The Spout Whale
Bestiary
Contemporary musical stories
What if Jonah's whale could tell us his side of the story?
Many long years have passed, and the whale in the tale looks back on it all and tells us his side, dredging memories up from the depths to face them in the here and now. Come along on this epic journey. Spout the story of a whale is played by Benoît Brière.
Narrated by Benoît Brière
Recorded in March 2022 at Studio Upper Room in Drummondville.
Patrick Mathieu
Composition
Benoît Brière
Narration
Jean-Michel Malouf
Conductor
Jim Burke
Original text
Musicians
First violin
Quatuor Voxpopuli
Second violin
Quatuor Voxpopuli
Viola
Quatuor Voxpopuli
Cello
Quatuor Voxpopuli
Double bass
OSD
Flute
OSD
Oboe
OSD
Clarinet
OSD
Bassoon
OSD
Corine Chartré-Lefebvre
Principal Horn
OSD
Second Horn
OSD
Trumpet
OSD
Production team
Artistic Director
OSD
Artistic Director
Voxpopuli
Philippe Bouvrette
Sound Engineer
Musicom
Éric Leboeuf
Sound design
Mixing
Guillaume Corbeil
French translation
Studio Cinélume
Voice recording
Marie-Michelle Raby
Production Director
Studio Upper Room
Drummondville