Événement

20th Sackville Festival of Early Music September 13 to 15, 2024

Concert #1

Friday Sept 13, 2024, 7:30pm, Brunton Auditorium:

Eybler Quartet
Early String Quartets

The internationally renowned Eybler Quartet will perform a programme of early string quartets by W. A. Mozart, J. Haydn, and black composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint George.

Performers: Patricia Ahern and Julia Wedman, violinists; Patrick Jordan, viola; Margaret Gay, cello.
FR September 29, 2023, at 7:30 p.m., Brunton Auditorium.

Concert #2

Saturday Sept 14, 2024, 7:30pm,

DobShin Arts
German Reflective Baroque

The programme features the collaboration of local early European music specialists (Alex Dobson, Jimin Dobson, and Christina Haldane) with Juno award-winning guest artists from Quebec (Melisande Corriveau, gamba, and Eric Milnes, organ/harpsichord).
The ensemble will prepare and deliver bilingual (French and English) programme notes and give a live in-person performance. This historically-informed performance offers a representative and engaging sampling of German sacred works by Weckmann, Handel, Bach and more.

Concert #3

Sunday Sept 15, 2024, 3:00pm, Brunton Auditorium:

Les Boréades de Montréal
Private Musick

Quebec ensemble Les Boreades de Montréal will offer a delightful program of early English music by Matthew Locke, Henry Purcell and others titled Private Musick English Chamber Music under the Stuarts.

Performers: Francis Colpron, flutes a bec et traversiere; Julie Rivest, violon; Melisande Corriveau, violoncelle et viole de gambe; Dorothea Ventura, clavecin et orgue positif.