25/26 season
Les Ondes kicks off its second season in spectacular fashion! Don't miss this rare opportunity to hear the baroque orchestra Accademia de' Dissonanti, which will be stopping in Quebec City as part of its Canadian tour. A valued collaborator of Mélisande McNabney, cellist Elinor Frey brings together eleven baroque music specialists from Canada, Europe, and the United States in an extravagant program featuring C. P. E. Bach's tempestuous cello concertos alternating with Antonio Vivaldi's fiery string concertos.
Accademia de’ Dissonanti
Elinor Frey - violoncelle solo et direction, Boris Begelman, Joe Lanza, Julie Andreijeski, Chloe Meyers, Jessy Dubé et Simon Alexandre - violon, Daniel McCarthy - alto, Eva Lymenstull - violoncelle, Shanti Nachtergaele - contrebasse, Mélisande McNabney - clavecin
October 4th 2025CPE BACH : CELLO’S CONCERTOS
April 19th 2026
BACH - THE COMPLETE ENGLISH SUITES - PART I
Johann Sebastian Bach's English Suites are among the finest works in the keyboard repertoire. Larger in scale than the intimate French Suites, the six great English Suites each begin with a long, virtuosic opening movement in which Bach's creative genius is given free rein. For part 1 of the complete English Suites this season, Mélisande McNabney presents Suites 2, 3, and 4. To be continued in 2026-2027!
Mélisande McNabney - solo harpsichord
Virtuosic composer and singer of the baroque era, Barbara Strozzi fascinates with her extraordinary career and poignant music. Strozzi's corpus gives pride of place to arias and cantatas for solo soprano and basso continuo, an instrumentation conducive to expressing the most extreme emotions. Delve into the depths of intimacy with rising star soprano Magali Simard-Galdès, who will embody Barbara Strozzi in this unique recital with Mélisande McNabney on harpsichord. The program will be rounded out with works by Monteverdi and Frescobaldi.
Magali Simard-Galdès - soprano Mélisande McNabney - harpsichord
May 30th 2026
SWEET TORMENTS : THE WOLRD OF BARBARA STROZZI WITH MAGALI SIMARD-GALDÈS
24/25 season
To launch its inaugural season, Les Ondes presents, for the first time in Québec City, the complete cycle of Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber’s fifteen Rosary Sonatas, a monumental masterpiece of the Baroque repertoire. Performing not on one, but on four differently tuned violins, virtuoso violinist Alexander Read leads audiences on an inward journey imbued with powerful emotion and mysticism, joined by the stellar Elinor Frey on cello and Mélisande McNabney on harpsichord and organ.
Alexander Read — violin
Elinor Frey — cello
Mélisande McNabney — harpsichord and organ
November 10th 2024CPE BIBER : THE ROSARY SONATAS
March 28th 2025
MYTHIC LOVES
Cantatas by Rameau and Montéclair, where emotion reaches its height, featuring soprano Magali Simard-Galdès, Julie Rivest on violin, Elinor Frey on viola da gamba, and Mélisande McNabney on harpsichord.
Magali Simard-Galdès - soprano
Julie Rivest - violin
Elinor Frey - viola da gambe
Mélisande McNabney - harpsichord
May 9th 2025
WOMEN OF VERSAILLES
A harpsichord recital where virtuosity takes center stage. In this program, Mélisande McNabney retraces, through music, the stories of renowned women musicians of the French court.
Mélisande McNabney - solo harpsichord