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902-532-7704
Doors open at 2:15pm
Touring as a quartet, Les Barocudas have established themselves as an innovative ensemble on the early music scene. Eager to combine wit and creativity with their high-calibre performance skills, the ensemble brings a signature freshness to Baroque repertoire, which has charmed audiences far and wide with a refreshing approach to early music performance and Baroque repertoire.
Following the success of their award-winning debut album, La Peste, Les Barocudas period ensemble returns with Basta parlare! (Enough said!), a program exploring the dynamic, experimental musical style that swept 17th century Italy — in particular, works that showcase the violin and recorder.
Joining Les Barocudas Marie-Nadeau Tremblay (violin), and Tristan Best (viola da gamba), are Vincent Lauzer, (recorder); and Christophe Gauthier (harpsichord). Basta parlare includes works by Italian baroque composers including Dario Castello, Giovanni Legrenzi, Tarquinio Merula, and Biagio Marini, among others, whose music was considered almost radical at the time.
Marie Nadeau-Tremblay
Since graduating in 2019 with a master’s degree in early music, Marie Nadeau-Tremblay has established herself on the Canadian scene as an emerging young baroque violinist. In 2019, she landed an unprecedented four awards at the Mathieu-Duguay Early Music Competition, including First Prize. Named Radio-Canada’s 2021–2022 classical “Revelation” and winner of the 2022 “Discovery of the Year” Opus Prize, Nadeau-Tremblay also received the 2022 Choquette-Symcox Award from the Jeunesses Musicales Canada Foundation. While her album La Peste (2020) earned Juno and Opus award nominations, her most recent album, Préludes et solitudes (2021), which was highly acclaimed by both the CBC and Early Music America, won a 2023 Opus Prize for “Album of the Year.” In 2022, Marie Nadeau-Tremblay received a career development grant from the Fondation Père Lindsay. She performs on an original Thomas Perry violin (1750) as well as on an Amati model violin by Timothy Johnson generously loaned to her by Mr. Jacques Marchand. In addition to music, Nadeau-Tremblay enjoys drawing and is studying Mandarin and Japanese.
Concert Program
When we thought of making an album together, we knew from the start that we wanted to focus on music from 17th-century Italy, our repertoire of choice. No further discussion was needed: we had already reached an unspoken consensus. Lovers of 17th-century Italian music share an almost spiritual je ne sais quoi which brings them together—and sets them apart. We have a tacit understanding.
But what explains the allure of this music? Why is it so remarkable, so distinct? The 17th century was a period of exploration, invention and research across disciplines, including in music. Vocal music, which had long dominated the spotlight, began to make way for technically complex instrumental forms that better suited this new paradigm—a music centered around virtuosity and lyricism. Thus came the title of this album, Basta parlare, which means “enough said”!
This album could have been named “Enough Singing”; perhaps a more suitable title, at least on the surface. However, while this album does explore the rich instrumental repertoire of the 17th century, we are only omitting the spoken word—not lyricism itself. We simply believe that we can still sing . . . through the violin and the recorder!
[email protected]
902-532-7704
Doors open at 2:15pm
Touring as a quartet, Les Barocudas have established themselves as an innovative ensemble on the early music scene. Eager to combine wit and creativity with their high-calibre performance skills, the ensemble brings a signature freshness to Baroque repertoire, which has charmed audiences far and wide with a refreshing approach to early music performance and Baroque repertoire.
Following the success of their award-winning debut album, La Peste, Les Barocudas period ensemble returns with Basta parlare! (Enough said!), a program exploring the dynamic, experimental musical style that swept 17th century Italy — in particular, works that showcase the violin and recorder.
Joining Les Barocudas Marie-Nadeau Tremblay (violin), and Tristan Best (viola da gamba), are Vincent Lauzer, (recorder); and Christophe Gauthier (harpsichord). Basta parlare includes works by Italian baroque composers including Dario Castello, Giovanni Legrenzi, Tarquinio Merula, and Biagio Marini, among others, whose music was considered almost radical at the time.
Marie Nadeau-Tremblay
Since graduating in 2019 with a master’s degree in early music, Marie Nadeau-Tremblay has established herself on the Canadian scene as an emerging young baroque violinist. In 2019, she landed an unprecedented four awards at the Mathieu-Duguay Early Music Competition, including First Prize. Named Radio-Canada’s 2021–2022 classical “Revelation” and winner of the 2022 “Discovery of the Year” Opus Prize, Nadeau-Tremblay also received the 2022 Choquette-Symcox Award from the Jeunesses Musicales Canada Foundation. While her album La Peste (2020) earned Juno and Opus award nominations, her most recent album, Préludes et solitudes (2021), which was highly acclaimed by both the CBC and Early Music America, won a 2023 Opus Prize for “Album of the Year.” In 2022, Marie Nadeau-Tremblay received a career development grant from the Fondation Père Lindsay. She performs on an original Thomas Perry violin (1750) as well as on an Amati model violin by Timothy Johnson generously loaned to her by Mr. Jacques Marchand. In addition to music, Nadeau-Tremblay enjoys drawing and is studying Mandarin and Japanese.
Concert Program
When we thought of making an album together, we knew from the start that we wanted to focus on music from 17th-century Italy, our repertoire of choice. No further discussion was needed: we had already reached an unspoken consensus. Lovers of 17th-century Italian music share an almost spiritual je ne sais quoi which brings them together—and sets them apart. We have a tacit understanding.
But what explains the allure of this music? Why is it so remarkable, so distinct? The 17th century was a period of exploration, invention and research across disciplines, including in music. Vocal music, which had long dominated the spotlight, began to make way for technically complex instrumental forms that better suited this new paradigm—a music centered around virtuosity and lyricism. Thus came the title of this album, Basta parlare, which means “enough said”!
This album could have been named “Enough Singing”; perhaps a more suitable title, at least on the surface. However, while this album does explore the rich instrumental repertoire of the 17th century, we are only omitting the spoken word—not lyricism itself. We simply believe that we can still sing . . . through the violin and the recorder!
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Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
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902-532-7704
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