I had the opportunity to go to the Voix Humaines & Charles Daniels concert at the Christ Church Elbow Park on Saturday, and it was amazing. First off thank you very much to Tokie Brideaux from Calgary Music Events for giving me the tickets! I went to the pre-talk show to learn a little history about the viol (pronounced VI- LE), the renaissance instrument Les Voix Humaines were playing that night. They have a very interesting story and I had the pleasure of listening to Susie Napper (from Les Voix Humaines) and Charles Daniels to talk about these very interesting instruments.
Then it was time for the concert to start, the viol had a beautiful sound that sounded like someone singing and when it was accompanied by the lute played wonderfully by Sylvain Bergeron, it set the right mood in the beautiful church venue. Then Charles Daniels started to sing the first song of the night, Gather Ye Rosebuds, Charles Daniels has one of the best voices I have ever heard, his vocal range is outstanding and the way he can sing such complicated songs was shocking. I also loved how they gave everyone a lyrics sheet at the door to follow along as this music style has very complicated timing and the R’s tend to be rolled. Also the lyrics are wonderful and I can find myself listening to more classical music, it is refreshing to hear such meaningful lyrics. With all of the bland generic lyrics in pop music nowadays, music, in my opinion, tends to be less interesting.
So overall, I had a great time at the concert. I recommend going out to watch a Les Voix Humaines concert or anything put on by Calgary Music Events, even if you are not a big fan of classical music or have never heard any, I am positive you will be drawn in from the first note!
