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proﬁle Historic Music by Women More than 80 titles in print! More than 40 composers! Christopher Jackson The conductor reflects on 40 years of early music in Montreal Arias, Cantatas, Concertos, Lieder, Oratorios, Sinfonias, Sonatas, Songs (English, French and Italian) Website: clarnan.com Email: clarnan@sbcglobal.net Call for catalogue: 479-442-7414 Dr. Barbara Garvey Jackson Editor & Publisher 235 East Baxter Lane Fayetteville, AR 72701 “The Rose and the Thorn: Contrasts in Music of Earlier Times” Early Music Week June 27—July 4, 2013 beautiful music under the trees Plymouth, MA harpsichord, recorder, viol, violin, voice, medieval percussion, plucked strings, Renaissance winds, historical & English country dance Country Dance & Song Society www.cdss.org/EM 16 Summer 2013 Early Music America at a pretty basic level. But there was ancienne de plenty of enthusiasm.” Montreal will be celebrating its 40th He believes Montreal was also the anniversary in 2014, and it took them right place for an early music revival. almost that long to book their ﬁrst concert in the United States. The March “It’s an interesting city and open to new 2013 event took place in Carnegie Hall’s initiatives,” Jackson explained. “There is Weill Recital Hall. a strong contemporary music scene, and The program featured Orlando di the tendency, both then and now, is to Lasso’s heartbreaking and dark Lagrime see the same people coming to early di San Pietro. It’s not music concerts and to performed often, contemporary music because “it’s so hard,” concerts.” founder and director Back in 1974, audiChristopher Jackson ences in Montreal had admitted. “It goes not heard much live early deeply into all the psyvocal music. But Jackson chological ramiﬁcations and his colleagues were of the glance of Christ, convinced there was an and Lasso brings that audience for it and they out in the music in were right. Studio de strange ways that are musique’s ﬁrst concert, not necessarily obvious. at the Chapel of the It takes a lot of work to Grand Seminaire, “This guy just looked put it together, but it’s at me and said, ‘Don’t was full. amazing.” While the public was bother with it, you’ll In establishing his enthusiastic, the Montrenever get it right.’” vocal ensemble, Jackson al music establishment —Christopher Jackson was not. “The violinists helped give birth to the vibrant early music were discouraged from scene in Montreal. Four decades later, playing Baroque violin; the voice teachers didn’t want the singers to work with he’s thinking about how to make sure us,” he said. “In those days, the real this legacy continues. An organist and harpsichordist, Jack- resistance didn’t come from the public. son was introduced to early music at the It came from our colleagues. “I remember going to one American Conservatoire de musique du Québec, where he was a student of inﬂuential Musicological Society convention in teachers and early music pioneers KenMontreal,” he recalled, “where I talked neth Gilbert and Bernard Lagacé. He to somebody about doing Monteverdi. and a group of fellow students, includThis guy just looked at me and said, ing Hélène Dugal and Réjean Poirier, ‘Don’t bother with it, you’ll never get were in Paris for Christmas in 1973 and it right.’” decided they needed to do something to Fortunately, a large number of people bring the beautiful music they were ignored that advice, and the early music studying to a wider audience. “We came scene in Montreal grew quickly. There back and started pulling people togethare now more than 15 early music er,” Jackson said, “most of whom were groups in Montreal. The growth was S TUDIO DE MUSIQUE http://www.clarnan.com http://www.cdss.org/em

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Early Music America Summer 2013

Editor's Note
Reader Forum
Sound Bytes
Profile: Christopher Jackson
Musings: When the Music Becomes Ours
Recording Reviews
Early Music, 21st-Century Style
The Indigenous Musicians of Cuzco
Bird Quills, the Art of Touch, and Other Pleasures
Pallade Musica: A Swift Rise, All'Italiana
Book Reviews
Ad Index
In Conclusion: Finding "Local Content" in the Music of New Spain

Early Music America Summer 2013