L'Harmonie des saisons - Ensemble vocal et instrumental

Discover our new season

2023-2024 season

REQUIEM: Gabriel Fauré (on period instruments)
& La Messe des morts by Marc-Antoine Charpentier

Fauré’s Requiem, this great masterpiece of the French repertoire, will be presented on period instruments, with the famous Messe des morts by Baroque composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier as a complementary program.

Gabriel Fauré’s magnificent Requiem is distinguished by its intimate, nuanced expressiveness. L’Harmonie des saisons will reveal this masterpiece in the authentic manner of its 19th-century premiere by Fauré himself. Indeed, the work is rarely performed in its original “church” version of January 1890, with vocal forces and orchestra on period instruments adapted to this context.
When combined with the deeply moving Messe des morts by 17th-century composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier, we can immediately grasp the complementary nature of these compositions, and hear the extent to which Fauré was influenced by his Parisian musical predecessor.

Saturday, November 4, 2:00 pm at Abbaye St-Benoit-du Lac
Sunday, November 5, 3:00 pm in Burlington, Vermont

ABBAYE tickets

Burlington tickets

NEW CD
Bach: Concertos

Release date: September 9, 2022

Eric Milnes, conductor and harpsichord
Julia Wedman and Jessy Dubé, violins
Matthew Jennejohn, oboe d’amore and oboe

L’Harmonie des saisons returns with a brand-new recording devoted to some of J. S. Bach’s best-known concertos.

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A 2nd JUNO prize for
the Harmony of Seasons!
Solfeggio
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
(LARGE ENSEMBLE)

With Hélène Brunet, soprano
under the direction of Eric Milnes

What a joy and honor to receive this prestigious award! Our heartfelt thanks to our entire artistic team! Thank you to ATMA Classique, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the Canada Council for the Arts and our generous donors who made this project possible!

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Fondé par le duo de directeurs Mélisande Corriveau et Eric Milnes, L’Harmonie des saisons, ensemble vocal et instrumental avec artistes internationaux invités, émeut les publics d’ici et d’ailleurs par son approche unique de la musique ancienne. L’ensemble sur instruments d’époque a produit une quarantaine de programmes et donné plus de 150 concerts au Québec, au Canada et à l’international. Ses enregistrements sous étiquette ATMA Classique ont reçu l’éloge de la critique et récolté les honneurs, dont deux prix JUNO, un prix Opus, Disque de l’année Radio-Canada, Top 10 CBC, en plus de joindre le Top 10 des albums classiques d’Apple Music.

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