The City of Ladies tells the story of Christine de Pizan (1364 – ca.1430), a revolutionary woman who questioned the treatment of women and their role in society in her magnum opus, The Book of the City of Ladies. Servir Antico perform music contemporary to Pizan’s time including medieval works by Guillaume DuFay and Baude […]
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Barbara Strozzi: From Tears to Laughter explores the rich music left behind by Barbara Strozzi, one of the most important composers of Italian cantatas and baroque arias. Several sopranos, including Suzie LeBlanc, perform alongside Ensemble Constantinople who will bring their signature East meets West touch to this concert.
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A Tribute to the Hospitalières offers insight into the heroic lives of the hospitaller nuns who founded Montreal’s Hôtel-Dieu, where the concert was filmed. Marrying music with history, this tribute to them is a journey across time, weaving words from the archives of Hôtel-Dieu with the reflections of today’s nuns on the state of the
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Cozzolani Reunited showcases the music of Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, one of the most skillful and expressive nun composers of 17th century Italy. Lutenist Lucas Harris painstakingly reconstructed the bass part of several of the motets that had been missing for centuries. In this concert film, Cozzolani finally gets her due and should be recognized as
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Recorded at Vancouver’s VanDusen Botanical Garden, this concert is an ode to nature. Highlighting the chamber works of Scottish composer James Oswald from his two collections of 48 Airs for the Seasons, this beautifully produced concert is interspersed with poetry and opens with an original poem written by EMV’s artist-in-residence, Jonathon Adams. Two of Ballet
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