Grand concert: A dance between breath and movement, with Flûte Alors! and LA TRESSE including new Montreal compositions for recorder quartet, dance and electronics.
Wojciech Blecharz, David Désilets, Kevin O’Neil, Isang Yun, and Ferdinand Grätz.
Regular: $45 - Seniors (65+): $40 - Students: $15
Marché Bonsecours - Salle Ville-Marie
350 rue St-Paul Est
Montréal QC
Canada
Airlines
FLÛTE ALORS!
Sophie Larivière, Vincent Lauzer, Marie-Laurence Primeau, Alexa Raine-Wright, flûtes à bec / recorders
LA TRESSE
Geneviève Boulet, Erin O'Loughlin, François Richard, Laura Toma, danse / dance
Coproduction et codirection artistique : Flûte Alors! et LA TRESSE
Chorégraphie / Choregraphy : LA TRESSE
Technicien de son / Sound technician : Kevin O’Neil
À deux pas du sol (2010, révisé/revised 2023)
* Transition de l’album Wood and Wires de Kevin O’Neil
Quinta (2020)
* Transition de l’album Wood and Wires de Kevin O’Neil
Chinese Pictures (1993)
I. The Visitor of the Idyll
III. The Actor with the Monkey
* Transition de l’album Wood and Wires de Kevin O’Neil
Lo-Fi Dreams (2018)
* Transition de l’album Wood and Wires de Kevin O’Neil
Airlines (2008)
A dance between breath and movement, with Flûte Alors! and LA TRESSE including new Montreal compositions for recorder quartet, dance and electronics. A dance between breath and movement, the musicians of Flûte Alors! and the dancers of the collective LA TRESSE, play around with the concepts of mirrors and shadows during which the air aligns with movement - music and dance become one!
Dynamic and versatile, Montreal-based ensemble Flûte Alors! is composed of four new-generation recorder players. The ensemble has distinguished itself through the audacity of their programmes and the excellence of their performances. Through their masterful technique and extraordinary musicality, Flûte Alors! presents the recorder as an eloquent instrument capable of expressing the most extreme emotions and the subtlest of nuances.
Flûte Alors! has been awarded prizes and nominations at the national and international level. The ensemble has been featured in numerous music festivals, and has performed in France, Germany, and the United States. Flûte Alors! has performed extensively across Canada as part of the Jeunesses Musicales Canada 2012-2013, Debut Atlantic 2013-2014, and Prairie Debut 2016-2017 tour seasons. The ensemble is currently touring Eastern Canada with their show “Recorders on the Run”, a co-production with Jeunesses Musicales Canada for young audiences.
Dedicated to pushing the limits of the recorder and expanding the instrument’s repertoire, Flûte Alors! performs music from the Renaissance and Baroque eras, as well as contemporary, jazz, and pop works. The ensemble often collaborates with other artists from diverse backgrounds, and frequently commissions pieces for recorder ensemble from the new generation of composers, in addition to creating their own arrangements. Flûte Alors!’s performances embark on an eclectic voyage that traverses the ages, offering a bouquet of sonorities and a palette of colours to the delight of every audience.
Established in 2014, LA TRESSE is a laterally arranged organization whereby the three founding members: Geneviève Boulet, Erin O’Loughlin, and Laura Toma, create, co-choreograph and perform works which highlight interdependence and the transportive power of imagination. Their work includes trios, ensemble works, and commissions and has been presented at numerous festivals and venues winning them awards such as the Gibney/Springboard Emerge Award. LA TRESSE’s work, Beauté Brute (2015) has been presented at Zone Homa, Vue Sur La Relève, OFFTA, Dance Matters (Toronto) and La Rotonde (Quebec). Volume II (2017) won the Audience Choice Award at Festival Quartiers Danses and has been presented at VALSPEC and The Grand (Calgary). They created works for Springboard Danse Montreal in both 2017 and 2019, and EDCM in 2019. Agora de la Danse presented L’Encre Noire, in 2019 and KIN, in April 2023. L’Encre Noire was presented at the 2023 dance: made in canada festival in Toronto. The company is currently working on a new creation with the support of L'Agora de la danse, CONTACTS résidences (Petite-Place-des-Arts), and Aras Éanna Arts Centre in Ireland.