Les Voix Humaines
Susie Napper & Margaret Little
Free admission. All welcome.
Don't miss this opportunity to come and listen to Montreal’s internationally acclaimed viola da gamba duo!
Their musical complicity has been compared to the skill of two trapeze artists or the telepathic communion of a pair of jazz saxophonists! Susie Napper and Margaret Little, the two gambists of Les Voix Humaines, have been thrilling audiences worldwide with dashing performances of early and contemporary music for viola da gamba since 1985. They are renowned for their beautiful arrangements of a wide variety of music for two viols and have become a world reference for the music of Sainte-Colombe. Les Voix humaines has recorded over 30 discs (ATMA) which have received critical acclaim and prestigious awards. Susie and Margaret have also toured together in many countries of the Americas (North and South), Europe, Asia and the Pacific.
Free admission. All are welcome.
Media excerpts
"It was easy to fall in love with Les Voix humaines” - “In their hands (Susie Napper and Margaret Little), these sonorous antiques (viols) become conduits for a wide range of moods and emotions.” St-Paul Pioneer Press (USA)
"What makes this set so compelling is the combination of profoundly imaginative music and the extreme beauty of the performances by two magnificent chamber musicians. … flexible elegance, lyricism and sensuality…" International Record Review (USA)
"The performers clearly speak this music as if it were their mother tongue. They revealed not just the music’s charms, but also the sensuality and soul…" National Post (Canada)
"Canadian ensemble Les Voix humaines, joined by guest gambist Wieland Kuijken, bring their usual elegant and sensitive playing to this quintessentially French music." Early Music America (USA)
"The interpretation they give us here – technically unequaled, sensitive, extremely expressive, rich in colors, and also full of spirit – is striking evidence of the grandeur of Sainte-Colombe." Toccata (Germany)