Les Barocudas
September 19, 2026 7:30pm
Festival Theatre
Baroque Music at its best and most entertaining!
Les Barocudas have established themselves as an innovative ensemble on the early music scene. Eager to combine wit and creativity with their high-calibre performance skills, Les Barocudas bring a signature freshness to the Baroque repertoire, charming audiences far and wide with an original approach to early music performance and Baroque repertoire.
Following the success of their award-winning debut album, La Peste, the ensemble returns with Basta parlare! (Enough said!), a program exploring the dynamic, experimental musical style that swept 17th century Italy — in particular, works that showcase the violin and recorder.
Joining Les Barocudas’ Marie-Nadeau Tremblay (violin), and Tristan Best (viola da gamba), are Vincent Lauzer, (recorder); and Christophe Gauthier (harpsichord). Basta parlare includes works by Italian baroque composers including Dario Castello, Giovanni Legrenzi, Tarquinio Merula, and Biagio Marini, among others, whose music was considered almost radical at the time.
