Jonathan Stuchbery

This concert is free admission.

For 20 musicians, choir and electronics Composer: Brice Gatinet

“This war cry, a man keeps it his whole life. We had to get the best one right away. And the only way to start out right was to dominate our fear and our haste, to the point of feeling swollen with power: the cry would then have all the desired force and precision. These were the conditions of the cry. And this power that should swell in me? It was something that ran through the whole body and that sprang from the ground where we stood. The high point, more precisely. The cry springs from this strength. If we go about it the right way, the war cry will be perfect.”

Carlos Castaneda, L’herbe du diable et la petite fumée, tard. franç., Éd. Christian Bourgeois p.241

For more information, including this information in French, visit the CIRMMT event page: http://www.cirmmt.org/activities/live-cirmmt/apr2019

Juliane Bruckmann, violone, and Jonathan Stuchbery, theorbo, will share a programme of music for these two early bass instruments. Set in the rectory of St. Phillip's, the Rectory recital series offers an intimate setting for classical music.

Tickets $20, includes wine and refreshments. For more information and to reserve tickets email tracy.stuchbery@gmail.com

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