Les Idées Heureuses : CHACONNE & CHOCOLAT

Recorded at Bourgie Hall, Montreal Museum of fine arts (Canada) on February 8, 2022

Founded in Montreal in 1987, Les Idées Heureuses interprets and distributes the repertoire of the Baroque era in chamber formation.
For its 35th season, the formation brings together a dozen musicians, singers, and a dancer in Chaconne & Chocolat, a centerpiece of great lyrical works and instrumental suites from the 17th and 18th centuries, with repertoire mainly from the french Grand Siècle

Anne-Marie Beaudette, soprano

Kerry Bursey, tenor, theorbo, baroque guitar

Marie Nadeau, violin

Vincent Lauzer, recorder

Karim Nasr, bassoon, oboe, traverso

Marie-Laurence Primeau, viol, recorder

Sylvain Bergeron, archluth, baroque guitare

Geneviève Soly, harpsichord solo & continuo, comments

Dorothéa Ventura, soprano, harpsichord continuo, musical director

Anne-Marie Gardette, danser.