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Their musical complicity has been compared to the skill of two trapeze artists or the telepathic communion of a pair of jazz saxophonists! Susie Napper and Margaret Little, the two gambists of Les Voix humaines, have been thrilling audiences worldwide with dashing performances of early and contemporary music for viols since 1985. Les Voix humaines has recorded some forty discs which have received critical acclaim and prestigious awards (Diapason d’Or, Choc du Monde de la Musique, Repertoire-Classica 10, Goldperg 5, Classics Today 10/10, Prix Opus, etc). The duo has toured in North America, Mexico, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, Japan and China.
Since 2001, the duo is regularly joined by some of Canada’s finest young gambists to form the Voix Humaines Consort of Viols specializing in the vast 17th-century repertoire for viol consort. The regular quartet consists of Margaret Little, Mélisande Corriveau, Felix Deak and Susie Napper. The Consort has many touring programs including Dowland’s Lachrimae and an English-Spanish program, Doulce Mémoire, featuring music of the time of the great Armada. In 2008, they recorded Henry Purcell’s complete fantasias for viols and have toured with this program across Canada and France. The Voix humaines Consort of Viols is the only permanent viol consort in Canada. |
