufi culture, along with frame drums, impassioned setar and kanun, and a prepared viola da gamba, that together will create a sonic environment where both the beauty and the complexity of our world burst forth.
Breathings, a musical experience to remind us of our fragile relationship to the universe and to the fundamental elements of life.
Time
(Sunday) 20 h 00 min
Location
Grand Théâtre de Québec, 269 boulevard René-Lévesque Est, Québec, G1R 2B3
Where
Quebec city, Canada
june, 2020
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Constantinople is partnering with the seminal Corsican polyphonic singing group A Filetta, to create an enchanting sonic tableau where light and shadow meet, through sacred and secular
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Constantinople is partnering with the seminal Corsican polyphonic singing group A Filetta, to create an enchanting sonic tableau where light and shadow meet, through sacred and secular songs from European and Persian traditions.
Corsican polyphony by the learned vocalists of A Filetta, as well as songs and Persian art music orchestrated by Kiya Tabassian will come together in a deeply moving concert.
Time
(Thursday) 20 h 00 min
Location
Grand Théâtre de Québec, 269 boulevard René-Lévesque Est, Québec, G1R 2B3
Where
Quebec city, Canada