In the distance a roar subsided into Ensemble. As we wound our way up the aisle of the full (but not BSS full) Harbourfront stage, Beatrice was front and centre at her keyboard. With confidence she led us through a bubbly set that intermingled songs from her lovely self-titled debut with those from her forthcoming September release. Her four piece all-male band are no slouches either, swapping synths for violins, acoustic for electric, bass for cello, and drums for xylo, respectively. (Guess I haven't got a shot of infiltrating the talented band to spend long hours with the endlessly endearing leading lady.)
Beatrice addressed the audience primarily in French, as this was the FrancoFete, but did so with charm and a smile that tided us anglophones over. Besides the music spoke for itself, especially the slightly darker Fondu au Noir, which did away with the drums and showcased the violin and her splendid voice. There were lighter moments as well such as the new Danse et Danse that saw Coeur de Pirate on her feet for a predictably dancey number. Ava, another new song was on the lighter side too and hit the mark, as did the uke on Printemps.
Despite her mining for cover ideas on Twitter, she did not include any, barring a song with the music written by Jay Malinowski, her partner in Armistice. From this project she played half a song of on this night, solo, in encore. In closing was the song that had been noticeably missing from the set and as her bandmates resumed their positions we were asked to sing along to Commes Des Enfants. We did and continued to cheer as they lined up to take their bow.
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