Review | Les Idées heureuses: Enthralling Portrayal of Life in New-France
Les Idées heureuses’ Jan. 16th concert took the notion of historical performance to new heights. Musique et danse en Nouvelle-France was not only performed with…
Browsing: Olivier Brault
Les Boréades: The Age of Reason
Composers of Western music have long been torn between two contradictory forces: order and reason on the one hand and passion on the other. At…
CD Review | Paris 1790: The Music of Monsieur Vidal (Analekta, 2023)
Paris 1790: The Music of Monsieur Vidal Pascal Valois and Jean-Guy Côté, baroque guitar; Jacques-André Houle and Olivier Brault, violin; Amanda Keesmaat, cello; Jessy Dubé,…
Olivier Brault: A Quest for Eloquence
Olivier Brault is very much in demand internationally for his deft playing of, and expertise in, period instruments. His embrace of the Baroque era, with…
Baroque Montreal: A Scene to Reckon with
In a little less than 50 years, Montreal’s Baroque music scene has produced a steady flow of activities. It has delighted itself by mining the…
