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

Jim Burke


Original text


Musicians

Antoine Bareil

First violin
Quatuor Voxpopuli

Uliana Drugova

Second violin
Quatuor Voxpopuli

Lambert Chen

Viola
Quatuor Voxpopuli

Ioav Bronchti

Cello
Quatuor Voxpopuli

David Gélinas

Double bass
OSD

Antonin Cuerrier

Clarinet
OSD

Mary Chalk

Bassoon
OSD

Corine Chartré-Lefebvre

Principal Horn
OSD

Pascal Lafrenière

Second Horn
OSD

Frédéric Gagnon

Trumpet
OSD

Sébastien Côté

Trombone
OSD

Catherine Varvaro

Timpani and Drum Set
OSD

Vincent Séguin

Percussion
OSD


Production team

Julien Proulx

Artistic Director
OSD

Patrick Mathieu

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