Monday, February 24 at 7:00 PM at Mason United Methodist Church in Tacoma: — *BACH & TELEMANN: The CHACONNE with LES VOIX HUMAINES* —    · Susie Napper, viola da gamba & treble viol    · Mélisande Corriveau, viola da gamba & pardessus de viol    · Elisabeth Wright, harpsichord    · Jeffrey Cohan, baroque flute *PROGRAM* Georg Philipp Telemann    — Sonata for two viola da gambas, flute and continuo,  TWV43:G10 Johann Sebastian Bach    — Organ Trio Sonata No 3 (transcription by ensemble) Johann Sebastian Bach    — Allemande from Cello Suite No. 6 (solo harpsichord; transcription by Leonhardt) Johann Sebastian Bach    — Chaconne in D Minor from Partita No. 2 for solo violin, BWV 1004 (two viols; transcription by Susie Napper) Georg Philipp Telemann    — Sonata for two viola da gambas, flute and continuo, TWV43:G12 Georg Philipp Telemann    — Modéré (chaconne) from 6e Quatuor, Nouveaux Quatuors Our /Les Voix Humaines/ special guests: MÉLISANDE CORRIVEAU, critically acclaimed for her exceptional musical mastery, “belongs to a new generation of players bringing formidable performing skills and knowledge of period practices…” (Gramophone). She is a core member of Ensemble Masques, Les Voix Humaines, Bande Montréal Baroque, Sonate 1704 and Les Boréades. Her discography numbers over 40 titles on the ATMA Classique, Analekta, Harmonia Mundi, Paradizo, Zig‐Zag Territories and Alpha labels. A rare specialist in the pardessus de viole, her recent duo release with harpsichordist Eric Milnes featuring the 18th century French repertoire for the instrument was named among the 10 best classical discs of the year (2016) by CBC Radio, and was selected as Classical CD of the Year by Radio Canada. She is co-founder and Artistic Director of the ensemble L’Harmonie des Saisons, whose debut CD release ”Las Ciudades de Oro” (Cities of Gold) was the 2016 winner of the coveted Canadian JUNO Award for best classical CD of the year in the vocal and choral category. She plays on a 1691 Barak Norman viol, a Nathaniel Cross cello from 1700, and a pardessus de viole by Pierre Le Pilleur dated 1755. Named Personality of the year, Prix Opus 2002; Femme de Merite in Montreal in 2011; and Compagnon de l’Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec in 2024, SUSIE NAPPER is cellist, gambist, and continuo player par excellence, alternatively praised or admonished for her colourful and controversial performances of solo and chamber repertoire of the baroque! Having studied at Juilliard in New York and at the Paris Conservatoire at the end of the student riots of ‘68, she founded the Montreal Baroque Festival and has spent decades with a foot on either side of the Atlantic recording, performing, teaching in Montreal and Copenhagen and touring around Europe, the Far East and Oceania, often with Les Voix Humaines. With an undying preference for harmony over melody, and the use of rubato and general freedom of expression, she's constantly searching for rhetorical meaning and eloquence in bringing the printed page to life! Please check out the website for more information, and we hope to see you tomorrow at 7 PM at Mason Church. ** *Mason United Methodist Church*         2710 North Madison in Tacoma www.salishseafestival.org/tacoma <http://www.salishseafestival.org/tacoma>       — Suggested donation $20 to $30     salishseafestival.org/bellingham            ✷  ✣  ✷  ✣  ✷  ✣  ✷ /Les Voix Humaines in Tacoma / Your donations alone enable this project entirely, are applied to all 2025 concerts equally and are gratefully accepted at https://www.salishseafestival.org/donate.html. Thank you!