Les Idées Heureuses : CHACONNE & CHOCOLAT

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

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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.