Previous Concerts

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 Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1

Mark Edwards presents the first book of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier.

Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours
400, rue Saint-Paul Est, Montréal

November 18, 2019 at 7:30pm


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