Les Voix Humaines
- Melisande Corriveau - gamba & bass viol
- Susie Napper - bass viol
Friday, November 7, 2025 at 7:30pm
Merging Waters United Church, 24 Maple Avenue
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC H9X 2E6
Programme
Bach: Metamorphosis
A programme celebrating both masterpieces by J.S. Bach and gems by his esteemed colleagues, each piece in a state of metamorphosis. J.S. Bach himself transformed his own compositions as well as those of his admired contemporaries. With pleasure and humility we've followed in the master's footsteps creating this unique programme of our arrangements as a homage both to Bach's extraordinary music and that of his colleagues.
J.S.Bach (1685-1750)
Goldberg Variation #16 BWV 988
French suite for harpsichord #V BWV 816
Overture - Prelude - Allemande - Courante
Sarabande - Bourrée - Loure - Gigue
Christoph Schaffrath (1709-1763)
Sonata en in D minor
Poco Allegro - Adagio - Allegro
Intermission
J.S.Bach (1685-1750)
The Art of Fugue BWV 1080
Canon per Augmentationem in Contrario Motu
Canon alla Ottava
J.S.Bach (1685-1750)
From Partita #2 BWV 1004 and Partita #3 BWV 1006 for solo violin
Chaconne - Gavotte en rondeau
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Sonate canonique #1
Vivace - Adagio - Allegro - Bourrée alla Polacca
Biography
The Duo Susie Napper & Mélisande Corriveau
The new viol duo brings flair and brilliance to their performances! Mélisande Corriveau, viol and recorder virtuoso, and Susie Napper have performed together as members of Les Voix humaines Consort for two decades and collaborated on many projects. They both play on historic viols by London luthier, Barak Norman.
The duo builds on decades of performances worldwide by Susie Napper and Margaret Little whose musical complicity was compared to the skill of a pair of trapeze artists or the telepathic communion of jazz artists. Their many prizes and recordings are the foundation on which the new duo will build a creative repertoire and innovative style to inspire a new generation of music-lovers.
Anguille sous roche - Something Fishy, the new duo's first recording and video features delicacies from the French repertoire offering humour, virtuosity and tenderness in a unique, creative programme. Their second recording will appear in 2026 featuring pieces by Bach and his contemporaries.