Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Recording: Joëlle Léandre & Rémy Bélanger de Beauport

Artist: Joëlle Léandre & Rémy Bélanger de Beauport

Song: [track 5]

Recorded at Allan Gardens Children's Conservatory (Music Gallery presents), November 9, 2024.

Joëlle Léandre & Rémy Bélanger de Beauport - [track 5]

This off-site Music Gallery show took place in one of the less-familiar wings of the Allan Gardens conservatory — not alongside the turtles or under the tropical plants but in the smaller children's conservatory space which was, at least at the moment, cleared out of plant life and serving more as an event space. (Although, to be sure, there were plants aplenty — and for sale — in the adjoining space.) Still a visually appealing (if someone sonically impure) spot for a show, and it felt like a cozy spot to lean in and listen to a couple of contrasting sets.

A titan of the European improvisational scene, French double-bassist Joëlle Léandre might have been mildly jetlagged at this show, but still interacted with her instrument with constant joy and a sense of discovery. Cellist Rémy Bélanger de Beauport was an effective foil, matching both tiny, quiet gestures and unorthodox techniques. Even with a serious depth of playing at hand, things weren't taken too seriously, as evidenced by the way a couple of the pieces ended with laughter from performers and audience alike.

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