Tendre Peine: Airs de cour
Soprano Andréanne Brisson-Paquin, accompanied by baroque flautist Joanna Marsden and lutenist Daniel Zuluaga, transport us to the seventeenth and eighteenth century to an intimate setting at the French court. This elegant programme introduces the tender music of composers inspired by the charms of nature and the bitter deceptions of unrequited love.
Sunday 23 February 2025 at 3pm
Église Saint-Édouard
425, rue Beaubien Est, Montréal, QC H2S 1S4
Jamais ung cueur: Extraits des chansons musicales d’Attaignant (1533)
The prolific music publisher Pierre Attaignant published two collections of chansons musicales which make up the first French books of music for Renaissance transverse flutes. These include polyphonic songs by the immensely popular songwriters Claudin de Sermisy, Josquin, Festa, Lupi, Vermont, Jacotin, le Heurteur and more. We pair these polyphonic pieces with Attaignant’s ornate transcriptions of songs for keyboard.
Join us for an intimate afternoon of music and poetry.
Ensemble Poiesis
Boaz Berney, flûte traversière Renaissance
Lisa Dangotte, flûte traversière Renaissance
Joanna Marsden, flûte traversière Renaissance
Kimberly Reine, flûte traversière Renaissance
Christophe Gauthier, clavecin
2 February at 3pm
Chapelle de l’église Saint-Stanislas de Kostka
4816 Rue Garnier, Montréal, QC H2J 4B4
Marin Marais: pièces de flûte et viole
The virtuoso composer Marin Marais is well-known for his eloquent and passionate Pieces de viole. In this concert, we will share some of Marais’ recently discovered Pièces de flûte from the manuscript of Michael Lynn. Experience Marais’ music with fresh ears!
Ensemble Poiesis
Joanna Marsden, flûte traversière
Margaret Little, viole de gambe
Christophe Gauthier, clavecin
9 November at 7:30pm
Chapelle de l’église Saint-Stanislas de Kostka
4816 Rue Garnier, Montréal, QC H2J 4B4
Telemann: Paris Quartets
The German composer Georg Philipp Telemann wrote a set of six quartets for master musicians Blavet, Guignon, Forqueray and Édouard in preparation for his visit to Paris in 1738. Telemann underlines the individual character of each instrument while creating unique textures. This opus brings together the French, Italian, German and Polish styles brilliantly in the new galant style.
Nouveaux quatuors en six suites
1. Quatuor en ré majeur TWV 43:D3
2. Quatuor en la mineur TWV 43:a2
3. Quatuor en sol majeur WV 43:G4
Joanna Marsden, baroque flute
Noémy Gagnon-Lafrenais, baroque violin
Margaret Little, viola da gamba
Christophe Gauthier, harpsichord
9 mai à 19h30
Chapelle de l’église St Stanislas de Kostka
4816 rue Garnier, Montréal
Pedro Ximénez Abrill Tirado
3 Quartets for flute, violin, viola and cello
Joanna Marsden, Classical flute
Karin Cuellar Rendon, baroque violin
Noémy Gagnon-Lafrenais, baroque viola
Thomas Beard, baroque cello
22 juin à 19h
Chapelle de l’église St Stanislas de Kostka
4816 rue Garnier, Montréal
Outrage! French Cantatas with soprano Andréanne Brisson Paquin
Ariane de Philippe Courbois (fl. 1705-1730)
Ixion de René Drouard du Bousset (1703-1760)
Musique de chambre de François Couperin (1668-1733)
Andréanne Brisson Paquin, soprano
Ensemble Poiesis
Joanna Marsden, baroque flute
Noémy Gagnon-Lafrenais, baroque violin
Margaret Little, viola da gamba
Christophe Gauthier, harpsichord
25 February 2023
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours
400, rue Saint-Paul Est, Montréal
Vray dieu d’amours: The songbook of Fridolin Sicher
Music of Josquin des Prez, Matthaeus Pipelare, Antoine Brumel, Henricus Isaac, Johannes Ghiselin, Loÿset Compere, et al.
Ensemble Poiesis
Katelyn Clark, harpsichord
Joanna Marsden, Boaz Berney, Kimberly Reine, Lisa Dangotte, Renaissance flute consort
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours
400, rue Saint-Paul Est, Montréal
12 May, 2023 at 7pm
The Musical Offering
Poiesis presents a concert of excerpts of Bach’s Musical Offering in the context of the musical life at the court of Frederick II. Works of Bach, Quantz and Graun.
Johann Gottlieb Graun – Quartetto in g minor, GraunWV Av:XIV:10
Johann Sebastian Bach – Ricercare à 3
Johann Joachim Quantz – Sonata in G major QV I 109
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – Sonata in g minor, wq. 88
Johann Sebastian Bach – Sonata sopr’il soggetto Reale BWV 1079
Joanna Marsden, baroque flute after Quantz
Noemy Gagnon-Lafrenais, baroque violin
Arnie Tanimoto, viola da gamba
Mark Edwards, harpsichord
Chapelle St. Louis
4230 rue Drolet, Montréal
November 18, 2019 at 7:30pm
The Goldberg Variations
Mark Edwards presents Bach’s Goldberg Variations.
Chapelle St. Louis
4230 rue Drolet, Montréal
November 21, 2018 at 8pm
L’art de bien chanter
Poiesis presents a concert of French baroque music with special guest, Andréanne Brisson-Paquin. The programme will include airs de cour, improvised préludes and chamber music by the best composers of the French court.
Andréanne Brisson-Paquin, soprano
Mark Edwards, harpsichord
Joanna Marsden, baroque flute
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours
400, rue Saint-Paul Est, Montréal
September 28, 2018 at 8pm
Les Couperin
Poiesis presents a concert of French harpsichord music by composers of the Couperin dynasty.
Mark Edwards will play suites and character pieces by Louis, François, and Armand-Louis Couperin.
Mark Edwards, harpsichord
St. John’s Lutheran
3594 rue Jeanne Mance, Montréal
May 25, 2018 at 8pm
Partimento in practice
Poiesis presents an intimate concert of baroque music written by Neapolitan composers. We will explore the practice of partimento, which was a manner of teaching harmony, counterpoint and improvisation developed by these composers.
Poiesis
Mark Edwards, clavecin / harpsichord
Elinor Frey, violoncelle baroque / baroque cello
Joanna Marsden, flûte traversière / baroque flute
Laura Andriani & Alexander Read, violons baroques / baroque violins
Chapelle St. Louis
4230 rue Drolet, Montréal
January 24, 2018 at 8pm
Für Kenner und Liebhaber
Poiesis presents an intimate evening of music for baroque flute and clavichord featuring works by Emanuel Bach, Müthel, and Quantz among others.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – Fantasia en do mineur wq. 202
Johann Joachim Quantz – Sonata en la majeur QV I 141
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach- La Pott, La Auguste, La Bohmer, La capricieuse
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – Sonata en do majeur wq. 55 no. 1
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach – Sonata en ré mineur W.VIII/3 B.15
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach – Fantasia en do mineur
Johann Gottfried Müthel – Sonata en ré majeur
Joanna Marsden, flûte traversière / baroque flute
Mark Edwards, clavicorde / clavichord
Chapelle St. Louis
4230 rue Drolet, Montréal
November 24, 2017 at 8pm
Louis XVI: French Classical Music
Michel Blavet Suite en D la re (extraits)
François Devienne Trio en ré mineur
Franz Benda Exercice progressif n° 25
Antoine Hugot Sonata en mi mineur, op. 8 no. 4
François Devienne Duo concertant en sol majeur, op. 53 no. 1
Franz Benda Caprice n° 16: Moderato
Joseph Haydn Trio en sol majeur, Hob. IV:3
Joanna Marsden, Classical flute
Boaz Berney, Classical flute
Elinor Frey, violoncelle / cello
Chapelle St. Louis
4230 rue Drolet, Montréal
July 12, 2017 at 8pm
Louis XIV: Musique de Couperin
François Couperin – Sixième concert
François Couperin – Ordre 24ème (extraits)
François Couperin – Rossignol en amour
François Couperin – Neuvième concert (extraits)
Joanna Marsden – flûte traversière
Alexis Risler – luth
Mark Edwards – clavecin
Chapelle St. Louis
4230 rue Drolet, Montréal
June 1, 2017 at 8pm
Louis XIV: Musique de Couperin, Hotteterre, Chambonnières
François Couperin – Premier concert
Passacaille d’Armide transcription by D’Anglebert
Jacques-Martin Hotteterre – Deuxième suite (oeuvre V)
Jacques Champion de Chambonnières – Suite en fa majeur
François Couperin – Quatrième concert
Joanna Marsden – flûte traversière
Alexis Risler – luth
Mark Edwards – clavecin
Chapelle St. Louis
4230 rue Drolet, Montréal
May 31, 2017 at 8pm