Deep grooves, ambient synthesizer sounds, didgeridoo and magic sound of sitar will touch the thin edge where your soul connecting your body. No need to explain yourself what kind of music are you listening, just add amplifier volume and enjoy it. The Bridge is a collection of beautiful musical pieces.
Special thanks to Gennady Alpatov for a great didgeridoo sound.
Based on the English "country dance", the French contredanse found its way to
the the court of Louis XIV during the 1680s. By the beginning of the 18th
century, it was popular throughout Europe at all levels of society.
In 1757 Robert Daubat - who styled himself D'Aubat Saint-Flour - published the
first edition of Cent contredanses en rond, in Ghent, Belgium, where he had
moved with his new bride. The music is a blend of traditional and late baroque.
The arrangements performed here build on Daubat's simple, elegant settings to
create a dance-oriented chamber music that unites the intricacies and
gracefulness of the Galante style with the excitement and verve of traditional
dance music.
Góntia is the Celtic moon and river goddess from whom the city of Ghent gets its name.
Stir up a tasteful mixture of humor, wit, drama, and passion from one
acoustic viola with a few good friends. Katrina Wreede, a former Turtle
Island String Quartet violist and composer, creates unique and compelling
jazz, blues, tango, classical, and swampy, swingy, pulsing sound collages
in her trademark "California Eclectic" style.
Flow from a "martini and melancholy" cool jazz blues into a jazz waltz
blend of Bill Evans and Dave Brubeck, including an eastern European "Take
Five" section. There's a Latin jazz melody inspired by French
Impressionist composer, d'Indy, an ebullient tango with accordion, the
elegant and introspective "Scenes" for harp and viola, a blindingly fast,
Baroque-flavored groove called "Romp", and the powerfully intense cry to
the heavens, "Invocation #3", accompanied by giant chimes.
Description:
Canadian composer, musician, orchestrator, arranger and sound designer
Founded in Quebec City in 2011, Trio Beau Soir is made up of experienced chamber
musicians who came together to express their creativity through an ensemble of
rarely combined instruments. Trio Beau Soirs repertoire mixes original works for
flute, viola and harp, with arrangements and transcriptions of vocal works
adapted to the countertenor voice. Always with great attention to subtlety and
precision, Trio Beau Soir musicians are equally at ease performing French and
lieder melodies, impressionist music and contemporary creations.
Jean-François Gagné; received his degree in violin from Laval University and in
viola from Conservatoire de musique de Québec, where he was awarded the Grande
Distinction prize upon graduating from the class of François Paradis.
Jean-François Gagné currently plays in Orchestre Symphonique de Québec and has
worked with Violons du Roy, the Shleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra, and the
string quartet Abysse. He is also pursuing a parallel career as a countertenor,
mainly with Trio Beau Soir.
Geneviève Savoie received a rich musical education from Conservatoire de musique
de Québec, Conservatoire de musique de Bordeaux, and University of Montreal,
where she earned a doctorate in performance. Winner of several competitions in
Canada, Geneviève is an extremely versatile musician. She brings her passion for
refinement to her contributions to symphony music, chamber music, world music,
musical theatre and contemporary music. Winner of the Lieutenant Governor of
Québec Award, Geneviève Savoie has received support for her projects from, among
others, the Conseil des Arts et des lettres du Québec and the Canada Council for
the Arts.
Isabelle Fortier, harpe / harp; since autumn 2004, Isabelle Fortier has had the honour of being solo harpist in
Orchestre Symphonique de Québec. Over the past few years, she has performed solo
for Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, Violons du Roy, Orchestre Symphonique de
Longueil, Sinfonia de Lanaudière, and on Radio-Canada. A graduate of
Conservatoire de Musique de Québec, she now teaches harp there, as well as at
Laval University and Cégep de Ste-Foy.
