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8th Season 18 19<br />
Bourgie<br />
Hall<br />
MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS<br />
105 CONCERTS<br />
LIVING MUSIC<br />
TO THE FULLEST
3 Opening Concert<br />
Chamber Music<br />
4 String Quartets<br />
6 From the Trio to the Sextet<br />
8 Musicians of the OSM<br />
10 The Schoenberg Lineage<br />
12 Louis Lortie Week<br />
14 Nothing But Piano<br />
18 In Recital<br />
22 Concerts in Connection with the Exhibition<br />
Resplendent Illuminations<br />
24 Couperin Days<br />
27 Nothing But Harpsichord<br />
28 The Complete Cantatas of J.S. Bach • Year 5<br />
32 Baroque Music<br />
34 Bach Rendezvous<br />
37 Festival Palazzetto Bru Zane Montreal<br />
38 Les Violons du Roy<br />
42 Concerts in Connection with the Exhibition<br />
Alexander Calder: Radical Inventor<br />
46 Performance Events<br />
Musical Odyssey<br />
47 Concerts<br />
50 Concert Lectures<br />
51 Jazz 5 à 7<br />
55 Family Sundays<br />
56 Holiday Concerts<br />
60 Lectures<br />
62 Music Workshops<br />
64 Calendar<br />
Laure Devéria, Still Life with an<br />
Imperial Fritillary (detail), 1834. Coll. MMFA
2 Bourgie Hall — 8th Season<br />
OPENING CONCERT 3<br />
Isolde Lagacé<br />
© Pierre-Étienne Bergeron<br />
Nathalie Bondil<br />
© Studio SPG Le Pigeon<br />
As we move forward in our 8th season,<br />
we grow in our conviction that anyone who<br />
wishes to experience live music will find it in<br />
unparalleled wealth and variety at Bourgie Hall.<br />
From mid-September 2018 to the beginning of<br />
June 2019, no less than 105 concerts unfold in<br />
one of the country’s most beautiful <strong>hall</strong>s!<br />
One of this season’s guiding themes is French<br />
music. Our Couperin Days and performances<br />
by Jordi Savall of music from the film Tous les<br />
matins du monde offer Baroque repertoire;<br />
Romantic works are the substance of a festival of<br />
French music from the 19th century (a first edition),<br />
and of two concerts of music by Fauré with the<br />
peerless pianist Louis Lortie; Impressionist and<br />
modern works complete the vast panorama<br />
of French musical styles. In short, a wealth of<br />
elegant and sophisticated works is sure to<br />
delight every music lover.<br />
Following tradition, a portion of our programming<br />
is linked to exhibitions on display at the Museum.<br />
Thus, six concerts will be presented in connection<br />
with Alexander Calder: Radical Inventor and two<br />
concerts of medieval music will accompany<br />
Resplendent Illuminations: Books of Hours from<br />
the 13th-16th Centuries in Quebec Collection.<br />
We continue to pursue our acclaimed<br />
signature series, “Les Violons du Roy”, the<br />
“Complete Cantatas of J. S. Bach”, “Musicians of<br />
the OSM”, “Nothing but Piano” featuring several<br />
internationally renowned pianists, and “Jazz 5 à 7”.<br />
New events this season feature two commented<br />
concerts that engage with the diversity of world<br />
music traditions, and concerts in situ in the<br />
Museum’s own rooms.<br />
Finally, we do the utmost to maintain affordable<br />
prices that will enable you to enjoy the concert<br />
experience at Bourgie Hall as often as you wish.<br />
We truly expect that with our range of discounts<br />
for bundle purchases, VIP discounts for those<br />
with annual memberships to the Museum, or<br />
reduced rates for audience members aged<br />
34 years and under, everyone will find the<br />
formula that works for them.<br />
Come live music to the fullest at Bourgie Hall!<br />
Isolde Lagacé<br />
General and Artistic Director, Arte Musica<br />
Top Grades for Arte Musica and<br />
the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts<br />
At the 21st Opus Awards gala held in Bourgie Hall<br />
in February 2018, the Conseil québécois de la<br />
musique awarded Arte Musica the prize for<br />
Specialized Presenter of the Year, recognizing<br />
the excellence of its 2016–2017 season. This honour<br />
valued Arte Musica’s strong programming,<br />
acknowledged by the highest number of audience<br />
members since Bourgie Hall opened in 2011.<br />
The numbers speak for themselves: with 75% of<br />
available tickets sold, and 37 sold-out concerts<br />
out of a total of 100, Arte Musica’s essential role in<br />
Quebec’s musical landscape is strongly affirmed.<br />
These exceptional results are also the consequence<br />
of Arte Musica’s commitment to content accessibility<br />
in its programming, as well as its affordable<br />
ticket prices. In 2016–2017, a record-setting season<br />
that comprised a total of 209 events, 50 812 people<br />
attended 162 concerts and 47 educational activities.<br />
These numbers demonstrate the steady rise in<br />
attendance and enthusiasm for what Arte Musica<br />
has to offer, echoing the Museum’s own growth.<br />
And they show, once again, the sheer creativity<br />
and originality of the partnership between Arte<br />
Musica and the Museum. The International Council<br />
of Museums (ICOM) has recently examined the<br />
merits and potential of this unprecedented<br />
collaborative model, and we had previously made<br />
our partnership paradigm known through a<br />
publication in the periodical Musées et collections<br />
publiques de France in 2015. At a time when musical<br />
exhibitions are appearing with increasing<br />
frequency around the world, the MMFA is proud<br />
to have pioneered this practice with Warhol Live<br />
in 2008, Imagine in 2009, We Want Miles in 2010,<br />
Lyonel Feininger in 2012, Splendore a Venezia in 2013,<br />
and, of course, Chagall: Colour and Music in 2017.<br />
Let the music resound throughout the Museum’s<br />
many walls, in the spirit of transdisciplinary<br />
dialogue, and with the conviction that this rich<br />
conversation between the arts profoundly<br />
transforms our way of seeing ... and thus also<br />
of hearing.<br />
Nathalie Bondil<br />
Director and Chief Curator<br />
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts<br />
Marie-Nicole Lemieux © Denis Rouvre – Naïve<br />
HONEGGER Saluste du Bartas<br />
ENESCU Sept Chansons de Clément Marot<br />
GOUNOD Ô ma belle rebelle, Sérénade, and<br />
Au Rossignol<br />
SCHUMANN Kennst du das Land and<br />
Wie mit innigstem Behagen<br />
SCHUBERT Ganymede and Gretchen am<br />
Spinnrade<br />
BEETHOVEN Wonne der Wehmut and<br />
Die Trommel gerühret<br />
Fanny MENDELSSOHN Harfners Lied and<br />
Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh<br />
WOLF Blumengruss, Frühling übers Jahr, and<br />
Mignon: Kennst du das Land<br />
Marie-Nicole Lemieux, contralto<br />
Daniel Blumenthal, piano<br />
Friday, September 14 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
Sunday, September 16 –– 2 p.m.<br />
Tuesday, September 18 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
The extraordinary and warmly convivial<br />
Marie-Nicole Lemieux will have the honour<br />
of performing the opening concert of Arte<br />
Musica’s 8th season. For her first ever recital at<br />
Bourgie Hall, she performs a selection of French<br />
mélodies and German lieder with long-time<br />
associate, pianist Daniel Blumenthal.<br />
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4<br />
CHAMBER MUSIC<br />
Chamber Music — String Quartets 5<br />
The term chamber music was coined in the 17th century<br />
to designate any piece of music that could be played by a small<br />
formation of musicians, in the context of the home. However, regardless<br />
of the era, all the genres to which this term applies, from the duet to<br />
the octet, require of musicians constant attentive listening and careful<br />
reciprocal adjustment with respect to metre and nuances. Moreover,<br />
this partial renunciation of individuality for the sake of total synergy<br />
must be made in the service of a shared conception of what the music<br />
expresses. As such, chamber music is one of the most remarkable and<br />
convincing demonstrations of human communication.<br />
Quatuor Debussy © Bernard Benant<br />
Quatuor Debussy<br />
(France)<br />
Wednesday, January 30 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
STRING<br />
QUARTETS<br />
Calder Quartet<br />
(United States)<br />
Wednesday, October 17 –– 6.30 p.m.<br />
Andrew NORMAN Sabina<br />
STRAVINSKY Trois pièces<br />
CAGE Music for Marcel Duchamp<br />
FELDMAN Structures<br />
BRITTEN String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36<br />
Winner of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career<br />
Grant in 2014, the Calder Quartet is renowned<br />
for its impeccable playing and versatility.<br />
The ensemble shares their musical curiosity<br />
in a programme inspired by the American artist<br />
Alexander Calder.<br />
Presented as part of the Calder exhibition (see p. 43)<br />
•• Rate 3: $39 • VIPs $33.50<br />
•• Concert + guided tour: $49 • VIPs $33.50<br />
Calder Quartet © Autumn de Wilde<br />
New Orford String Quartet<br />
(Canada)<br />
Wednesday, November 14 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
HAYDN The Seven Last Words of Christ<br />
CRUMB Black Angels<br />
Joseph Haydn’s Seven Last Words are soulful<br />
meditations on suffering and redemption,<br />
while George Crumb’s Black Angels explores the<br />
concepts of good and evil. In a thought-provoking<br />
and immersive concert experience, the New Orford<br />
String Quartet blends these two works, separated<br />
by nearly two hundred years, evoking a surprising<br />
and natural unity.<br />
•• Rate 3: $39 • VIPs $33.50<br />
New Orford String Quartet © Sian Richards<br />
DEBUSSY String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10<br />
RAVEL String Quartet in F major<br />
LEKEU Molto adagio sempre cantate doloroso<br />
TAILLEFERRE String Quartet No. 1 in C-sharp minor<br />
The Quatuor Debussy pays tribute to the<br />
elegance and sophistication of French music<br />
from the early 20th century. This is music that<br />
tests the boundaries of tonality, where colours<br />
are heard, and where Middle Eastern melodies<br />
and jazz-infused rhythms found their way.<br />
•• Rate 3: $39 • VIPs $33.50<br />
Quatuor Arod<br />
(France)<br />
Tuesday, April 2 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
HAYDN String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 76,<br />
No. 4, “Sunrise”<br />
BRAHMS String Quartet No. 2 in A minor,<br />
Op. 51, No. 2<br />
BARTÓK String Quartet No. 5<br />
Three composers: three different eras. The youthful<br />
Quatuor Arod, founded in 2013, already boasts<br />
several awards. They present a programme that<br />
highlights the contrast between the clarity and<br />
balance of music from the Classical period, the<br />
rapture of Romantic music, and modernist accents.<br />
•• Rate 3: $39 • VIPs $33.50<br />
Quatuor Arod © Richard Dumas<br />
Castalian Quartet<br />
(Great Britain)<br />
Wednesday, April 10 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
HAYDN String Quartet in D minor, Op. 76, No. 2,<br />
“Fifths”<br />
SCHUBERT String Quartet No. 13 in A minor,<br />
“Rosamunde”, D. 804<br />
BRITTEN String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36<br />
Founded in 2011, the Castalian String Quartet<br />
is applauded internationally as a captivating<br />
ensemble that breathes new life into the repertoire<br />
for string quartet. They perform one of Schubert’s<br />
most beloved pieces, as well as Haydn’s most<br />
widely performed quartet. Along with these<br />
two exemplars of the genre, a work by Benjamin<br />
Britten, one of their greatest compatriots from<br />
the 20th century, completes the programme.<br />
•• Rate 3: $39 • VIPs $33.50<br />
Castalian Quartet © Kaupo Kikkas
6 Chamber Music — From the Trio to the Sextet Chamber Music — From the Trio to the Sextet 7<br />
Jewish Voices<br />
Tuesday, May 14 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
FROM THE TRIO<br />
TO THE SEXTET<br />
Musicians from Marlboro<br />
Tuesday, March 5 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
Robin Scott and Tessa Lark, violins<br />
Kim Kashkashian, viola<br />
Isang Enders and Christoph Richter, cellos<br />
Zoltán Fejérvári, piano<br />
BOCCHERINI String Quintet with Two Cellos<br />
in E major, Op. 11, No. 5<br />
BARTÓK String Quartet No. 2, Op. 17<br />
RAVEL Piano Trio in A minor<br />
As part of their annual tour, musicians from the<br />
Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont join pianist<br />
Zoltán Fejérvári, first grand prize winner of the<br />
2017 Concours musical international de Montréal,<br />
whose talent will be on full display in a performance<br />
of one of Ravel’s landmark works.<br />
•• Rate 3: $39 • VIPs $33.50<br />
Zoltán Fejérvári © Balazs Borocz<br />
Chiaroscuro Quartet<br />
Kristian Bezuidenhout, piano<br />
Thursday, March 7 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 7 in F major,<br />
Op. 59, No. 1, “Razumovsky”<br />
MENDELSSOHN Prelude and Fugue for Piano<br />
in E minor, Op. 35, No. 1<br />
MENDELSSOHN Songs without words for Piano<br />
(excerpts)<br />
SCHUMANN Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44<br />
Beethoven’s Quartet Op. 59, No. 1, the first of three<br />
quartets dedicated to Prince Razumovsky, already<br />
heralds the Romanticism of which Mendelssohn<br />
and Schumann were to become celebrated<br />
exponents. This performance by the Chiaroscuro<br />
Quartet, lead by Alina Ibragimova, is an opportunity<br />
to hear these works performed on period<br />
instruments, in collaboration with Kristian<br />
Bezuidenhout, one of the finest specialists in<br />
historically-informed interpretation.<br />
•• Rate 2: $49 • VIPs $42<br />
Kristian Bezuidenhout © Marco Borggreve<br />
Chiaroscuro Quartet © Sussie Ahlburg<br />
A Century of Women’s Music<br />
Wednesday, April 24 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
PENTAÈDRE<br />
Guest: Lysandre Ménard, piano<br />
Hedwige CHRÉTIEN Wind Quintet<br />
Louise FARRENC Sextet for Piano and Winds<br />
Mel BONIS Scènes de la forêt for Flute, Horn,<br />
and Piano<br />
Claude ARRIEU Quintette en ut<br />
Elsa BARRAINE Ouvrage de dame, Theme and<br />
Variations for Wind Quintet<br />
Admired in their day by their peers but virtually<br />
unknown today, these five composers created<br />
rich and diverse works that, for the most part,<br />
remain to be discovered. Despite what the title of<br />
Elsa Barraine’s piece might have us believe, these<br />
are no quaint “lady’s handworks,” but a complex<br />
repertoire introduced to us by the Pentaèdre<br />
ensemble and young pianist Lysandre Ménard<br />
(featured in Léa Pool’s film La Passion d’Augustine).<br />
Presented in collaboration with Pentaèdre<br />
•• Rate 3: $39 • VIPs $33.50<br />
Lysandre Ménard<br />
Pentaèdre<br />
ISRAELI CHAMBER PROJECT<br />
Bernard HERRMANN Souvenirs de voyage<br />
Aaron COPLAND Sextet for Clarinet, Piano,<br />
and Strings<br />
Karl GOLDMARK Piano Quintet in C-sharp minor,<br />
Op. 54<br />
Shulamit RAN Private Game<br />
This carefully designed concert by the Israeli<br />
Chamber Project—an ensemble of six musicians<br />
(string quartet, clarinet, and piano)—traces the<br />
history of Jewish identity expressed through<br />
chamber music. Karl Goldmark’s European<br />
Romanticism, Aaron Copland’s quintessentially<br />
American spirit, and the unique language of<br />
Bernard Herrmann (made famous through his<br />
collaboration with Alfred Hitchcock) are heard<br />
alongside the music of prolific Israeli composer<br />
Shulamit Ran.<br />
•• Rate 3: $39 • VIPs $33.50<br />
Israeli Chamber Project © Avshalom Levi
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8 Chamber Music — Musicians of the OSM Chamber Music — Musicians of the OSM 9<br />
MUSICIANS OF<br />
THE OSM<br />
This series is presented in collaboration with<br />
the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal<br />
Musical Canvases<br />
America Under the Influence<br />
Friday, January 18 –– 6.30 p.m.<br />
Marianne Dugal, violin<br />
Marie Lacasse, violin<br />
Sofia Gentile, viola<br />
Sylvain Murray, cello<br />
Piano, Harp, and Winds<br />
Friday, November 16 –– 6.30 p.m.<br />
Beethoven<br />
Works by BARBER, COPLAND,<br />
GERSWIN, and PISTON<br />
A magnificent repertoire of works by American<br />
composers influenced by Europeans.<br />
•• Rate 3: $39 • VIPs $33.50<br />
•• Concert + guided tour: $49 • VIPs $33.50<br />
TOUR AND CONCERT: Discover the museum<br />
after-hours with an exclusive guided tour<br />
of the Calder exhibition starting at 5 p.m.,<br />
followed by the concert at 6.30 p.m. – Details p. 45<br />
Barber<br />
Vincent Boilard, oboe<br />
Alain Desgagné, clarinet<br />
Stéphane Lévesque, bassoon<br />
Denys Derome, horn<br />
Stéphane Lemelin, piano<br />
Competition judges to be confirmed<br />
(piano and harp)<br />
Schubert<br />
Schubert’s Octet<br />
Friday, September 28 –– 6.30 p.m.<br />
Andrew Wan, violin<br />
Olivier Thouin, violin<br />
Victor Fournelle-Blain, viola<br />
Brian Manker, cello<br />
Ali Yazdanfar, double bass<br />
Todd Cope, clarinet<br />
Stéphane Lévesque, bassoon<br />
John Zirbel, horn<br />
SCHUBERT<br />
Trio No. 1 in B-flat major, D. 471<br />
Octet for Strings and Winds in F major, D. 803<br />
Written in September 1816, the first of Schubert’s<br />
two string trios remained unfinished, with only<br />
one completed movement and a rough sketch<br />
of the second, marked andante sostenuto.<br />
His Octet, on the other hand, completed while<br />
the composer was struggling financially and<br />
undermined by illness, is a work of great breadth.<br />
Influenced by Beethoven and dedicated to<br />
the skilled clarinetist Count Ferdinand Troyer,<br />
it has always been a favourite of the chamber<br />
music repertoire.<br />
•• Rate 3: $39 • VIPs $33.50<br />
BEETHOVEN Quintet for Piano and Winds in<br />
E-flat major, Op. 16<br />
Other works to be confirmed<br />
Since its inauguration in 1940, the OSM Manulife<br />
Competition has helped to launch the careers of<br />
some 350 prizewinners, locally and internationally.<br />
To highlight the 2018 edition dedicated to piano<br />
and harp, members of the prestigious international<br />
jury for this Canada-wide performance<br />
competition team up with OSM musicians<br />
for an exceptional concert!<br />
Presented in connection with the OSM Manulife Competition<br />
•• Rate 3: $39 • VIPs $33.50<br />
Eastern European Traditions<br />
Friday, April 12 –– 6.30 p.m.<br />
Olivier Thouin, violin<br />
Victor Fournelle-Blain, viola<br />
Anna Burden, cello<br />
François Zeitouni, piano<br />
SMETANA Z domoviny (From my homeland)<br />
for Violin and Piano<br />
DOHNÁNYI Serenade for String Trio in C major,<br />
Op. 10<br />
DVOŘÁK Quartet for Piano and Strings in<br />
E-flat major, Op. 87<br />
Three composers inspired by their country’s folk<br />
traditions are featured in this concert. Dohnanyi’s<br />
Serenade alternates stunning virtuosity with<br />
poignant lyricism in fine Hungarian tradition.<br />
Z domoviny, popular pieces composed<br />
while Smetana was afflicted by deafness,<br />
evoke the composer’s native Bohemia, and<br />
Dvořák’s Quartet Op. 87 enchants us with its<br />
Gypsy-themed episodes.<br />
Dvorák<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Schumann<br />
Friday, May 10 –– 6.30 p.m.<br />
Jean-Sébastien Roy, violin<br />
Sofia Gentile, viola<br />
Sylvain Murray, cello<br />
Wonny Song, piano<br />
Catherine Perrin, narrator<br />
Clara SCHUMANN Trio for Violin, Cello, and<br />
Piano in G minor, Op. 17<br />
Robert SCHUMANN Quartet for Violin, Viola,<br />
Cello, and Piano in E-flat major, Op. 47<br />
Clara and Robert Schumann were the Romantic<br />
period’s most iconic couple. For them, music<br />
was an expression of their deepest thoughts and<br />
emotions and of their personal love-language.<br />
Excerpts from their love letters, read by<br />
Catherine Perrin, echo the pair of tenderly<br />
romantic chamber works on this programme.<br />
•• Rate 3: $39 • VIPs $33.50<br />
Robert and Clara Schumann<br />
•• Rate 3: $39 • VIPs $33.50
10 Chamber Music — The Schoenberg Lineage Chamber Music — The Schoenberg Lineage 11<br />
Vienna and Paris 1900<br />
Wednesday, February 27 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
THE SCHOENBERG<br />
LINEAGE<br />
Sur les pas de la lune<br />
Tuesday, October 9 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
Mireille Lebel, mezzo-soprano<br />
Scott St-John, violin and viola<br />
Chloé Dominguez, cello<br />
Hubert Tanguay-Labrosse, clarinet<br />
Claire Marchand, flute<br />
Louise Bessette, piano<br />
SCHOENBERG Pierrot lunaire, Op. 31<br />
Kelly-Marie MURPHY<br />
Sur les pas de la lune<br />
To Hold Back the Chaos, I Transformed Fire<br />
and Cloud<br />
Canadian composer Kelly-Marie Murphy, winner<br />
of the 2018 Azrieli Commission for Jewish Music,<br />
selected this programme showcasing some of<br />
her own compositions echoing Schoenberg’s<br />
best-known work, the ever-intriguing Pierrot Lunaire.<br />
Presented in collaboration with the Azrieli Music Prizes<br />
•• Rate 3: $39 • VIPs $33.50<br />
“There is certainly something to be<br />
learned from my formal achievements,<br />
but I think it is better to go back<br />
to my teachers: Mozart, Beethoven,<br />
Brahms, and Bach.”<br />
- Arnold Schoenberg<br />
Schoenberg © Egon Schiele<br />
Kelly-Marie Murphy © Alan Dean Photography<br />
DONG-SUK KANG, violin<br />
CHARLES RICHARD-HAMELIN, piano<br />
Axel Strauss and Alicia Choi, violins<br />
Douglas McNabney and Marina Thibeault, violas<br />
Matt Haimovitz and Cameron Crozman, cellos<br />
SCHOENBERG Verklärte Nacht (Tranfigured Night),<br />
for String Sextet, Op. 4<br />
CHAUSSON Concert for Violin, Piano, and<br />
String Quartet in D major, Op. 21<br />
In 1899, the year of Ernest Chausson’s death,<br />
Arnold Schoenberg completed his Transfigured<br />
Night, an expressionist work whose instrumentation<br />
was highly innovative for its time. While Chausson<br />
marked the close of the old century with a<br />
resolutely Romantic concertante composition,<br />
Schoenberg was already at work on an entirely<br />
new musical language.<br />
•• Rate 3: $39 • VIPs $33.50<br />
Dong-Suk Kang<br />
Charles Richard-Hamelin © Elizabeth Delage<br />
The Resolution of Love<br />
Wednesday, May 8 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
NOUVEL ENSEMBLE MODERNE (NEM)<br />
Mary-Elizabeth Brown, violin<br />
Lorraine Vaillancourt, conductor<br />
SCHOENBERG Chamber Symphony No. 1<br />
in E major, Op. 9<br />
WAGNER Siegfried-Idyll<br />
BERG Violin Concerto “To the memory of an angel”<br />
J.S. BACH/WEBERN Fuga Ricercata<br />
The beginning of the 20th century propelled us<br />
into modernity. The shackles of traditions were<br />
released. Artists lived in a world of heightened<br />
emotions, expressed through any means,<br />
creating new forms of artistic expression.<br />
Passion, pain, and tumult are more present<br />
here than ever, inspiring in us the resolve to love.<br />
Presented in collaboration with the NEM<br />
•• Rate 3: $39 • VIPs $33.50<br />
Mary-Elizabeth Brown
12 LOUIS LORTIE WEEK<br />
Louis Lortie Week 13<br />
Louis Lortie Plays Fauré<br />
Two concerts presented thanks to a new<br />
partnership between Arte Musica and the Queen<br />
Elisabeth Music Chapel in Brussels, a centre of<br />
artistic excellence dedicated to the training of<br />
remarkably talented young musicians.<br />
In recital and in chamber music with:<br />
Kerson Leong, violin<br />
Hélène Desaint, viola<br />
Astrig Siranossian, cello<br />
Nathanaël Gouin, piano*<br />
The great pianist LOUIS LORTIE settles into<br />
Bourgie Hall for an exciting three-concert series.<br />
He performs both as a soloist and with a<br />
chamber music ensemble made up of exceptional<br />
young musicians he regularly encounters as<br />
Master-in-residence at the Queen Elisabeth<br />
Music Chapel. In this series, he shares his love<br />
for the music of that towering figure of French<br />
music, Gabriel Fauré.<br />
Louis Lortie is also joined by long-time<br />
musical collaborator, pianist HÉLÈNE MERCIER,<br />
in an uplifting programme of Russian music<br />
for two pianos.<br />
Louis Lortie © Elias Photography<br />
Tuesday, January 22 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
FAURÉ<br />
Ballade for Solo Piano, Op. 19<br />
Dolly Suite for Piano Four Hands*<br />
Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano in A major, Op. 13<br />
Quartet No. 1 for Strings and Piano in C minor,<br />
Op. 15*<br />
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Wednesday, January 23 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
FAURÉ<br />
Works for Solo Piano<br />
Two Nocturnes<br />
Theme and Variations, Op. 73<br />
Pelléas et Mélisande Suite<br />
Quartet No. 2 for Strings and Piano in G minor,<br />
Op. 45<br />
•• Rate 2: $49 • VIPs $42<br />
Lortie-Mercier Duo<br />
Thursday, January 24 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
Henri-Joseph Harpignies,<br />
Landscape: A Summer’s Day, 1890.<br />
Coll. MMFA<br />
“For me art and music<br />
especially consist of<br />
raising ourselves as high<br />
as possible above that<br />
which is.”<br />
– Gabriel Fauré<br />
Lortie Mercier Duo<br />
RACHMANINOFF Suite No. 1 “Fantaisie-tableaux”<br />
ARENSKY Suite No. 1 in F major, Op. 15<br />
MEDTNER Russian Round Dance, Op. 58, No. 1<br />
RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances, Op. 45<br />
Collaborators since the 1980s, the artistic<br />
complicity of Louis Lortie and Hélène Mercier<br />
is as palpable as ever. Together again – and for<br />
the first time at Bourgie Hall – they tackle an<br />
immense repertoire whose romantic surges<br />
illuminate the expressive qualities of the<br />
Russian piano masters.<br />
•• Rate 1: $59 VIPs $50.50
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NOTHING BUT PIANO Nothing But Piano 15<br />
Anne Queffélec<br />
Thursday, October 18 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
Works by F. COUPERIN, DAQUIN, DEBUSSY,<br />
HANDEL, RAMEAU, RAVEL, and D. SCARLATTI<br />
Presented as part of the Couperin Days series<br />
Details p. 24<br />
•• Rate 2: $49 • VIPs $42<br />
Garrick Ohlsson Plays Brahms<br />
The complete works for piano by Johannes Brahms,<br />
in four recitals over two seasons.<br />
Discover the depth of Brahms’ writing for piano under the hands<br />
of Garrick Ohlsson, a prodigious pianist of great elegance.<br />
Anne Queffélec<br />
Garrick Ohlsson © Dario Acosta<br />
Yefim Bronfman<br />
Sunday, February 10 –– 2 p.m.<br />
SCHUMANN Humoreske in B-flat major, Op. 20<br />
SCHUBERT Sonata No. 21 in C minor, D. 958<br />
DEBUSSY Suite bergamasque<br />
For his first recital at Bourgie Hall, Yefim Bronfman<br />
offers a programme combining Romantic lyricism<br />
with Debussy’s own personal musical language.<br />
A rare opportunity to hear one of the most admired<br />
pianists of his generation in an intimate setting.<br />
•• Rate 2: $49 • VIPs $42<br />
Concert I<br />
Thursday, October 25 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
BRAHMS<br />
Klavierstücke, Op. 76<br />
Ballades, Op. 10<br />
Variations<br />
on an Original Theme, Op. 21, No. 1<br />
on a Hungarian Song, Op. 21, No. 2<br />
on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35 (Book I)<br />
•• Rate 2: $49 • VIPs $42<br />
•• Combo concerts I + II: $75<br />
Concert II<br />
Friday, April 26 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
BRAHMS<br />
Klavierstücke, Op. 118<br />
Sonata in F-sharp minor, Op. 2<br />
Intermezzi, Op. 117<br />
Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24<br />
•• Rate 2: $49 • VIPs $42<br />
•• Combo concerts I + II: $75<br />
Yefim Bronfman © Dario Acosta<br />
Llŷr Williams<br />
Wednesday, February 20 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
RAVEL Jeux d’eau and Miroirs (excerpts)<br />
FAURÉ<br />
Barcarolle No. 4<br />
Nocturne No. 1<br />
Impromptu No. 3<br />
LISZT Two Transcendental Études (Appassionata<br />
and Harmonies du soir)<br />
WAGNER Sonata for the Book of Mrs. M.W.<br />
WAGNER / LISZT<br />
Fantasy on Themes from Rienzi<br />
Spinning Chorus from The Flying Dutchman<br />
“O du mein holder Abendstern” from Tannhauser<br />
“Liebestod” from Tristan und Isolde<br />
The inspiration for this recital is Liszt’s transcriptions<br />
of works by Wagner, which masterfully recreate<br />
the latter’s orchestral colours in the piano medium.<br />
Welsh pianist Llŷr Williams has been hailed for his<br />
musical intelligence and soulful performances.<br />
This concert marks his debut in Montreal.<br />
•• Rate 2: $49 • VIPs $42<br />
Llyr Williams © BG Ealovega<br />
Andreas Staier<br />
Alexander Melnikov<br />
piano four hands<br />
Wednesday, March 13 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
ALL-SCHUBERT RECITAL<br />
Franz Schubert was fond of writing for piano<br />
four hands: the genre fulfilled his ideal of shared<br />
musical enjoyment. Two remarkable performers,<br />
well-known to audiences at Bourgie Hall, team<br />
up on the Érard piano. They offer a selection of<br />
the great Viennese composer’s works for piano<br />
four hands, including the famous Fantasia in<br />
F minor. An ideal opportunity to hear this music<br />
as Schubert himself did!<br />
•• Rate 2: $49 • VIPs $42<br />
Andreas Staier © Josep Molina<br />
Alexander Melnikov © Molina visuals
16 Nothing Titre Série But Piano<br />
Nothing But Piano 17<br />
Christian Blackshaw Plays Mozart<br />
The complete Piano Sonatas by Mozart in four recitals over two seasons.<br />
British pianist Christian Blackshaw is without any doubt one of the greatest living<br />
performers of Mozart. Over this season and the next, audiences at Bourgie Hall will be<br />
regaled by his performances of this repertoire so dear to his heart.<br />
Christian Blackshaw © James Hill<br />
Concert I<br />
Tuesday, March 19 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
MOZART Sonatas for Piano, Nos. 1, 2, 8, 9, and 17<br />
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•• Combo concerts I + II: $75<br />
Concert II<br />
Wednesday, March 20 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
MOZART Sonatas for Piano, Nos. 3, 4, 5, 10, and 13<br />
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•• Combo concerts I + II: $75<br />
Echo<br />
Saturday, Jan. 19 –– 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.<br />
Sunday, Jan. 20 –– 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.<br />
CONCERT IN SITU – Four performances<br />
CLAIRE AND MARC BOURGIE PAVILION – LEVEL S2<br />
MUSEUM COLLECTION: EXPANDING FIELDS (1960-1980)<br />
Brigitte Poulin and Jean Marchand<br />
BRIGITTE POULIN, piano<br />
JEAN MARCHAND, piano<br />
Ann SOUTHAM Simple Lines of Inquiry<br />
Enjoy a unique sound and music experience<br />
as you visit the MMFA’s magnificent pavilion<br />
dedicated to Quebec and Canadian art. In this<br />
concert in situ, Simple Lines of Inquiry by Canadian<br />
composer Ann Southam will be performed in<br />
an unusual space, visually surrounded by the<br />
artwork of the composer’s contemporaries.<br />
Duration: 50 minutes<br />
•• FREE ADMISSION<br />
for ticket-holders of the permanent collection<br />
and for MMFA VIP members.<br />
Khatia Buniatishvili<br />
Monday, April 15 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
SCHUBERT Four Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899<br />
CHOPIN Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52<br />
LISZT Réminiscences de Don Juan<br />
LISZT Mephisto Waltz No. 1<br />
LISZT/HOROWITZ Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2<br />
The young virtuoso of Georgian origin Khatia<br />
Buniatishvili is recognized today as a towering<br />
figure of the piano world, and a specialist of the<br />
works of Franz Liszt. With her passion and<br />
dazzling mastery, she takes on the monumental<br />
works of pianists and composers who marked<br />
the piano’s evolution during the Romantic era.<br />
•• Rate 2: $49 • VIPs $42<br />
Khatia Buniatishvili © Julia Wesley<br />
Gabriela Montero<br />
Tuesday, May 7 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
SCHUMANN Kinderszenen, Op. 15<br />
(Scenes from Childhood)<br />
SHOSTAKOVICH Sonata No. 2 in B minor, Op. 61<br />
Chick COREA Children’s Songs (excerpts)<br />
Gabriela MONTERO Improvisation<br />
Venezuelan pianist and composer Gabriela<br />
Montero is known both for her vivid interpretations<br />
of the classical repertoire and for her skillful<br />
improvisations. A concert on the theme of<br />
childhood, full of spontaneity.<br />
•• Rate 2: $49 • VIPs $42<br />
Gabriela Montero © Shelly Mosman<br />
Claude Tousignant, Latin Circle, 1969.<br />
Coll. MMFA
IN RECITAL<br />
18 In Recital 19<br />
Martin Chalifour, violin<br />
Blake Pouliot, violin<br />
Bernadene Blaha, piano<br />
Wednesday, September 19 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
JANÁČEK Sonata for Violin and Piano<br />
MENDELSSOHN Sonata for Violin in F major<br />
KREISLER Caprice viennois<br />
SARASATE Zapateado<br />
RAVEL Tzigane<br />
SHOSTAKOVICH Five Pieces for Two Violins<br />
and Piano<br />
Recital celebrating the 60th anniversary of the<br />
Canimex Canadian Music Competition (CMC)<br />
Since it was founded in 1958, the Canadian Music<br />
Competition has provided young performers<br />
across the country with the opportunity to shine,<br />
encouraging them to excel and pursue their<br />
passion. This recital brings together three<br />
competition winners from different generations<br />
who will showcase their virtuosity and musicianship,<br />
in celebration of this milestone musical event.<br />
Beijing Guitar Duo © Sophie Shai<br />
Tyniec-Thibeault Duo<br />
Wednesday, November 21 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
Andréa Tyniec, violin<br />
Marina Thibeault, viola<br />
MOZART Duo No. 2 in B-flat major, K. 424<br />
Ana SOKOLOVIĆ Cinque danza per violino solo<br />
Anna PIDGORNA The child, bringer of light<br />
for Solo Viola<br />
MARTINŮ Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola<br />
After Mozart, the world had to wait for Martinů’s<br />
Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola to breathe new<br />
life into this unusual formation. The two musicians<br />
also showcase some of the solo repertoire for their<br />
individual instruments, including a pair of works<br />
by Canadian composers.<br />
•• Rate 4: $31 VIPs $26.75<br />
Andréa Tyniec © Sasha Onyshchenko<br />
Marina Thibeault © Matthew Perrin<br />
Presented in collaboration with the CMC,<br />
with the gracious support of the Canada Council<br />
for the Arts' New Chapter programme.<br />
•• Rate 3: $39 • VIPs $33.50<br />
Blake Pouliot © Jeff Fasano Photography<br />
Beijing Guitar Duo<br />
Wednesday, October 10 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
Meng Su, guitar<br />
Yameng Wang, guitar<br />
D. SCARLATTI Two Sonatas<br />
GRANADOS Valses poéticos<br />
Tan DUN Eight Memories in Watercolor, Op. 1<br />
WALTON Five Bagatelles<br />
BARRIOS MANGORÉ Mazurka apasionada and<br />
Contemplación<br />
Chen YI Nian Hua<br />
ALBÉNIZ Bajo la Palmera and Castilla<br />
Radamés GNATTALI Suite Retratos<br />
Both in concert and in the studio, the musicians<br />
of the Beijing Guitar Duo dazzle listeners with<br />
their stunning skill and artistry. Both winners of<br />
prestigious international competitions, Meng Su<br />
and Yameng Wang have toured extensively<br />
with the legendary Manuel Barrueco.<br />
This highly anticipated recital marks their first<br />
ever performance in Montreal!<br />
Presented in collaboration with the Montreal Guitar Society<br />
•• Rate 3: $39 • VIPs $33.50<br />
Maurice Martenot © Agence Meurisse<br />
Les ondes de Martenot<br />
Thursday, February 7 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
Estelle Lemire, ondes Martenot<br />
Jean Marchand, piano<br />
Works by MESSIAEN, MILHAUD, MURAIL,<br />
TAKEMITSU, and BLOCH as well as two world<br />
premieres of works by Estelle LEMIRE and<br />
Serge ARCURI<br />
It was at the Paris Opera in 1928 that French<br />
musician and engineer Maurice Martenot<br />
introduced a brand new type of electronic<br />
instrument. With its seven-octave range and a<br />
sound palette amplified by speakers, the ondes<br />
Martenot opened up new and exciting possibilities<br />
for composers. Estelle Lemire, who teaches at the<br />
Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, presents<br />
a panorama of the repertoire written for this<br />
impressive instrument.<br />
“The spirit<br />
before the word;<br />
the heart before<br />
the intellect.”<br />
– Maurice Martenot<br />
•• Rate 4: $31 VIPs $26.75
20 In Recital<br />
21<br />
Emmanuelle Bertrand, cello<br />
Pascal Amoyel, piano<br />
Sunday, March 10 –– 2 p.m.<br />
FAURÉ Après un rêve<br />
GODARD Two Études artistiques for Piano, Op. 42<br />
(Inquiétude and Le Cavalier fantastique)<br />
ONSLOW Sonata for Cello and Piano, No. 1, Op. 16<br />
DUPARC Sonata for Cello and Piano<br />
SAINT-SAËNS Sonata No. 1 for Cello and Piano<br />
in C minor, Op. 32<br />
Emmanuelle Bertrand & Pascal Amoyel © Jean Philip Voidet<br />
Andrew Wan, violin<br />
Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano<br />
Wednesday, May 15 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
The Complete BEETHOVEN Violin and Piano<br />
Sonatas – Concert II<br />
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in D major,<br />
Op. 12, No. 1<br />
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in A major,<br />
Op. 12, No. 2<br />
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3 in E-flat major,<br />
Op. 12, No. 3<br />
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 5 in F major,<br />
Op. 24 “Spring”<br />
OSM Concertmaster Andrew Wan and pianist<br />
Charles Richard-Hamelin forge ahead with their<br />
complete Beethoven Sonatas for Violin and Piano<br />
series. This second concert includes Beethoven’s<br />
joyful “Spring Sonata”. Like his Fourth Sonata and<br />
Seventh Symphony, this work is dedicated to<br />
Beethoven’s friend and patron, the Austrian art<br />
collector Count Moritz von Fries.<br />
•• Rate 3: $39 • VIPs $33.50<br />
A programme of French music for cello and<br />
piano, performed by an outstanding duo!<br />
“One of the finest musical glories of France”<br />
according to Berlioz, Georges Onslow was admired<br />
by both Schumann and Mendelssohn. In his<br />
Sonatas for Piano and Cello, the two instruments<br />
perform as equal partners, as they do in the Sonata<br />
by Saint-Saëns. In Duparc’s Sonata, the composer’s<br />
only chamber music work, hints of the sublime<br />
vocal melodies he would later go on to write can<br />
be perceived. The latter genre also found in<br />
Fauré an excellent proponent.<br />
Concert presented as part of Festival Palazzetto Bru Zane<br />
Montreal (see p. 37)<br />
Andrew Wan © Elizabeth Delage<br />
Pascal Amoyel will also perform in the concert<br />
The Pianist with 50 Fingers on March 12 (see p. 46)<br />
•• Rate 3: $39 • VIPs $33.50<br />
Charles Richard-Hamelin © Elizabeth Delage<br />
James Williamson Galloway (Jock) Macdonald,<br />
The Wave, 1939. Coll. MMFA
CONCERTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE<br />
EXHIBITION RESPLENDENT ILLUMINATIONS<br />
22 Resplendent Illuminations 23<br />
Concerts presented in connection with<br />
the MMFA exhibition Resplendent Illuminations:<br />
Books of Hours from the 13th-16th Centuries<br />
in Quebec Collections.<br />
Books of hours are among the most beautiful<br />
and precious objects from the Middle Ages to<br />
come down to us. Often richly illustrated, they<br />
follow the cycle of the seasons and mark human<br />
activities within the Christian liturgical calendar,<br />
inspiring ladies from the nobility to cultivate<br />
unwavering devotion.<br />
L ecture<br />
Les anges musiciens<br />
(XIII e -XVI e siècle)<br />
Saturday, November 10 –– 2 p.m.<br />
By DUJKA SMOJE<br />
Details p. 60<br />
Flos Florum – The Flower<br />
of all Flowers<br />
Thursday, September 27 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
BLUE HERON Vocal Ensemble<br />
Scott Metcalfe, harp, vielle, and direction<br />
FRANCE, Leaf from a Book of Hours: “Annunciation”<br />
(recto and verso), about 1430. Coll. MMFA<br />
Works by AGRICOLA, BINCHOIS, Josquin<br />
DES PRÉS, DUFAY, OCKEGHEM, and de La RUE<br />
An hour of Franco-Flemish sacred and secular<br />
vocal music from the 15th century, imagined as a<br />
book of hours in sound. Songs and motets evoke<br />
courtly love and sing praise to the Virgin Mary.<br />
This renowned Boston ensemble specializes in<br />
the performance of polyphonic masterpieces<br />
and is celebrated for the stunning vivacity of its<br />
interpretations.<br />
•• Rate 2: $49 • VIPs $42<br />
Blue Heron © Liz Linder<br />
Les anges musiciens<br />
Sunday, December 2 –– 2 p.m.<br />
Ensemble OBSIDIENNE<br />
Emmanuel Bonnardot, vielle, rebec, citole,<br />
and blowing horn<br />
Florence Jacquemart, flute and bagpipes<br />
Hélène Moreau, psaltery and percussion<br />
This programme features more than twenty<br />
instruments represented in medieval iconography,<br />
including the vielle, bagpipes, flutes, citole, and<br />
psaltery. It also highlights the European medieval<br />
song in all its diversity. A concert full of surprises<br />
and intriguing sounds!<br />
•• Rate 4: $31 VIPs $26.75<br />
PASSIONTIDE CONCERT<br />
Holy Week Office<br />
with Marguerite Bourgeoys<br />
Good Friday, April 19 –– 3 p.m.<br />
LES IDÉES HEUREUSES<br />
Geneviève Soly, organ<br />
Angèle Trudeau, soprano<br />
SCHOLASTICA, Female Vocal Ensemble<br />
Rebecca Bain, conductor<br />
This historically inspired concert is based on evidence in<br />
the music archives of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame.<br />
A Holy Week office in Gregorian chant is recreated as it<br />
was sung in the 18th century by the nuns of that order.<br />
Organ music by the Sulpicians of Ville-Marie and<br />
17th-century vocal motets complete this moment<br />
of musical introspection.<br />
•• Rate 3: $39 VIP • $33.50<br />
Pierre Plante, Calvary from<br />
Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, 1888, Coll. MMFA
24<br />
COUPERIN DAYS<br />
Couperin Days 25<br />
Born 350 years ago this year, François Couperin<br />
(1668–1733) is the musician of intimacy. Foregoing<br />
glory in his time, he decided instead to endow<br />
the harpsichord with a timelessly original, poetic<br />
voice. Although he never wrote for large choir<br />
or orchestra, his chamber music is substantial<br />
and champions a precise aesthetic perspective:<br />
to combine the French style and the Italian style<br />
to achieve, as he himself stated, “the perfection<br />
of music.”<br />
To celebrate this anniversary, Arte Musica<br />
offers an immersion in the works of Couperin,<br />
with six concerts, an interview, and a lecture.<br />
“I freely admit<br />
that I much prefer<br />
music that touches<br />
rather than<br />
surprises me.”<br />
– François Couperin<br />
François Couperin<br />
Le Tombeau de Couperin<br />
Thursday, October 18 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
ANNE QUEFFÉLEC, piano<br />
RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin<br />
DEBUSSY Hommage à Rameau<br />
F. COUPERIN<br />
Les Barricades mystérieuses<br />
Sœur Monique<br />
L’Âme en peine<br />
La Couperin<br />
Sarabande L’Unique<br />
RAMEAU<br />
Les Cyclopes<br />
Le Tambourin<br />
Le Rappel des oiseaux<br />
Les Tendres Plaintes<br />
DAQUIN Le Coucou<br />
HANDEL The Harmonious Blacksmith<br />
D. SCARLATTI Sonatas<br />
The Couperin Days opens with a piano recital<br />
highlighting the importance and influence of<br />
François Couperin on French composers from<br />
the 20th century.<br />
Concert presented as part of the Nothing But Piano series<br />
(see p. 14).<br />
•• Rate 2: $49 • VIPs $42<br />
L ecture<br />
François Couperin et<br />
l’art du tableau musical<br />
Friday, October 19 –– 5.30 p.m.<br />
SYLVAIN CARON, lecturer<br />
LUC BEAUSÉJOUR, harpsichord<br />
Couperin knew how to set to music the stylistic<br />
traits of his contemporaries, such as the painter<br />
Watteau, and the themes that were dear to them:<br />
festive gatherings, nature, love, and other passions<br />
of the soul. Discover his distinct talent in "painting"<br />
these characteristics.<br />
Presented by Arte Musica in collaboration with l’Observatoire<br />
interdisciplinaire de création et de recherche en musique<br />
•• Rate: $20 • VIPs $17<br />
SHADOWS AND LIGHT<br />
—<br />
LES TALENS LYRIQUES<br />
CHRISTOPHE ROUSSET<br />
Christophe Rousset beckons us on an enchanting<br />
journey to the world of François Couperin,<br />
where shadows and light dwell in equal measure.<br />
Shadows characterizes the gravity of his Pièces<br />
de viole, the seriousness of some of his pieces for<br />
harpsichord, and especially his Leçons de ténèbres<br />
for Holy Week. Light pervades the innocence of<br />
some of his other harpsichord pieces, his brilliant<br />
Concerts royaux, or the cheerful banter of his<br />
Airs sérieux.<br />
Founded twenty-five years ago, Les Talens<br />
Lyriques is dedicated to the great masterpieces<br />
of the history of music, illuminating rare or<br />
unpublished works and restoring the missing<br />
links of Western European musical heritage.<br />
Les Talens Lyriques have the support of the French Ministry of<br />
Culture and the City of Paris. They also enjoy that of the Patrons<br />
Circle and the Annenberg Foundation / GRoW – Gregory<br />
and Regina Annenberg Weingarten. Les Talens Lyriques are<br />
members of the FEVIS and PROFEDIM syndicates.<br />
This tour receives the generous support of Institut Français.<br />
Christophe Rousset<br />
Concert I – Shadows<br />
Saturday, October 20<br />
–– 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.<br />
Amel Brahim-Djelloul, soprano<br />
Eugénie Warnier, soprano<br />
Nikko Perkola, viola da gamba<br />
Christophe Rousset, direction, organ,<br />
and harpsichord<br />
F. COUPERIN<br />
Première Suite excerpt from Pièces de viole<br />
Deuxième Ordre excerpt from Pièces de clavecin<br />
Vingt-cinquième Ordre, excerpt from<br />
Pièces de clavecin<br />
Leçons de ténèbres du Mercredi saint<br />
•• Rate 2: $49 • VIPs $42<br />
•• Combo concerts I + II: $75<br />
Interview with<br />
Christophe Rousset<br />
Saturday, October 20<br />
–– 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.<br />
Hosted by NATALIE MICHAUD (in French)<br />
A fervent performer of the music of<br />
François Couperin, Christophe Rousset shares<br />
his reflections on the works of this great French<br />
composer for whom the year 2018 marks the<br />
350th anniversary of birth.<br />
•• FREE ADMISSION<br />
Concert II – Light<br />
Saturday, October 20<br />
–– 7.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.<br />
Eugénie Warnier, soprano<br />
Gilone Gaubert-Jacques, violin<br />
Nikko Perkola, viola da gamba<br />
Christophe Rousset, direction and harpsichord<br />
F. COUPERIN<br />
Septième Concert from Goûts réunis<br />
Trois airs sérieux<br />
Septième Ordre excerpts from Pièces de clavecin<br />
Third Concert royal<br />
•• Rate 2: $49 • VIPs $42<br />
•• Combo concerts I + II: $75
26 Couperin Days<br />
NOTHING BUT HARPSICHORD<br />
27<br />
Danced Suites<br />
Sunday, October 21 –– 2 p.m.<br />
CHRISTOPHE ROUSSET, harpsichord<br />
ALBAN RICHARD, choreographer and dancer<br />
Although they were not destined for the concert<br />
<strong>hall</strong>, and like virtually all music of the time, these<br />
pieces and dances are fundamentally gestural,<br />
referring to movements of the body.<br />
In this “recital in movement”, Alban Richard<br />
improvises on dance suites by Louis and François<br />
Couperin which have been carefully selected by<br />
Christophe Rousset.<br />
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Jean-Willy Kunz, organ<br />
Sunday, October 21 –– 5 p.m.<br />
F. COUPERIN<br />
Messe propre pour les couvents<br />
Chaconne from the Sonata “L’Impériale”<br />
Messe à l’usage des paroisses<br />
J.S. BACH<br />
Aria in F major, BWV 587<br />
Fantasy in G major, BWV 572<br />
Couperin was first and foremost an organist,<br />
and his earliest published works consisted of two<br />
organ masses, “one for ordinary parish use, the<br />
other proper for convents.” Published in 1690, this<br />
collection crowned Couperin as one of the<br />
greatest masters of the French organ and had a<br />
considerable influence on Bach.<br />
Jean-Willy Kunz © Koralie Woodward<br />
Christophe Rousset et Alban Richard<br />
L ecture<br />
Les motets de François Couperin,<br />
ou l’art de retoucher<br />
les outrages du temps<br />
Tuesday, October 23 –– 5.30 p.m.<br />
By EDWARD HIGGINBOTTOM<br />
Maxwell-Cummings Auditorium<br />
Details p. 61<br />
Mary, the Saints, and the King<br />
Wednesday, October 24 –– 7.30 p.m<br />
STUDIO DE MUSIQUE ANCIENNE<br />
DE MONTRÉAL (SMAM)<br />
Edward Higginbottom, conductor<br />
M.-A. CHARPENTIER Missa Assumpta est Maria<br />
F. COUPERIN Five motets<br />
Seductive musical charm was inextricably bound<br />
with religious piety during the Grand Siècle.<br />
Movements of the Missa Assumpta est Maria by<br />
Marc-Antoine Charpentier alternate with a few<br />
motets by Couperin, including those to St. Cecilia<br />
and St. Suzanne. Reconstituted in perfect taste<br />
by British conductor Edward Higginbottom, three<br />
of these motets will be heard for the first time on<br />
this side of the Atlantic.<br />
Presented in collaboration with the SMAM<br />
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Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal © Pierre Bourgault<br />
Mélisande McNabney<br />
Thursday, January 17 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
Inspiration/Imitation<br />
Works by d’ANGLEBERT,<br />
Antoine FORQUERAY, and RAMEAU<br />
Keyboards are transcription instruments<br />
par excellence, and the harpsichord is no<br />
exception: works for lute, viola da gamba, and<br />
even orchestral or operatic works have been<br />
appropriated by it. In this recital of French music,<br />
Mélisande McNabney, one of the finest young<br />
harpsichordists of her generation, performs<br />
some well-known and well-loved pieces for<br />
harpsichord, including Rameau’s Les Trois Mains<br />
and Gavotte et 6 doubles, along with transcriptions<br />
from the period and a few adaptations of her own.<br />
This concert also marks the release of<br />
Mélisande McNabney’s first solo album<br />
on the Atma Classique label.<br />
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Mélisande McNabney © Pierre-Étienne Bergeron<br />
A Harpsichord Celebration!<br />
Thursday, February 28 –– 7 p.m.<br />
EIGHT QUEBEC HARPSICHORDISTS<br />
Luc Beauséjour, Mylène Bélanger,<br />
Johanne Couture, Hank Knox, Jean-Willy Kunz,<br />
Dom André Laberge, Mélisande McNabney,<br />
and Geneviève Soly<br />
Eight Partitas by GRAUPNER (1718)<br />
Christoph Graupner’s first harpsichord book<br />
remains one of the most engaging collections<br />
of 18th-century harpsichord works.<br />
This marathon concert celebrates 300 years<br />
since it first appeared, and for the first time ever,<br />
will be performed in concert in its entirety.<br />
The event coincides with the launch of the paper<br />
edition of the scores by Breitkopf und Härtel,<br />
as well as the release of Geneviève Soly’s box<br />
set of Graupner’s Partitas on the Analekta label.<br />
Presented in collaboration with Les Idées heureuses<br />
•• Rate 3: $39 • VIPs $33.50<br />
Luc Beauséjour © Michael<br />
Slobodian, Mylène Bélanger,<br />
Johanne Couture, Hank-Knox<br />
© Pierre Charbonneau,<br />
Jean-Willy Kunz © Koralie<br />
Woodward, Dom André<br />
Laberge © Jacques Côté,<br />
Mélisande McNabney<br />
© Pierre-Étienne Bergeron,<br />
Geneviève Soly © Robert<br />
Etchevery<br />
This series pays tribute to a great music-lover,<br />
the late JACQUES DANSEREAU.<br />
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28 THE COMPLETE CANTATAS OF<br />
J.S. BACH • YEAR 5<br />
The Complete Cantatas of J.S. Bach • Year 5 29<br />
Ensemble Caprice<br />
Sunday, January 27 –– 2 p.m.<br />
MATTHIAS MAUTE, conductor<br />
Arte Musica continues its complete concert<br />
presentation of the sacred cantatas of J.S. Bach.<br />
In keeping with the liturgical cycle, each concert<br />
features at least one cantata for the Sunday to<br />
which it was originally destined.<br />
Brief rehearsals take place 45 minutes before each<br />
concert, enabling you to practise the final chorale<br />
of a cantata selected for reprise with the audience.<br />
Subscriptions<br />
Complete Bach Cantatas (Year 5)<br />
8 CONCERTS > $286 (all included)<br />
30% discount on the regular price<br />
6 and 7 CONCERTS<br />
25% discount on the regular price<br />
4 and 5 CONCERTS<br />
20% discount on the regular price<br />
La Risonanza © Ribalta Luce Studio<br />
Bach<br />
Les Idées heureuses<br />
Sunday, September 30 –– 2 p.m.<br />
NICOLAS ELLIS, conductor<br />
GENEVIÈVE SOLY, organ<br />
Odéi Bilodeau, soprano<br />
Nicholas Burns, countertenor<br />
Arthur Tanguay-Labrosse, tenor<br />
Normand Richard, bass-baritone<br />
Cantatas<br />
Wer da gläubet und getauft wird, BWV 37<br />
Schau lieber Gott, wie mein Feind, BWV 153<br />
O heiliges Geist- und Wasserbad, BWV 165<br />
Gott soll allein mein Herze haben, BWV 169<br />
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La Risonanza<br />
(Italy)<br />
Sunday, October 28 –– 2 p.m.<br />
FABIO BONIZZONI, harpsichord and direction<br />
Aldona Bartnik, soprano<br />
Ewa Zeuner, mezzo-soprano<br />
Benjamin Glaubitz, tenor<br />
Renato Dolcini, bass<br />
Cantatas<br />
Steigt freudig in die Luft, BWV 36a<br />
(reconstituted by F. Bonizzoni)<br />
Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht, BWV 55<br />
Der Friede sei mit dir, BWV 158<br />
Barmherziges Herze der ewigen Liebe, BWV 185<br />
Fabio Bonizzoni will also perform in a Bach recital on<br />
Wednesday, October 31 (see p. 34).<br />
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Nicolas Ellis © Séphane Bourgeois and Hélène Bouffard<br />
Orchestre symphonique de Laval<br />
Sunday, November 25 –– 2 p.m.<br />
ALAIN TRUDEL, conductor<br />
Kimy McLaren, soprano<br />
Maude Brunet, mezzo-soprano<br />
Jacques-Olivier Chartier, tenor<br />
Alexandre Sylvestre, bass-baritone<br />
Cantatas<br />
Wachet! betet! betet! wachet!, BWV 70<br />
Es reißet euch ein schrecklich Ende, BWV 90<br />
Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199<br />
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I Musici de Montréal<br />
Saturday, December 22 –– 3 p.m.<br />
Sunday, December 23 –– 2 p.m.<br />
JEAN-MARIE ZEITOUNI, conductor<br />
Andréanne Brisson-Paquin, soprano<br />
Dominique Labelle, soprano<br />
Julie Boulianne, mezzo-soprano<br />
Josh Lovell, tenor<br />
Stephen Hegedus, bass-baritone<br />
J.S. BACH Magnificat, BWV 243<br />
Jean-Marie Zeitouni © David Curleigh<br />
Cantatas<br />
Unser Mund sei voll Lachens, BWV 110<br />
Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe, BWV 197a<br />
Alain Trudel © Maude Chauvin<br />
Monika Mauch, soprano<br />
Maude Brunet, mezzo-soprano<br />
Philippe Gagné, tenor<br />
Dion Mazerolle, baritone<br />
Cantatas<br />
Alles nur nach Gottes Willen, BWV 72<br />
Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille, BWV 120<br />
Erwünschtes Freudenlicht, BWV 184<br />
Bekennen will ich seinen Namen, BWV 200<br />
(fragment)<br />
The Ensemble Caprice will also perform Bach’s<br />
Mass in B minor on Saturday, January 26 (see p. 35).<br />
•• Rate 2: $49 • VIPs $42<br />
“Music owes as<br />
much to Bach<br />
as religion<br />
to its founder.”<br />
- Robert Schumann<br />
Matthias Maute © Bill Blackstone<br />
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30 The Titre Complete Série Cantatas of J.S. Bach • Year 5<br />
The Complete Cantatas of J.S. Bach • Year 5 31<br />
Studio de musique ancienne<br />
de Montréal<br />
Saturday, February 23 –– 3 p.m.<br />
Sunday, February 24 –– 2 p.m.<br />
ANDREW McANERNEY, conductor<br />
Anne-Marie Beaudette, soprano<br />
Maude Brunet, mezzo-soprano<br />
Michiel Schrey, tenor<br />
Clayton Kennedy, baritone<br />
Cantatas<br />
Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten (I),<br />
BWV 59<br />
Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort, BWV 126<br />
Gott ist unsre Zuversicht, BWV 197<br />
•• Rate 2: $49 • VIPs $42<br />
Les Boréades<br />
St. Lawrence Choir<br />
Sunday, April 28 –– 2 p.m.<br />
PHILIPPE BOURQUE, conductor<br />
Marjorie Maltais, mezzo-soprano<br />
Philippe Gagné, tenor<br />
Clayton Kennedy, baritone<br />
Francis Colpron © Sebastien Jukovich<br />
Andrew McAnerney © Pierre Bourgault<br />
Cantatas<br />
Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ, BWV 67<br />
Herr, deine augen sehen nach dem Glauben,<br />
BWV 102<br />
Sei Lob und Her dem höchsten Gut, BWV 117<br />
Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen, BWV 123<br />
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Ensemble Alia Mens<br />
(France)<br />
Sunday, March 31 –– 2 p.m.<br />
OLIVIER SPILMONT, harpsichord and conductor<br />
Élodie Fonnard, soprano<br />
Pascal Bertin, countertenor<br />
Thomas Hobbs, tenor<br />
Victor Sicard, bass<br />
The Heavenly City<br />
Cantatas<br />
Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12<br />
Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt,<br />
BWV 18<br />
Komm, du, süße Todesstunde, BWV 161<br />
The Ensemble Alia Mens will also perform Bach concertos<br />
on Friday, March 29 (see p. 35).<br />
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Ensemble Alia Mens<br />
L ectures<br />
in connection with the Bach cantatas<br />
(in French)<br />
Usage et symbolique des instruments chez Bach<br />
Tuesday, September 25 –– 5.30 p.m.<br />
By François Filiatrault<br />
Cantate, que me veux-tu ?<br />
Wednesday, November 28 –– 5.30 p.m.<br />
By Gilles Cantagrel<br />
Les cantates de Bach et la communauté : le rôle des chorals<br />
Wednesday, March 27 –– 5.30 p.m.<br />
By Georges Leroux<br />
Details p. 60<br />
Joseph Wright of Derby, Lake by Moonlight with Castle on Hill,<br />
about 1787. Coll. MMFA
BAROQUE MUSIC<br />
32 Baroque Music 33<br />
Ensemble Correspondances<br />
Friday, December 7 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
SÉBASTIEN DAUCÉ, direction, harpsichord,<br />
and organ<br />
Jordi Savall<br />
Tous les matins du monde<br />
Saturday, February 16 –– 8 p.m.<br />
Sunday, February 17 –– 2 p.m.<br />
LE CONCERT DES NATIONS<br />
Manfredo Kraemer, violin<br />
Charles Zebley, flute<br />
Philippe Pierlot, viola da gamba<br />
Rolf Lislevand, theorbo<br />
Luca Guglielmi, harpsichord<br />
Jordi Savall, viola da gamba and direction<br />
Andreas Scholl © James McMillan and Decca<br />
Sébastien Daucé © Diego Salamanca<br />
M.-A. CHARPENTIER<br />
Pastorale sur la naissance de notre Seigneur<br />
Jésus-Christ<br />
Antiennes Ô de l’Avent<br />
Christmas Pastorale<br />
The Christmas period has long provided an<br />
occasion for composers to depict both a glorious<br />
birth and maternal tenderness. In the 17th century,<br />
Marc-Antoine Charpentier portrayed, in a charming<br />
opera, the innocence and contemplation that<br />
characterize the shepherds’ visit to the manger.<br />
Ensemble Correspondances, eight singers and<br />
eight instrumentalists specializing in French<br />
music from the 17th century, performs this splendid<br />
music featured on their latest recording, described<br />
by critics as a pure gem. This will be their first<br />
concert in Quebec.<br />
The film Tous les matins du monde (1991) sparked<br />
a wide interest in French repertoire from the<br />
17th century, especially viola de gamba music<br />
by Marin Marais and Sainte-Colombe.<br />
In this irresistible performance, the Concert des<br />
Nations under the direction of the extraordinary<br />
Jordi Savall, recreates the film’s iconic soundtrack<br />
in all its emotionally charged splendour.<br />
•• Rate: $75 • VIPs $64<br />
Andreas Scholl, countertenor<br />
Edin Karamazov, lute<br />
Sunday, March 3 –– 2 p.m.<br />
Works by CAMPION, DOWLAND,<br />
HANDEL, and JOHNSON<br />
A Musicall Banquet<br />
The turn of the 17th century marks the height<br />
of English melancholy, of which John Dowland<br />
is the most illustrious representative.<br />
Distinguished German countertenor Andreas<br />
Scholl and virtuoso lutenist Edin Karamazov<br />
perform some of Dowland’s most moving songs<br />
and venture into the world of Handel’s Italian<br />
cantatas. A concert not to be missed!<br />
•• Rate 2: $49 • VIPs $42<br />
Presented as part of the Holiday Concerts series (see p. 56).<br />
•• Rate 1: $59 VIPs $50.50<br />
“The essence of Baroque<br />
art is performance: to create<br />
theatricality beyond the theatre.”<br />
– Claude Roy<br />
Film<br />
Tous les matins du monde<br />
Saturday, February 9 –– 2 p.m.<br />
In anticipation of Jordi Savall’s visit to Bourgie Hall,<br />
Arte Musica invites you to discover, or re-visit,<br />
this great film by Alain Corneau released in 1991,<br />
depicting the life of 17th century French composer<br />
Marin Marais. With English subtitles.<br />
Jordi Savall © David Ignaszewski<br />
•• FREE ADMISSION<br />
Maxwell Cummings Auditorium
BACH RENDEZVOUS<br />
34 Bach Rendezvous 35<br />
Jorge Jimenez, violin<br />
Fabio Bonizzoni, harpsichord<br />
Wednesday, October 31 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
Mass in B minor<br />
Saturday, January 26 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
ENSEMBLE CAPRICE<br />
Matthias Maute, conductor<br />
J.S. BACH<br />
Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord No. 4 in C minor,<br />
BWV 1017<br />
Sonatas for Violin and Continuo, BWV 1021 and 1023<br />
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565<br />
(transcription for solo violin)<br />
Chaconne for Solo Violin in D minor, BWV 1004<br />
(transcription for harpsichord)<br />
Violin and harpsichord come together in the sublime<br />
sonatas of J.S. Bach. Despite their differences, historically<br />
the two instruments and their respective repertoires were<br />
interchangeable, thanks to many skillful transcriptions.<br />
The famous Toccata and Fugue for organ is a case in<br />
point: some believe it was initially written for solo violin.<br />
This concert provides an opportunity to hear this<br />
celebrated work, possibly in its original version.<br />
You can also hear Fabio Bonizzoni and his ensemble La Risonanza<br />
perform in The Complete Bach Cantatas series on Sunday, October 28<br />
(see p. 28).<br />
•• Rate 3: $39 • VIPs $33.50<br />
Fabio Bonizzoni © Allard Willemse<br />
Monika Mauch, soprano<br />
Adriadne Lih, soprano<br />
Maude Brunet, mezzo-soprano<br />
Philippe Gagné, tenor<br />
Dion Mazerolle, baritone<br />
J.S. BACH Mass in B minor, BWV 232<br />
Because of its monumental proportions, the<br />
Mass in B minor could not have been destined<br />
to the liturgy. Nevertheless, this masterpiece<br />
qualifies as the great Cantor’s legacy in the<br />
domain of sacred music and recasts various<br />
cantata arias and choruses he composed<br />
in the last fifteen years of his life.<br />
You can also hear the Ensemble Caprice perform in<br />
The Complete Bach Cantatas series on Sunday, January 27<br />
(see p. 29).<br />
Presented in collaboration with Ensemble Caprice,<br />
marking it’s 30th anniversary<br />
•• Rate 2: $49 • VIPs $42<br />
Ensemble Alia Mens<br />
Friday, March 29 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
OLIVIER SPILMONT, harpsichord and direction<br />
J.S. BACH<br />
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049<br />
Concerto for Violin in A minor, BWV 1041<br />
Concerto for Two Harpsichords in C minor,<br />
BWV 1060<br />
Concerto for Three Harpsichords in D minor,<br />
BWV 1063<br />
Concerto for Oboe d’amore in A major,<br />
based on BWV 1055<br />
Ensemble Alia Mens<br />
Jean-Guihen Queyras Plays Bach<br />
The Complete Suites for Solo Cello<br />
Concert I<br />
Tuesday, November 6 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
J.S. BACH<br />
Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007<br />
Suite No. 2 in D major, BWV 1008<br />
Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009<br />
KODÁLY Sonata, Op. 8<br />
•• Rate 2: $49 • VIPs $42<br />
•• Combo concerts I + II: $75<br />
Jean-Guihen Queyras © Marco Borggreve<br />
Concert II<br />
Wednesday, November 7 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
J.S. BACH<br />
Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010<br />
Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011<br />
Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012<br />
DUTILLEUX Trois Strophes sur le nom de Sacher<br />
•• Rate 2: $49 • VIPs $42<br />
•• Combo concerts I + II: $75<br />
The repertoire for unaccompanied cello is<br />
relatively limited, and its apex is quite certainly<br />
Bach’s six Suites. Their sequence of movements<br />
follows period dance conventions, and Bach<br />
exploits all the instrument’s expressive possibilities<br />
within that framework. Kodály and Dutilleux also<br />
produced works of outstanding virtuosity for solo<br />
cello in the 20th century.<br />
Jean-Guihen Queyras is one of the most<br />
celebrated cellists of the present day.<br />
This intimate concert showcases his mastery<br />
and sensitivity as a performer.<br />
“A work so immense,<br />
like a great cathedral<br />
whose colossal<br />
proportions and<br />
detailed chiselling<br />
defy the imagination.”<br />
– Camille Saint-Saëns<br />
Ensemble Caprice © Gilles Brissette<br />
Only a small number of concertos by Bach have<br />
survived. Originally composed for the court of<br />
Anhalt-Köthen around 1720, thankfully several of<br />
them were repurposed for weekly concerts Bach<br />
organized at the Zimmermann café in Leipzig,<br />
fifteen years later. He also converted a few of<br />
them into concertos for harpsichord(s).<br />
Since 2012, the French ensemble Alia Mens has<br />
specialized in the performance of works by Bach,<br />
particularly his cantatas from the Weimar period<br />
and his concertos for several harpsichords. This<br />
concert provides an ideal opportunity to discover<br />
these fine musicians in their Montreal debut.<br />
You can also hear Ensemble Alia Mens perform in The<br />
Complete Bach Cantatas series on Sunday, March 31<br />
(see p. 30).<br />
•• Rate 2: $49 • VIPs $42
FESTIVAL PALAZZETTO<br />
BRU ZANE MONTREAL<br />
36 37<br />
The Palazzetto Bru Zane—Centre de musique<br />
romantique française is dedicated to the rediscovery<br />
and appreciation, on an international scale, of<br />
French musical heritage of the greater 19th century<br />
(1780–1920). After Paris and Berlin, Palazzetto Bru Zane<br />
turns its sights on Montreal, where Arte Musica will<br />
host its first ever weekend of French Romantic music.<br />
A chance to discover an original and unsung repertoire!<br />
Giardino © Palazzetto Bru Zane<br />
Clair de lune<br />
Friday, March 8 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
LES VIOLONS DU ROY<br />
Mathieu Lussier, conductor<br />
Jean-François Lapointe, baritone<br />
Valérie Milot, harp<br />
Works by CAPLET, DEBUSSY, FAURÉ, HAHN,<br />
MASSENET, RAVEL, and SAINT-SAËNS<br />
Presented as part of Les Violons du Roy series (see p. 40)<br />
Il était une fois…<br />
Sunday, March 10 –– 11 a.m.<br />
I GIARDINI Quartet<br />
JEANNE CROUSAUD, soprano<br />
CAROLINE MENG, mezzo-soprano<br />
A theatrical recital on the theme of fairy tales<br />
recast in the Romantic era.<br />
Presented as part of the Family Sundays series (see p. 55)<br />
Votez pour moi !<br />
Saturday, March 9 –– 8 p.m.<br />
LA CLIQUE DES LUNAISIENS<br />
Lara Neumann, soprano<br />
Ingrid Perruche, soprano<br />
Arnaud Marzorati, artistic director, baritone,<br />
and whistler<br />
Mélanie Flahaut, flute, flageolet, and bassoon<br />
Pierre Cussac, accordion<br />
Daniel Isoir, piano<br />
Flannan Obé, artistic collaboration and staging<br />
Après un rêve<br />
Sunday, March 10 –– 2 p.m.<br />
EMMANUELLE BERTRAND, cello<br />
PASCAL AMOYEL, piano<br />
Works by DUPARC, FAURÉ, GODARD,<br />
ONSLOW, and SAINT-SAËNS<br />
Presented as part of the In Recital series (see p. 20)<br />
Operetta arias and political songs about<br />
elections and the art of governance.<br />
Presented as part of the Performance Events series (see p. 46)<br />
L ecture<br />
Voir la musique :<br />
la mise en scène d’opéra français<br />
à l’époque romantique<br />
Saturday, March 9 –– 2 p.m.<br />
By ALEXANDRE DRATWICKI<br />
Details p. 61<br />
James Wilson Morrice, Venice at the Golden Hour,<br />
about 1901–1902. Coll. MMFA
38<br />
LES VIOLONS DU ROY<br />
Les Violons du Roy 39<br />
A French Christmas<br />
Friday, December 14 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
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Avi Avital © Harald Hoffmann<br />
CHÉDEVILLE<br />
Winter and Les plaisirs de la Saint-Martin,<br />
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DELALANDE Simphonies des noëls<br />
CHARPENTIER Noëls sur les instruments<br />
CORRETTE Noël suisse and Noël allemand,<br />
concertos for Oboe, Two Violins, and Continuo<br />
COLIN DE BLAMONT Instrumental movements<br />
from Fêtes grecques et romaines<br />
B. GILLES Concerto a 5 con oboe obligato<br />
A programme of colourful and spirited French<br />
Baroque music, ideal for the holiday season!<br />
•• Rate 1: $59 VIPs $50.50<br />
Jonathan Cohen © Atwood Photographie<br />
A Vivaldi Soirée<br />
Friday, September 21 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
Maude Brunet © Maxime Tremblay<br />
MAUDE BRUNET, mezzo-soprano<br />
PASCALE GIGUÈRE, violin<br />
ISAAC CHALK, viola d’amore<br />
BENOIT LOISELLE, cello<br />
RAPHAËL McNABNEY, double bass<br />
VIVALDI<br />
Stabat Mater<br />
Sinfonia (Dorilla in tempe)<br />
Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro<br />
Concerto for Strings in E minor<br />
Concerto for Violin in C major<br />
Concerto for Viola d’amore in D minor<br />
Concerto for Cello in B minor<br />
Overture (La verità in cimento)<br />
Avi Avital<br />
Virtuoso Mandolin<br />
Friday, November 23 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
JONATHAN COHEN, conductor<br />
AVI AVITAL, mandolin<br />
VIVALDI<br />
Concerto for Mandolin in C major<br />
Concerto for Lute in D major<br />
PAISIELLO (attributed to) Concerto for Mandolin<br />
in E-flat major<br />
AVISON Concerto Grosso No. 7 in G minor<br />
(after D. Scarlatti)<br />
HANDEL<br />
Concerto Grosso in A minor, Op. 6, No. 4<br />
Concerto Grosso in B minor, Op. 6, No. 12<br />
DURANTE Concerto for Strings No. 8 in A major<br />
“La Pazzia”<br />
Discover Avi Avital’s lyricism and mastery of<br />
the mandolin for his first ever collaboration with<br />
Les Violons du Roy. A versatile musician, he has<br />
made many recordings on the famous Deutsche<br />
Grammophon label.<br />
You can also hear Avi Avital perform in a concert<br />
that blends jazz, classical, and Eastern musical traditions<br />
on Saturday, April 6, 2019 (see p. 49).<br />
•• Rate 1: $59 VIPs $50.50<br />
Mathieu Lussier © Genevieve Lesieur<br />
The Illustrious Cellist<br />
Nicolas Altstaedt<br />
Friday, February 1 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
JONATHAN COHEN, conductor<br />
NICOLAS ALTSTAEDT, cello<br />
C.P.E. BACH<br />
Symphony in D minor<br />
Concerto for Cello in A major<br />
HAYDN<br />
Concerto for Cello No. 1 in C major<br />
Symphony No. 47 in G major, “The Palindrome“<br />
After treading the world’s greatest stages and<br />
making a critically acclaimed recording of<br />
concertos by C.P.E. Bach, creative comrades<br />
Nicolas Altstaedt and Jonathan Cohen return<br />
to Bourgie Hall, this time to perform two of the<br />
finest concertos ever written for cello.<br />
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Nicolas Altstaedt © Marco Borggreve<br />
The musicians of Les Violons du Roy give a<br />
conductor-less performance of a selection<br />
of magnificent concertos and sinfonias by<br />
the great Vivaldi.<br />
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40 Les Violons du Roy<br />
Les Violons du Roy 41<br />
Marwood, Madžar,<br />
and Mendelssohn<br />
Friday, April 5 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
Jonathan Cohen<br />
and the Childhood of Art<br />
Friday, June 7 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
ANTHONY MARWOOD, conductor and violin<br />
ALEKSANDAR MADŽAR, piano<br />
JONATHAN COHEN, conductor<br />
PASCALE GIGUÈRE, violin<br />
Clair de lune<br />
Friday, March 8 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
MATHIEU LUSSIER, conductor<br />
JEAN-FRANÇOIS LAPOINTE, baritone<br />
VALÉRIE MILOT, harp<br />
FAURÉ Clair de lune and Lamento<br />
SAINT-SAËNS Extase and other mélodies, and<br />
Prélude excerpt from Déluge<br />
MASSENET Valse très lente and selected mélodies<br />
HAHN Selected mélodies<br />
CAPLET Conte fantastique<br />
DEBUSSY Danse sacrée et danse profane<br />
RAVEL Introduction and Allegro<br />
Explore a world of tales, legends, and mysteries<br />
as you experience some of the most beautiful<br />
treasures of the French repertoire.<br />
Presented as part of Festival Palazzetto Bru Zane Montreal<br />
(see p. 37).<br />
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Jean-Francois Lapointe<br />
Valréie Milot © Frédérik Robitaille<br />
MENDELSSOHN Concerto in D minor for Violin,<br />
Piano, and String Orchestra<br />
BRITTEN Young Apollo, Op. 16<br />
SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No. 2 in A major,<br />
Op. 68 (orchestral arrangement)<br />
Anthony Marwood and Aleksandar Madžar formed<br />
an extraordinary duo that shone brilliantly in a<br />
memorable performance of the complete Sonatas<br />
for Violin and Piano by Brahms at London’s<br />
Wigmore Hall. Once again, they engage together<br />
in a musical dialogue with Les Violons du Roy in<br />
a performance of Felix Mendelssohn’s Double<br />
Concerto and of Britten’s exuberant Young Apollo.<br />
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Anthony Marwood & Aleksandar Madžar © Ben Ealovega<br />
Don Quixote in Paris<br />
Friday, May 24 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
JULIEN CHAUVIN, conductor and violin<br />
NORMAND CHOUINARD, actor<br />
DAUVERGNE Deuxième Concert de symphonies<br />
in F major, Op. 3, No. 2<br />
LECLAIR Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 71, No. 1<br />
MONDONVILLE Sonate en symphonie in G minor,<br />
Op. 3, No. 1<br />
J.B. BACH Overture for Violin and Orchestra<br />
in G minor<br />
TELEMANN Suite in G major, “Burlesque de<br />
Quixotte”<br />
Outstanding violinist and conductor Julien<br />
Chauvin returns for his third performance at<br />
Bourgie Hall, the occasion for his debut as a<br />
conductor and soloist with Les Violons du Roy.<br />
He will be joined by actor Normand Chouinard,<br />
who will portray the eternally fascinating figure<br />
of Don Quixote, whose adventures were<br />
magnificently expressed in music by Telemann.<br />
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Julien Chauvin © Photo Franck Juery<br />
MOZART Divertimento in F major, K. 138<br />
(composed at 16 years of age)<br />
SCHUBERT Rondo for Violin and Strings in<br />
A major, D. 438 (composed at 19 years of age)<br />
MENDELSSOHN Symphony for Strings No. 7 in<br />
D minor (composed at 13 years of age)<br />
SUK Serenade for Strings in E-flat major, Op. 6<br />
(composed at 19 years of age)<br />
Jonathan Cohen showcases the youthful<br />
inspiration and precociousness of some of the<br />
great composers in their early years, serving up<br />
some of the finest works for string orchestra.<br />
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“True, I am young,<br />
but for souls nobly<br />
born, valor does not<br />
await the passing<br />
of years.”<br />
– Pierre Corneille, Le Cid<br />
Jonathan Cohen © Atwood Photographie
42<br />
CONCERTS IN CONNECTION WITH<br />
THE EXHIBITION ALEXANDER CALDER:<br />
RADICAL INVENTOR<br />
Concerts in connection with the exhibition Alexander Calder 43<br />
Musical Canvases<br />
Calder Quartet<br />
Wednesday, October 17 –– 6.30 p.m.<br />
Works by BRITTEN, CAGE, FELDMAN,<br />
A. NORMAN, and STRAVINSKY<br />
Sound Structures<br />
Thursday, September 20 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
Architek Percussion<br />
TOUR AND CONCERT: Discover the museum<br />
after-hours with an exclusive guided tour of the<br />
Calder exhibition starting at 5 p.m., followed by<br />
the concert at 6.30 p.m.<br />
Presented as part of the Chamber Music series (see p. 4)<br />
•• Rate 3: $39 • VIPs $33.50<br />
•• Concert + guided tour: $49 • VIPs $33.50<br />
ARCHITEK PERCUSSION Ensemble<br />
Works by Taylor BROOK, Earle BROWN,<br />
John CAGE, Frederik GRAN, Daniel MORPHY,<br />
and Edgard VARÈSE<br />
The connections between Alexander Calder<br />
(1898–1976) and music are plentiful. His sensitivity<br />
and curiosity led him to develop ties with other<br />
artistic disciplines and to collaborate with<br />
a number of musicians. His mobiles and his<br />
conception of movement have had a remarkable<br />
impact on the thinking of his contemporaries,<br />
and they certainly sparked the development<br />
of new musical concepts. It is Calder’s spirit of<br />
exploration that inspired Arte Musica to develop<br />
a series of concerts portraying the many facets<br />
of this innovative artist whose legacy is as vibrant<br />
today as it was in his time.<br />
“Calder was the man<br />
who made sculpture<br />
move—the artist<br />
who forged a practice<br />
in dialogue with the<br />
world in motion and<br />
the motion in things.”<br />
– Elizabeth Hutton Turner,<br />
Guest Curator, Alexander Calder:<br />
Radical Inventor<br />
Percussion takes the lead in this concert tracing<br />
the connections between music and the work<br />
of Alexander Calder. Edgard Varèse, French<br />
composer and naturalized American, met Calder<br />
in 1930, and his music resonated with Calder’s<br />
own fascination for sound sculptures. Conversely,<br />
composers such as John Cage and Earle Brown<br />
were inspired by Calder’s artistic approach<br />
and creativity.<br />
•• Rate 4: $31 • VIPs $26.75<br />
Entr’acte<br />
Bourgie’s Soundtrack<br />
Dada at the Movies<br />
Tuesday, October 30 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
GUY LIVINGSTON, piano<br />
Experience a Dadaist evening in Paris in the 1920s!<br />
Guy Livingston recreates the original music of<br />
George Antheil, Darius Milhaud, and Erik Satie<br />
for silent films by artists such as Man Ray,<br />
Picabia, and René Clair, including the latter’s<br />
famous Entr’acte. An evening of Dadaist cinema<br />
and music as would have been seen and heard<br />
during a lively period when Calder rubbed<br />
shoulders with these artists.<br />
Calder Quartet © Autumn de Wilde<br />
Projection of films on a large screen.<br />
Alexander Calder, Philadelphia 1898 – New York 1976,<br />
Red Gongs, 1951, painted aluminum, brass, steel rod, and wire,<br />
152.4 x 365.8 cm. New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.<br />
55.181.1a-f © 2018 Calder Foundation, New York / SODRAC,<br />
Montréal. Image copyright © The Metropolitan Museum<br />
of Art. Image source: Art Resource, NY<br />
•• Rate 4: $31 • VIPs $26.75
44 Concerts in connection with the exhibition Alexander Calder<br />
Concerts in connection with the exhibition Alexander Calder 45<br />
Luc Tremblay<br />
Mobile Meditation<br />
Saturday, November 17<br />
–– 2 p.m. and 3.30 p.m.<br />
CONCERT IN SITU<br />
MICHAL & RENATA HORNSTEIN PAVILION<br />
HALL OF BRONZES<br />
Duration: 25 minutes<br />
Tim BRADY Méditation mobile,<br />
for Four Electric Guitars and Four Spatialized<br />
Instrument Groups (world premiere)<br />
With the INSTRUMENTS OF HAPPINESS<br />
guitar quartet and participants in<br />
Arte Musica’s improvisation workshops.<br />
A musical experience capturing multiple<br />
perspectives in perpetual motion, inspired by<br />
Alexander Calder’s famous mobiles.<br />
•• FREE ADMISSION<br />
for ticket-holders of the Calder exhibition<br />
and to MMFA VIP members.<br />
Instruments of Happiness © Laurence Labat<br />
Music and Circus<br />
Balance and Imbalance<br />
Sunday, November 11 –– 2 p.m.<br />
JANELLE FUNG and PHILIP CHIU, piano<br />
ALYSSA BUNCE, contortionist and dancer<br />
JARROD TAKLE, equilibrist and acrobat<br />
LUC TREMBLAY, juggler, objects manipulator,<br />
and handyman<br />
MICHEL G. BARETTE, staging<br />
Works by BARBER, DEBUSSY, SATIE,<br />
and STRAVINSKY<br />
This highly original performance is inspired<br />
by Calder’s fascination with the circus, and his<br />
interest in the tension between balance and<br />
imbalance as exemplified in his work, Cirque Calder.<br />
A performance that combines music and circus<br />
arts, and explores the aesthetics of movement<br />
and anticipation that so appealed to Calder.<br />
•• Rate 3: $39 • VIPs $33.50<br />
Musical Canvases<br />
America Under the Influence<br />
Friday, January 18 –– 6.30 p.m.<br />
MUSICIANS OF THE OSM<br />
GERSHWIN Lullaby for String Quartet<br />
PISTON String Quartet No. 3<br />
COPLAND Two Pieces for String Quartet<br />
BARBER String Quartet in B minor, Op. 11<br />
Alyssa Bunce © Christian Kuntz<br />
Like the sculptor Alexander Calder, many<br />
20th-century American composers crossed the<br />
Atlantic to take the pulse of European artistic life.<br />
When they returned to the United States, they<br />
broke new ground and contributed to shaping<br />
American musical identity.<br />
TOUR AND CONCERT: Discover the museum<br />
after-hours with an exclusive guided tour of the<br />
Calder exhibition starting at 5 p.m., followed by<br />
the concert at 6.30 p.m.<br />
Presented as part of the Musicians of the OSM series (see p. 9)<br />
•• Rate 3: $39 • VIPs $33.50<br />
•• Concert + guided tour: $49 • VIPs $33.50<br />
Barber, Copland, Gershwin, Piston
46<br />
PERFORMANCE EVENTS<br />
MUSICAL ODYSSEY<br />
47<br />
La Clique des Lunaisiens<br />
A series that offers music lovers<br />
the opportunity to explore diverse<br />
musical traditions and discover various<br />
esthetic crossovers.<br />
Votez pour moi !<br />
Saturday, March 9 –– 8 p.m.<br />
LA CLIQUE DES LUNAISIENS<br />
Lara Neumann, soprano<br />
Ingrid Perruche, soprano<br />
Arnaud Marzorati, artistic director, baritone,<br />
and whistler<br />
Mélanie Flahaut, flute, flageolet, and bassoon<br />
Pierre Cussac, accordion<br />
Daniel Isoir, piano<br />
Flannan Obé, artistic collaboration and staging<br />
Louis XIV and Napoleon understood just how<br />
effective music could be as a political weapon.<br />
With its entertaining staging, this performance<br />
features a programme of satirical and propaganda<br />
pieces written by twenty French composers<br />
on the themes of elections and sovereignty.<br />
Discover arias from operettas and political songs<br />
from a time when France was torn between two<br />
electoral candidates, one being more of a quack<br />
than a technocrat, the other, more of a charmer<br />
than an economist.<br />
Presented as part of the Festival Palazzetto Bru Zane<br />
Montreal (see p. 37)<br />
•• Rate 3: $39 • VIPs $33.50<br />
“The Pianist<br />
with 50 Fingers<br />
is a heartfelt and<br />
deeply moving<br />
performance.”<br />
– Le Devoir, January 2017 Philippe Sly<br />
and the Chimera Project<br />
The Pianist with 50 Fingers,<br />
or the Incredible Destiny of<br />
György Cziffra<br />
Tuesday, March 12 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
PASCAL AMOYEL, piano and texts (in French)<br />
Staging: Christian Fromont<br />
Set design and lighting: Attilio Cossu<br />
Back at Bourgie Hall after his resounding success<br />
in 2017, Pascal Amoyel pays tribute to legendary<br />
Hungarian pianist György Cziffra. Works by<br />
CHOPIN, ELLINGTON, GERSHWIN, LISZT,<br />
and SCHUMANN support Amoyel’s narrative<br />
of Cziffra’s adventure-filled life.<br />
•• Rate 3: $39 • VIPs $33.50<br />
Pascal Amoyel © J. B. Millot<br />
Eric Bibb<br />
Migration Blues<br />
Wednesday, October 3 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
Eric Bibb, guitar and voice<br />
Michael Jerome Browne, multi-instrumentalist<br />
With Migration Blues, bluesman Eric Bibb tells<br />
an age-old story that is frightfully relevant in<br />
the present day: the experience of uprooting.<br />
Preserving the purity of the original blues,<br />
Eric Bibb's stirring voice exudes raw emotion.<br />
An evening charged with the profoundly<br />
optimistic and humanistic spirit of this<br />
exceptional singer.<br />
•• Rate 4: $31 VIPs $26.75<br />
Eric Bibb<br />
Klezmer Winterreise<br />
Sunday, November 18 –– 4.30 p.m.<br />
SCHUBERT Winterreise [Winter Journey]<br />
Philippe Sly, bass-baritone and hurdy-gurdy<br />
Karine Gordon, trombone<br />
Jonathan Millette, violin<br />
Samuel Carrier, accordion<br />
Félix De L’Étoile, clarinet<br />
Roy Rallo, staging<br />
Philippe Sly and the Chimera Project present<br />
a collaborative exploration of Schubert’s final<br />
masterpiece that blurs the line between concert<br />
and theatre. To accompany the vocalist, the<br />
song cycle is newly arranged for violin, clarinet,<br />
trombone, and accordion, a traditional klezmer<br />
ensemble. The ethos of the klezmer style is<br />
steeped in pungent harmonies, folk-inspired<br />
melodies and aching solo lines. Its association<br />
with the nomadic spirit makes it an ideal<br />
genre to conjure contact with Schubert’s<br />
wandering narrator.<br />
•• Rate 3: $39 • VIPs $33.50<br />
Philippe Sly © Mathieu Sly
48 Musical Odyssey<br />
Musical Odyssey 49<br />
Nordic Celebration<br />
Thursday, December 6 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
Jean-François Bélanger, composer and<br />
multi-instrumentalist<br />
Yann Falquet, guitar, Jew’s harp,<br />
and harmonic chant<br />
Élisabeth Giroux, cello<br />
Bernard Ouellette, percussion<br />
Through personal repertoire inspired by<br />
the musical traditions of Nordic countries,<br />
multi-instrumentalist Jean-François Bélanger<br />
engages the audience with diverse works<br />
to mark the beginning of the winter season.<br />
Scandinavian instruments such as the nyckelharpa,<br />
kontrabasharpa, and Hardanger fiddle lend this<br />
concert a very distinctive character.<br />
•• Rate 4: $31 VIPs $26.75<br />
Lecture<br />
Saturday, February 2 –– 2 p.m.<br />
Turlutage, pierre angulaire<br />
de la transmission orale<br />
By NICOLAS BOULERICE<br />
Details p. 60<br />
Le Vent du Nord © Stephane Najman<br />
Concert<br />
Le Vent du Nord<br />
Friday, February 8 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
Nicolas Boulerice, hurdy-gurdy, piano, and voice<br />
Olivier Demers violin, podorythmie, and voice<br />
André Brunet, violin, podorythmie, and voice<br />
Simon Beaudry, guitar, mandolin, and voice<br />
Réjean Brunet, accordion, bass, and voice<br />
One of Quebec’s most prominent and internationally<br />
renowned traditional folk bands gives its first concert<br />
at Bourgie Hall. The group’s vocal harmonies,<br />
exciting rhythms, and technical virtuosity create<br />
a lively atmosphere and a hearty evening inspired<br />
by Quebec's musical heritage. Immerse yourself<br />
in the unforgettable stories that unfold in these<br />
songs, delivered by exceptional musicians.<br />
Jean-François Bélanger © Pedro Ruiz, Yann Falquet © Catherine Aboumrad, Elisabeth Giroux © Amélie Fortin, Bernard Ouellette © Guillaume Morin<br />
Avi Avital and Omer Avital<br />
Avital meets Avital<br />
Saturday, April 6 –– 8 p.m.<br />
Avi Avital, mandolin<br />
Omer Avital, double bass and oud<br />
Yonathan Avishai, piano<br />
Itamar Doari, percussion<br />
A classical mandolinist and a jazz double bassist<br />
unite in a musical encounter where modernity<br />
meets tradition. At the crossroads between the<br />
Western classical tradition, Moroccan rhythms,<br />
Eastern harmonies, and free jazz improvisation,<br />
Avi Avital and Omer Avital – who are not related!<br />
– engage in a rhythmically charged and inspired<br />
musical conversation.<br />
•• Rate 1: $59 VIPs $50.50<br />
“One of the most<br />
unique encounters<br />
in Classical music!”<br />
– France Musique<br />
The Bridge of Leonardo da Vinci<br />
Saturday, April 13 –– 8 p.m.<br />
CONSTANTINOPLE<br />
Marco Beasley, tenor<br />
Kiya Tabassian, setar, voice, and direction<br />
In 1502, Leonardo da Vinci drafted the plans for<br />
what would have been the largest bridge in<br />
Istanbul, overlooking the Golden Horn and thus<br />
connecting East and West. This concert gives<br />
musical expression to an architectural project<br />
which, unfortunately, never saw the light of day.<br />
Drawn from 16th- and 17th-century manuscripts<br />
from Constantinople and Venice, these works<br />
transport audiences to the imaginary and<br />
adventurous world of Leonardo da Vinci,<br />
500 years after his death.<br />
Presented in collaboration with Constantinople<br />
•• Rate 3: $39 • VIPs $33.50<br />
Marco Beasley © Dries Luyten<br />
Kiya Tabassian<br />
•• Rate 4: $31 VIPs $26.75
50 Musical Odyssey – Concert Lectures<br />
JAZZ 5 À 7<br />
51<br />
New Series of<br />
Concert Lectures<br />
Listen differently to music from around the world!<br />
Held on Bourgie Hall’s stage on Saturday afternoons, and featuring<br />
ethnomusicologists, these informative and engaging presentations combined<br />
with captivating performances are a great way to learn about different musical<br />
traditions. (In French only)<br />
Saturday, March 23 –– 3 p.m.<br />
Explorer la planète en musique<br />
sans être déboussolé<br />
By SOPHIE LAURENT<br />
With Zal Sissokho (kora and voice),<br />
Shawn Mativetsky (tabla), Uwe Neumann (sitar)<br />
Carlos Placeres (guitar and voice)<br />
Discover the awe-inspiring sounds of musical<br />
traditions from around the world with your guide<br />
Sophie Laurent. Develop useful references that<br />
will allow you to explore the expansive territory<br />
of world music.<br />
•• Rate: $25 • VIPs $21.50<br />
•• Combo Concert Lectures I + II: $40<br />
Zal Sissokho<br />
Saturday, March 30 –– 3 p.m.<br />
Clés d’écoute pour apprécier<br />
les musiques du monde<br />
By FRÉDÉRIC LÉOTAR<br />
With René Oréa (flute), Didem Basar (kanun),<br />
Lydia Etok, and Caroline Novalinga (throat singing)<br />
Frédéric Léotar demonstrates the key elements<br />
in identifying the richness and the innovative<br />
character of each kind of music, whether it<br />
originates in ancient Turkish cities, in a mix of<br />
Venezuelan cultures, or in Quebec’s Far North.<br />
Expand your musical appreciation!<br />
•• Rate: $25 • VIPs $21.50<br />
•• Combo Concert Lectures I + II: $40<br />
Didem Basar<br />
“Your humanity<br />
is your<br />
instrument.”<br />
– Wayne Shorter<br />
Boulevard Saint-Germain<br />
Thursday, November 15 –– 6 p.m.<br />
GUILLAUME MARTINEAU, piano<br />
Using France as a basic theme, Guillaume<br />
Martineau unleashes his creativity and highlights<br />
jazz elements in the works of Ravel, Debussy,<br />
and Satie. He will also improvise on timeless<br />
songs of Piaf, Brassens, and Brel.<br />
•• Rate 4: $31 VIPs $26.75<br />
Night and Day<br />
Tribute to Cole Porter<br />
Thursday, November 22 –– 6 p.m.<br />
SAM KIRMAYER TRIO<br />
Sam Kirmayer, guitar<br />
Alec Walkington, double bass<br />
André White, drums<br />
Guest: Laura Anglade, voice<br />
A tribute to a great American composer and<br />
lyricist whose standards are still widely performed<br />
by jazz musicians today. Guitarist Sam Kirmayer<br />
and his trio draw from the vast repertoire of<br />
Cole Porter, whose melodies have stood the test<br />
of time. Singer Laura Anglade joins the trio to<br />
perform a selection of Porter’s songs, including<br />
the everlasting All of You.<br />
•• Rate 4: $31 VIPs $26.75<br />
Sam Kirmayer © Evan Shay<br />
Cole Porter<br />
Guillaume Martineau © Serge Robert<br />
Presented by Ulysses Travel Guides
52 Jazz 5 à 7 Jazz 5 à 7 53<br />
A Charlie Brown Christmas<br />
Thursday, December 20<br />
–– 6 p.m. and 8.30 p.m.<br />
TAUREY BUTLER TRIO<br />
Taurey Butler, piano<br />
Éric Lagacé, double bass<br />
Wali Muhammad, drums<br />
Speak No Evil<br />
Thursday, April 25 –– 6 p.m.<br />
André Leroux, soprano and tenor saxophone<br />
Lex French, trumpet<br />
François Bourassa, piano<br />
Rémi-Jean Leblanc, bass<br />
Kevin Warren, drums<br />
With the participation of the children’s choir from<br />
the Arte Musica workshops at 6 p.m. (details p. 62)<br />
The reconstitution of Vince Guaraldi’s album<br />
A Charlie Brown Christmas by the Taurey Butler Trio<br />
has become an annual Bourgie Hall tradition.<br />
For this fourth edition, a children’s choir will join<br />
the musicians for a portion of the programme.<br />
•• Rate 4: $31 VIPs $26.75<br />
Taurey Butler © Richmond Lam<br />
Why Don’t You Try<br />
Thursday, January 31 –– 6 p.m.<br />
RACHEL THERRIEN QUINTET<br />
Rachel Therrien, trumpet and flugelhorn<br />
Benjamin Deschamps, saxophone<br />
Charles Trudel, piano<br />
Simon Pagé, double bass<br />
Alain Bourgeois, drums<br />
Quebec-born trumpeter Rachel Therrien, now<br />
based in New York, performs music from her<br />
new album Why Don’t You Try. With her longtime<br />
bandmates, she delivers an energetic jazz<br />
performance with sensational improvisations.<br />
•• Rate 4: $31 VIPs $26.75<br />
Rachel Therrien<br />
The legendary 1966 album featuring Wayne<br />
Shorter and an all-star quintet (Freddie Hubbard,<br />
Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Elvin Jones)<br />
marked the history of jazz, and is at the forefront<br />
of this concert. André Leroux’s quintet of<br />
high-calibre musicians revisits musical highlights<br />
from this exciting era. Wayne Shorter is sure to<br />
get a run for his money!<br />
•• Rate 4: $31 VIPs $26.75<br />
Speak No Evil<br />
Y2 © Mathieu Rivard<br />
Y2<br />
Thursday, May 9 –– 6 p.m.<br />
Yannick Rieu, soprano saxophone<br />
Yves Léveillé, piano<br />
An Evening of Jazz<br />
Baptiste Trotignon<br />
Solo Piano<br />
Thursday, April 11 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
Is it not in the very nature of jazz to surprise us<br />
and expand our listening experience? Two pillars<br />
of Montreal’s jazz scene come together to deliver<br />
just that: a musical experience based entirely on<br />
free improvisation. The modern vision of two<br />
artists who are unmistakably of our time.<br />
•• Rate 4: $31 VIPs $26.75<br />
This astonishing and daring French pianist offers<br />
his Montreal audience a selection of his original<br />
compositions, paired with jazz classics (Gershwin,<br />
Porter) and French popular songs (Gainsbourg,<br />
Nougaro). A one-of-a-kind, intimate performance<br />
that is vibrant and spontaneous, and where<br />
inspiration in the moment guides the<br />
concert’s course.<br />
•• Rate 3: $39 • VIPs $33.50<br />
Baptiste Trotignon © Hélène Pambrun
54<br />
FAMILY SUNDAYS<br />
55<br />
Three 60-minute performances<br />
for all ages. (In French only)<br />
•• Family Sundays Rate:<br />
Ages 16 and up: $20 •• 6 to 15: $10<br />
Free for ages 5 and under<br />
Chants du solstice d’hiver<br />
Sunday, December 16 –– 2 p.m.<br />
ENSEMBLE STRADA<br />
Ensemble Strada © Nicola-Frank Vachon<br />
Il était une fois…<br />
Sunday, March 10 –– 11 a.m.<br />
JEANNE CROUSAUD, soprano<br />
CAROLINE MENG, mezzo-soprano<br />
I GIARDINI<br />
Guillaume Chilemme, violin<br />
Lea Hennino, viola<br />
Pauline Buet, cello<br />
David Violi, piano<br />
Il était une fois © Delphine Jacquot<br />
Explore the musical traditions of Provence,<br />
Georgia, Mexico, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Greece, and<br />
the United Kingdom with the sounds of flutes,<br />
bagpipes, the violin, banjo, bouzouki, oud,<br />
chalumeau, and crumhorn. Discover religious<br />
and pagan music for the winter solstice and other<br />
seasonal celebrations.<br />
•• For all ages<br />
A theatrical recital on the theme of fairy tales.<br />
Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard,<br />
Ali Baba and many other fairytale characters<br />
stimulated the fertile imaginations of composers<br />
from the Romantic age. Drawing on the fantastic<br />
tales of yore, artists create a new story against<br />
a backdrop of French music. A delectable<br />
musical treat!<br />
•• For all ages<br />
Presented as part of Festival Palazzetto Bru Zane Montreal<br />
(see p. 37)<br />
Natalia Gontcharova, Set Design for Act II of<br />
“Le Coq d’Or” by Rimsky Korsakov for Sergei<br />
Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, 1914. Coll. MMFA<br />
Hibou céleste orangé 2016 © Jordan Lamorlette de Langsdorff<br />
L’ombre et le hibou<br />
Sunday, April 7 –– 2 p.m.<br />
COMPAGNIE MUSICALE LA NEF<br />
Suzanne De Serres, author, musical direction,<br />
storyteller, and historic winds instrumentalist<br />
João Catalão, composer and percussion<br />
Marie-Julie Peters-Desteract, shadow theatre<br />
and staging<br />
A fantastic adventure in which we discover<br />
a cave of mysterious secrets! Enthusiastically<br />
narrated by Suzanne De Serres, this tale with<br />
shadow theatre and music plunges into the world<br />
of prehistoric myths and legends. Shivers of<br />
amazement are guaranteed for young and old!<br />
•• Ages 4 to 9
56<br />
HOLIDAY CONCERTS<br />
Holiday Concerts 57<br />
39th CBC Christmas Sing-In<br />
Sunday, December 9 –– 3 p.m.<br />
Christmas Pastorale<br />
Friday, December 7 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
ENSEMBLE CORRESPONDANCES<br />
Sébastien Daucé, direction, harpsichord, and organ<br />
Ensemble Correspondances © Molina Visuals<br />
Choir of the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul<br />
Sing-In Brass and Percussion Ensemble<br />
Jonathan Oldengarm, organ<br />
Jean-Sébastien Vallée, conductor<br />
Held at the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul<br />
and simultaneously broadcast at Bourgie Hall.<br />
A production of CBC Montreal, in collaboration with the<br />
Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, Arte Musica, and the<br />
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.<br />
•• FREE ADMISSION<br />
(donations will be collected for a local charity)<br />
Christmas Matinée<br />
Thursday, December 13 –– 11 a.m.<br />
PALLADE MUSICA<br />
Tanya LaPerrière, violin<br />
Elinor Frey, cello<br />
Esteban La Rotta, theorbo<br />
Mélisande McNabney, harpsichord<br />
Pallade Musica © Élizabeth Delage<br />
David Myles © Mat Dunlap<br />
M.-A. CHARPENTIER<br />
Pastorale sur la Naissance de Notre Seigneur<br />
Jésus-Christ<br />
Antiennes Ô de l’Avent<br />
Christmas: A State of Grace!<br />
The celebration of Christmas was essential to<br />
religious life in 17th-century France. It was also<br />
firmly rooted in folk tradition. The pastorales and<br />
antiphons in this programme are at the crossroads<br />
of secular and sacred genres, of the popular<br />
and the learned. They eloquently tell the<br />
Nativity story, set to music by a highly inspired<br />
Marc-Antoine Charpentier.<br />
In its first ever performance in Quebec, Ensemble<br />
Correspondances, made up of eight singers and<br />
eight instrumentalists, performs the splendid<br />
music featured in their latest recording.<br />
Presented as part of the Baroque Music series (see p. 32)<br />
•• Rate 1: $59 VIPs $50.50<br />
Winter Serenade<br />
Wednesday, December 12 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
NEW YORK POLYPHONY<br />
Geoffrey Williams, countertenor<br />
Steven Caldicott Wilson, tenor<br />
Christopher Dylan Herbert, baritone<br />
Craig Phillips, bass<br />
In a return performance at Bourgie Hall, this New<br />
York vocal quartet serves up an antidote to the<br />
holiday frenzy. With a programme of old and<br />
new, of French and American carols, the<br />
ensemble explores the different shades of<br />
Christmas.<br />
•• Rate 3: $39 • VIPs $33.50<br />
New York Polyphony © Chris Owyoung<br />
Guest: Andréanne Brisson-Paquin, soprano<br />
Works by BIBER, BUXTEHUDE, CASTELLO, and<br />
from the CODEX MARTINEZ COMPAÑÓN.<br />
Christmas Fantasticus<br />
The accomplished soprano Andréanne<br />
Brisson-Paquin joins Pallade Musica in a<br />
programme that engages with surprising<br />
and flamboyant aspects of Christmas.<br />
The festive and at times extravagant music<br />
of Biber, Buxtehude, and Castello meet<br />
the charming Nativity villancicos of Peru,<br />
preserved in the Codex Martinez Compañón.<br />
An uplifting Baroque matinée!<br />
•• Rate 4: $31 VIPs $26.75<br />
It’s Christmas!<br />
Thursday, December 13 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
DAVID MYLES, voice and guitar<br />
Alan Jeffries, guitar<br />
Kyle Cunjak, double bass<br />
With his album It’s Christmas, David Myles<br />
reminds us of all that is beautiful and good during<br />
the holiday season. Hailing from the Maritimes,<br />
this singer blithely switches from bluegrass to folk<br />
to jazz with humorous wit. An ideal concert for<br />
recapturing the cozy atmosphere of classic<br />
songs from the 1950s.<br />
•• Rate 4: $31 VIPs $26.75<br />
A French Christmas<br />
Friday, December 14 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
LES VIOLONS DU ROY<br />
Mathieu Lussier, conductor<br />
Works by CHARPENTIER, CHÉDEVILLE, CORRETTE,<br />
and DELALANDE<br />
A programme of colourful and spirited French Baroque<br />
music, ideal for the holiday season!<br />
Presented as part of the Violons du Roy series (see p. 39)<br />
•• Rate 1: $59 VIPs $50.50
58 Holiday Concerts<br />
The King’s Singers<br />
Tuesday, December 18 –– 7.30 p.m.<br />
Patrick Dunachie, countertenor<br />
Timothy Wayne-Wright, countertenor<br />
Julian Gregory, tenor<br />
Christopher Bruerton, baritone<br />
Christopher Gabbitas, baritone<br />
Jonathan Howard, bass<br />
The King’s Singers © Marco Borggreve<br />
Join us in marking the 50th anniversary of this<br />
outstanding ensemble founded in Cambridge, UK,<br />
on May 1, 1968!<br />
For its first concert at Bourgie Hall, the King’s Singers<br />
perform festive holiday classics as well as English<br />
hymns. A varied programme that will reveal to<br />
you all the beauty of these exceptional voices.<br />
•• Rate 1: $59 VIPs $50.50<br />
Chants du solstice d’hiver<br />
Sunday, December 16 –– 2 p.m<br />
ENSEMBLE STRADA<br />
Discover music from around the world and ring<br />
in the winter solstice to the sounds of flutes,<br />
bagpipes, the violin, banjo, bouzouki, oud,<br />
chalumeau, and crumhorns.<br />
Presented as part of the Family Sundays series (see p. 55)<br />
•• Family Sundays Rate:<br />
Age 16 and up: $20 •• 6 to 15: $10<br />
Free for ages 5 and under<br />
A Charlie Brown Christmas<br />
Thursday, December 20<br />
–– 6 p.m. and 8.30 p.m.<br />
TAUREY BUTLER TRIO<br />
And the children’s choir from the<br />
Arte Musica workshops (at 6 p.m.)<br />
Enjoy this beloved classic composed by Vince<br />
Guaraldi for the cartoon animation A Charlie Brown<br />
Christmas, an annual Bourgie Hall tradition.<br />
Presented as part of the Jazz 5 à 7 series (see p. 52)<br />
•• Rate 4: $31 VIPs $26.75
60<br />
LECTURES<br />
Lectures 61<br />
As a complement to its musical programming, Arte Musica<br />
offers a series of talks enabling music lovers to expand their<br />
knowledge and enhance their appreciation of the concerts<br />
presented at Bourgie Hall.<br />
All talks are given in French.<br />
All About Bach Cantatas<br />
Tuesday, September 25 –– 5.30 p.m.<br />
François Filiatrault<br />
Usage et symbolique des instruments<br />
chez Bach<br />
In Bach’s day, each instrument signified a<br />
particular element or domain through various<br />
associations related to its sound, its construction,<br />
its form, or its origins. In his cantatas, the great<br />
Cantor of Leipzig made extensive use of this<br />
symbolic dimension, to more forcefully express<br />
the theological message of the texts.<br />
In Connection<br />
with the Exhibition<br />
Resplendent Illuminations<br />
Saturday, November 10 –– 2 p.m.<br />
Dujka Smoje<br />
Les anges musiciens<br />
(XIII e -XVI e siècle)<br />
Musician, messenger from another world, guardian<br />
of souls: the angel, alone or in a choir, plays a<br />
variety of instruments that accompany a celestial<br />
celebration. The angels inhabit illuminated<br />
manuscripts, in gold and azure colours, attendant<br />
on the scores of their human contemporaries.<br />
Dufay, Binchois, and Ockeghem were the most<br />
inspired among the latter; no doubt were they<br />
also the favourites of the angels…<br />
Maxwell-Cummings Auditorium,<br />
unless otherwise specified.<br />
Duration: 90 minutes<br />
••<br />
GENERAL ADMISSION<br />
MMFA VIPS: FREE ADMISSION<br />
GENERAL PUBLIC: $10 (all included)<br />
Wednesday, November 28<br />
–– 5.30 p.m.<br />
Gilles Cantagrel<br />
Cantate, que me veux-tu ?<br />
Often overlooked until about half a century ago,<br />
Bach’s cantatas have since been re-established<br />
in their broad appeal. But when, how, and where<br />
were they performed during the Baroque period?<br />
What was their purpose? What do their texts<br />
have to say? A whole world to discover!<br />
Wednesday, March 27 –– 5.30 p.m.<br />
Georges Leroux<br />
Les cantates de Bach et la<br />
communauté : le rôle des chorals<br />
Bach’s cantatas served a dual purpose: on the one<br />
hand, each cantata was integrated into the liturgical<br />
cycle; on the other, they contributed to the pious<br />
edification of the community. Bach conferred on<br />
his chorales the task of aligning these two aims,<br />
which explains their musical and spiritual richness.<br />
In Connection with the<br />
Concert by Le Vent du Nord<br />
Saturday, February 2 –– 2 p.m.<br />
Nicolas Boulerice<br />
Turlutage, pierre angulaire<br />
de la transmission orale<br />
The turlutte is a form of musical expression<br />
specific to Quebec folklore that consists of<br />
singing onomatopoeia on the tunes of traditional<br />
songs. From its Italian origins to the inventiveness<br />
of La Bolduc, from the straightforward imitation<br />
of reels to virtuosic vocal agility, rediscover this<br />
homegrown musical idiom.<br />
Couperin Days<br />
Friday, October 19 –– 5.30 p.m.<br />
Bourgie Hall<br />
Sylvain Caron<br />
François Couperin et<br />
l’art du tableau musical<br />
With musical examples on the harpsichord by<br />
LUC BEAUSÉJOUR<br />
Details p. 24<br />
Presented by Arte Musica in collaboration with l’Observatoire<br />
interdisciplinaire de création et de recherche en musique<br />
•• Special rate: $20 • VIPs $17<br />
Festival Palazzetto<br />
Bru Zane Montreal<br />
Saturday, March 9 –– 2 p.m.<br />
Alexandre Dratwicki<br />
Voir la musique :<br />
la mise en scène d’opéra français<br />
à l’époque romantique<br />
While opera is known primarily to be a vocal<br />
genre centred around the technical prowess of<br />
its singers, in France during the Romantic period,<br />
opera evolved to become an integrated work of<br />
art in which dance, sets, costumes, and staging<br />
were considered to be equally as important<br />
as its musical component. Discover the<br />
complexity of a genre that aspired to be as<br />
historical, moral, and political as it was artistic.<br />
Presented in collaboration with the Festival Palazzetto<br />
Bru Zane Montreal (see p. 37)<br />
Saturday, October 20 –– 4 p.m.<br />
Bourgie Hall<br />
Interview with<br />
Christophe Rousset<br />
hosted by Natalie Michaud<br />
Details p. 25<br />
•• FREE ADMISSION<br />
Tuesday, October 23 –– 5.30 p.m.<br />
Edward Higginbottom<br />
Les motets de François Couperin,<br />
ou l’art de retoucher les outrages<br />
du temps<br />
François Couperin, nicknamed “the Great,” is<br />
known especially for his works for harpsichord.<br />
His vocal music, however, and his sacred vocal<br />
music in particular, is equally as impressive.<br />
Although his great motets have been lost,<br />
several of his petits motets still remain, as does<br />
his exquisite Leçons de ténèbres. Edward<br />
Higginbottom explains his reconstruction of<br />
motets written for the Sun King and the Royal<br />
Chapel, which survived only partially.
MUSIC WORKSHOPS<br />
62 63<br />
Did you know that Arte Musica offers workshops for amateurs of all ages, from beginners to more<br />
experienced players? Over a few weeks, take the time to develop your musical talent and at the end<br />
of the session, share the fruit of your work by performing in a public concert.<br />
Experience the joy of making music with others!<br />
•• Limited number of places. Details and registration: <strong>bourgie</strong><strong>hall</strong>.ca/workshops<br />
For children<br />
NEW!<br />
CHORAL WORKSHOP<br />
“A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS”<br />
- for children aged 8 to 12<br />
With François Ouimet, choral director<br />
A chance for children to learn the songs from<br />
the animated cartoon soundtrack A Charlie<br />
Brown Christmas and perform them in concert<br />
at Bourgie Hall, accompanied by first-rate<br />
musicians. A workshop brimming with the<br />
spirit of the holidays!<br />
SCHEDULE:<br />
Four Saturdays, November 24 to December 15,<br />
10.30 a.m. to noon<br />
Dress rehearsal: Thursday, December 20, 5 p.m.<br />
Concerts: Thursday, December 20, 6 p.m. at<br />
Bourgie Hall, with the Taurey Butler Trio.<br />
•• Registration fee: $25 per child<br />
For adults<br />
MUSIC IMPROVISATION AND<br />
CREATION WORKSHOP<br />
Hosted by Tim Brady, electric guitar, and<br />
Shawn Mativetsky, tabla and percussion.<br />
A series of workshops on musical creation<br />
through free and directed improvisation,<br />
geared toward amateur musicians. Learn<br />
the basics of improvisation and of composing<br />
music in “real time.”<br />
SCHEDULE:<br />
Session 1:<br />
Six Saturdays, September 29 to November 10,<br />
10.30 a.m. to noon<br />
Concerts: Saturday, November 17, at 2 p.m. and<br />
3.30 p.m., at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in<br />
connection with the Calder exhibition.<br />
Session 2:<br />
Six Saturdays, March 2 to April 6, 10.30 a.m. to noon<br />
Concert: Saturday, April 13, 11 a.m., at the Montreal<br />
Museum of Fine Arts.<br />
•• Registration Fee: $75<br />
Workshops for<br />
parents and children<br />
NEW!<br />
EXPLORATION OF AFRICAN MUSIC<br />
- for parents and children aged 8 and up<br />
With Benjamin and Olivier Landry<br />
A session of practical lessons to discover African<br />
music through rhythm, song, and movement.<br />
Learn the basic rhythms of different traditions on<br />
percussion instruments and allow yourself to be<br />
transported by the pleasure of playing together.<br />
An opportunity to learn about a rich musical<br />
tradition and about making music collectively,<br />
in a friendly atmosphere.<br />
SCHEDULE:<br />
Six Saturdays, September 22 to October 27,<br />
10.30 a.m. to noon<br />
•• Registration fee: $60 for parents, $30 for children<br />
(ages 8 to 15)<br />
CHORAL WORKSHOP<br />
FOR PARENTS AND CHILDREN<br />
- for parents and children aged<br />
7 years and up<br />
With Claude-Marie Landré, choral director<br />
Get to know the basics of singing while learning<br />
pieces that are sung both in unison and in<br />
harmony. A unique opportunity to make music<br />
as a family in a warm and friendly atmosphere<br />
where everyone can learn at their own level.<br />
Grandparents are welcome too!<br />
SCHEDULE:<br />
Eight Saturdays, April 6 to June 1, 10.30 a.m. to<br />
11.45 a.m. (no workshop on April 20)<br />
Concert: Saturday, June 8, 10.30 a.m.,<br />
at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.<br />
•• Registration fee: $60 for one parent and one child<br />
and $20 per additional family member.<br />
Bourgie Hall © Étienne Gautier<br />
ARTE MUSICA TEAM<br />
Isolde Lagacé, General and Artistic Director<br />
Sophie Laurent, Associate Artistic Director<br />
Miguel Chehuan-Baroudi, Administration<br />
Nicolas Bourry, Administration (interim)<br />
Annie Ferland, Assistant Administration<br />
Alexandre Caron, Communications<br />
Samuel Rigaux, Marketing<br />
Krisjana Thorsteinson, Box Office<br />
Alita Kennedy-L’Ecuyer, Concert Programmes<br />
Étienne Gautier, Logistics and Production<br />
Roger Jacob, Technical Director – Bourgie Hall<br />
Katherine Fournier, Media Relations<br />
LIST OF WORKS<br />
P. 1<br />
Laure Devéria, 1813–1838, Still Life<br />
with an Imperial Fritillary (detail), 1834.<br />
Coll. MMFA, anonymous gift. Photo<br />
MMFA, Christine Guest<br />
p. 12<br />
Henri-Joseph Harpignies, <strong>1819</strong>–1916,<br />
Landscape: A Summer’s Day, 1890.<br />
Coll. MMFA, gift of Elwood B. Hosmer.<br />
Photo MMFA, Christine Guest<br />
P. 17<br />
Claude Tousignant, Born in Montreal<br />
in 1932, Latin Circle, 1969. Coll. MMFA,<br />
purchase, Horsley and Annie Townsend<br />
Bequest. Photo MMFA, Brian Merrett<br />
P. 21<br />
James Williamson Galloway (Jock)<br />
Macdonald, 1897–1960, The Wave, 1939.<br />
Coll. MMFA, Horsley and Annie Townsend<br />
Bequest. Photo MMFA, Christine Guest<br />
BOARD OF DIRECTORS<br />
Pierre Bourgie, President<br />
Carolyne Barnwell, Secretary<br />
Paula Bourgie, Administrator<br />
Pascale Chassée, Administrator<br />
Michelle Courchesne, Administrator<br />
Philippe Frenière, Administrator<br />
Paul Lavallée, Administrator<br />
Diane Wilhelmy, Administrator<br />
BROCHURE TEAM<br />
P. 22, 23 [Above]<br />
FRANCE, Leaf from a Book of Hours:<br />
“Annunciation” (recto and verso), about<br />
1430. Coll. MMFA, f. Cleveland Morgan<br />
Bequest. Photo MMFA, Denis Farley<br />
P. 23 [Below]<br />
Pierre Plante, 1853–1930, Calvary from<br />
Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, 1888. Coll.<br />
MMFA, purchase, Horsley and Annie<br />
Townsend Bequest. Photo MMFA,<br />
Christine Guest<br />
P. 31<br />
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797, Lake<br />
by Moonlight with Castle on Hill, about 1787.<br />
Coll. MMFA, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Michal<br />
Hornstein. Photo MMFA, Denis Farley<br />
P. 36<br />
James Wilson Morrice, 1865–1924,<br />
Venice at the Golden Hour, about<br />
1901–1902. Coll. MMFA, Gwendolen<br />
Rutherfurd Caverhill Bequest.<br />
Photo MMFA, Marilyn Aitken<br />
Copywriting and proofreading Christine Asselin,<br />
Jean-Claude Bernier, Alexandre Caron,<br />
François Filiatrault, Alita Kennedy-L’Ecuyer,<br />
Isolde Lagacé, Sophie Laurent, Meiying Li,<br />
and Claude Nadon<br />
English Translation Rachelle Taylor, Le Trait juste<br />
Graphic Design Dominique Mousseau<br />
P. 42<br />
Alexander Calder, Philadelphia 1898 –<br />
New York 1976, Red Gongs, 1951, painted<br />
aluminum, brass, steel rod, and wire,<br />
152.4 x 365.8 cm. New York, The<br />
Metropolitan Museum of Art. 55.181.1a-f<br />
© 2018 Calder Foundation, New York /<br />
SODRAC, Montréal. Image copyright<br />
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art.<br />
Image source: Art Resource, NY<br />
P. 54<br />
Natalia Gontcharova, 1881–1962,<br />
Set Design for Act II of “Le Coq d’Or” by<br />
Rimsky Korsakov for Sergei Diaghilev’s<br />
Ballets Russes, 1914. Coll. MMFA,<br />
purchase, Horsley and Annie Townsend<br />
Bequest. Photo MMFA, Christine Guest<br />
P. 59<br />
Jean-Paul Mousseau, 1927–1991,<br />
Green Space - Blue/Orange Impulses, 1963.<br />
Coll. MMFA, gift of Katerine Mousseau.<br />
© Estate of Jean-Paul Mousseau /<br />
SODRAC (2018). Photo MMFA,<br />
Christine Guest
CALENDAR<br />
2018 I 2019<br />
Concerts presented by<br />
Arte Musica<br />
Concerts presented by<br />
other organisations<br />
Lectures presented at the<br />
Maxwell Cummings Auditorium<br />
1379-A Sherbrooke Street West<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
Friday, September 14 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
Sunday, September 16 – 2 p.m.<br />
Tuesday, September 18 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
MARIE-NICOLE LEMIEUX, contralto<br />
DANIEL BLUMENTHAL, piano •• p. 3<br />
Wednesday, September 19<br />
– 7.30 p.m.<br />
MARTIN CHALIFOUR, violin<br />
BLAKE POULIOT, violin<br />
BERNADENE BLAHA, piano<br />
Celebrating the 60th Anniversary<br />
of the Canimex Canadian Music<br />
Competition •• p. 18<br />
Thursday, September 20 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
In connection with the<br />
Calder exhibition<br />
ARCHITEK PERCUSSION<br />
Sound Structures •• p. 43<br />
Friday, September 21 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
LES VIOLONS DU ROY<br />
Vivaldi Soiree •• p. 38<br />
Saturday, September 22 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
McGILL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA<br />
Sunday, September 23 – 2 p.m.<br />
TRIO FIBONACCI<br />
Tuesday, September 25 – 5.30 p.m.<br />
Usage et symbolique des<br />
instruments chez Bach<br />
By FRANÇOIS FILIATRAULT •• p. 60<br />
Thursday, September 27 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
In connection with the exhibition<br />
Resplendent Illuminations<br />
BLUE HERON vocal ensemble<br />
Flos Florum - The Flower of all Flowers<br />
•• p. 22<br />
Friday, September 28 – 6.30 p.m.<br />
MUSICIANS OF THE OSM<br />
Schubert’s Octet •• p. 8<br />
Sunday, September 30 – 2 p.m.<br />
Complete Bach Cantatas<br />
LES IDÉES HEUREUSES •• p. 28<br />
OCTOBER<br />
Wednesday, October 3 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
ERIC BIBB<br />
Migration Blues •• p. 47<br />
Thursday, October 4<br />
– 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.<br />
I MUSICI DE MONTRÉAL<br />
Friday, October 5 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
CLAVECIN EN CONCERT<br />
Saturday, October 6 – 8 p.m.<br />
CONSTANTINOPLE<br />
Tuesday, October 9 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
Carte blanche to<br />
KELLY-MARIE MURPHY<br />
Sur les pas de la lune •• p. 10<br />
Wednesday, October 10 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
BEIJING GUITAR DUO •• p. 18<br />
Thursday, October 11 – 7 p.m.<br />
Friday, October 12 – 8 p.m.<br />
Saturday, October 13 – 4 p.m.<br />
Sunday, October 14 – 2 p.m.<br />
ARION BAROQUE ORCHESTRA<br />
Wednesday, October 17 – 6.30 p.m.<br />
Musical Canvases<br />
CALDER QUARTET •• p. 4<br />
Thursday, October, 18 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
Couperin Days<br />
ANNE QUEFFÉLEC, piano<br />
Le Tombeau de Couperin •• p. 24<br />
Friday, October 19 – 5.30 p.m.<br />
Couperin Days<br />
François Couperin et l’art<br />
du tableau musical<br />
SYLVAIN CARON, lecturer<br />
LUC BEAUSÉJOUR, harpsichord<br />
•• p. 24<br />
Saturday, October 20 – 2 p.m.<br />
Couperin Days<br />
LES TALENS LYRIQUES<br />
Concert I - Shadows •• p. 25<br />
Saturday, October 20 – 4 p.m.<br />
Couperin Days<br />
Interview with<br />
CHRISTOPHE ROUSSET •• p. 25<br />
Saturday, October 20 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
Couperin Days<br />
LES TALENS LYRIQUES<br />
Concert II - Light •• p. 25<br />
Sunday, October 21 – 2 p.m.<br />
Couperin Days<br />
CHRISTOPHE ROUSSET, harpsichord<br />
ALBAN RICHARD, dance<br />
Danced Suites •• p. 26<br />
Sunday, October 21 – 5 p.m.<br />
Couperin Days<br />
JEAN-WILLY KUNZ, organ •• p. 26<br />
Tuesday, October 23 – 5.30<br />
Couperin Days<br />
Les motets de François Couperin,<br />
ou l’art de retoucher les outrages<br />
du temps<br />
By EDWARD HIGGINBOTTOM<br />
•• p. 61<br />
Wednesday, October 24 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
Couperin Days<br />
STUDIO DE MUSIQUE ANCIENNE<br />
DE MONTRÉAL<br />
Mary, the Saints, and the King •• p. 26<br />
Thursday, October 25 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
Complete Works for Piano<br />
by Brahms – Concert I<br />
GARRICK OHLSSON, piano •• p. 14<br />
Sunday, October 28 – 2 p.m.<br />
Complete Bach Cantatas<br />
LA RISONANZA •• p. 28<br />
Tuesday, October 30 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
In connection with the<br />
Calder exhibition<br />
GUY LIVINGSTON, piano<br />
Dada at the Movies •• p. 43<br />
Wednesday, October 31 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
Bach Rendezvous<br />
FABIO BONIZZONI, harpsichord<br />
JORGE JIMENEZ, violin •• p. 34<br />
NOVEMBER<br />
Thursday, November 1 – 7 p.m.<br />
Friday, November 2 – 8 p.m.<br />
Saturday, November 3 – 4 p.m.<br />
Sunday, November 4 – 2 p.m.<br />
ARION BAROQUE ORCHESTRA<br />
Tuesday, November 6 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
Wednesday, November 7 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
Complete Suites for Solo Cello<br />
by J.S. Bach<br />
JEAN-GUIHEN QUEYRAS, cello<br />
•• p. 34<br />
Saturday, November 10 – 2 p.m.<br />
Les anges musiciens (XIII e -XVI e siècle)<br />
By DUJKA SMOJE •• p. 60<br />
Sunday, November 11 – 2 p.m.<br />
In connection with the<br />
Calder exhibition<br />
MUSIC AND CIRCUS<br />
BALANCE AND IMBALANCE •• p. 44<br />
Wednesday, November 14 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
NEW ORFORD STRING QUARTET<br />
•• p. 4<br />
Thursday, November 15 – 6 p.m.<br />
Jazz 5 à 7<br />
GUILLAUME MARTINEAU, piano<br />
Boulevard Saint-Germain •• p. 51<br />
Friday, November 16 – 6.30 p.m.<br />
MUSICIANS OF THE OSM<br />
Piano, Harp, and Winds •• p. 8<br />
Saturday, November 17<br />
– 2 p.m. and 3.30 p.m.<br />
In connection with the<br />
Calder exhibition<br />
MOBILE MEDITATION<br />
At the MMFA Hall of Bronzes<br />
•• p. 45<br />
Saturday, November 17 – 8 p.m.<br />
CONSTANTINOPLE<br />
Sunday, November 18 – 4.30 p.m.<br />
PHILIPPE SLY, bass-baritone<br />
Winterreise Klezmer •• p. 47<br />
Tuesday, November 20 – 8 p.m.<br />
LA NEF<br />
Wednesday, November 21 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
TYNIEC-THIBEAULT DUO •• p. 19<br />
Thursday, November 22 – 6 p.m.<br />
Jazz 5 à 7<br />
SAM KIRMAYER TRIO<br />
Night and Day - Tribute to<br />
Cole Porter •• p. 51<br />
Friday, November 23 – 7.30<br />
LES VIOLONS DU ROY<br />
Jonathan Cohen, conductor<br />
Avi Avital, mandolin •• p. 38<br />
Sunday, November 25 – 2 p.m.<br />
Complete Bach Cantatas<br />
ORCHESTRE SYMPHONIQUE<br />
DE LAVAL •• p. 29<br />
Monday, November 26 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
PALLADE MUSICA<br />
Wednesday, November 28<br />
– 5.30 p.m.<br />
Cantate, que me veux-tu ?<br />
By GILLES CANTAGREL •• p. 60<br />
Wednesday, November 28 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
MONTREAL BACH FESTIVAL<br />
Thursday, November 29<br />
– 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.<br />
I MUSICI DE MONTRÉAL<br />
Friday, November 30 – 8 p.m.<br />
ENSEMBLE CAPRICE<br />
DECEMBER<br />
Saturday, December 1 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
MONTREAL BACH FESTIVAL<br />
Sunday, December 2 – 2 p.m.<br />
In connection with the exhibition<br />
Resplendent Illuminations<br />
Ensemble OBSIDIENNE<br />
Les anges musiciens •• p. 22<br />
Monday, December 3 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
MONTREAL BACH FESTIVAL<br />
Tuesday, December 4 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
TRIO FIBONACCI<br />
Wednesday, December 5 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
MONTREAL BACH FESTIVAL<br />
Thursday, December 6 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
JEAN-FRANÇOIS BÉLANGER<br />
Nordic Celebration •• p. 48<br />
Friday, December 7 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
ENSEMBLE CORRESPONDANCES<br />
Christmas Pastorale •• p. 32<br />
Sunday, December 9 – 3 p.m.<br />
CBC CHRISTMAS SING-IN •• p. 56<br />
Wednesday, December 12 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
Holiday Concerts<br />
NEW YORK POLYPHONY<br />
Winter Serenade •• p. 56<br />
Thursday, December 13 – 11 a.m.<br />
Christmas Matinée<br />
PALLADE MUSICA •• p. 57<br />
Thursday, December 13 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
Holiday Concerts<br />
DAVID MYLES<br />
It’s Christmas! •• p. 57<br />
Friday, December 14 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
Holiday Concerts<br />
LES VIOLONS DU ROY<br />
Mathieu Lussier, conductor •• p. 39<br />
Sunday, December 16 – 2 p.m.<br />
Family Sundays<br />
CHANTS DU SOLSTICE D’HIVER<br />
Ensemble Strada •• p. 55<br />
Tuesday, December 18 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
Holiday Concerts<br />
THE KING’S SINGERS •• p. 58<br />
Thursday, December 20<br />
– 6 p.m. and 8.30 p.m.<br />
Jazz 5 à 7<br />
TAUREY BUTLER TRIO<br />
Charlie Brown Christmas •• p. 52<br />
Saturday, December 22 – 3 p.m.<br />
Sunday, December 23 – 2 p.m.<br />
Complete Bach Cantatas<br />
I MUSICI DE MONTRÉAL •• p. 29<br />
JANUARY<br />
Thursday, January 10 – 7 p.m.<br />
Friday, January 11 – 8 p.m.<br />
Saturday, January 12 – 4 p.m.<br />
Sunday, January 13 – 2 p.m.<br />
ARION BAROQUE ORCHESTRA<br />
Thursday, January 17 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
MÉLISANDE McNABNEY,<br />
harpsichord<br />
Inspiration/Imitation •• p. 27<br />
Friday, January 18 – 6.30 p.m.<br />
Musical Canvases<br />
MUSICIANS OF THE OSM<br />
America Under the Influence<br />
•• p. 45<br />
Saturday, January 19<br />
– 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.<br />
Sunday, January 20<br />
– 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.<br />
JEAN MARCHAND and<br />
BRIGITTE POULIN, pianos<br />
Concert in situ<br />
Claire and Marc Bourgie Pavilion<br />
•• p. 17<br />
Tuesday, January 22 – 7. 30 p.m.<br />
LOUIS LORTIE PLAYS FAURÉ<br />
•• p. 13<br />
Wednesday, January 23 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
LOUIS LORTIE PLAYS FAURÉ<br />
•• p. 13<br />
Thursday, January 24, 7.30 p.m.<br />
LORTIE-MERCIER DUO •• p. 13
Saturday, January 26 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
Bach Rendezvous<br />
ENSEMBLE CAPRICE<br />
Mass in B minor •• p. 35<br />
Sunday, January 27 – 2 p.m.<br />
Complete Bach Cantatas<br />
ENSEMBLE CAPRICE •• p. 29<br />
Wednesday, January 30 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
QUATUOR DEBUSSY •• p. 5<br />
Thursday, January 31 – 6 p.m.<br />
Jazz 5 à 7<br />
RACHEL THERRIEN QUINTET<br />
•• p. 52<br />
FEBRUARY<br />
Friday, February 1 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
LES VIOLONS DU ROY<br />
Jonathan Cohen, conductor<br />
Nicolas Alstaedt, cello •• p. 39<br />
Saturday, February 2 – 2 p.m.<br />
Turlutage, pierre angulaire<br />
de la transmission orale<br />
By NICOLAS BOULERICE •• p. 60<br />
Sunday, February 3 – 3 p.m.<br />
OPUS PRIZE GALA<br />
Thursday, February 7 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
ESTELLE LEMIRE, ondes Martenot<br />
JEAN MARCHAND, piano •• p. 19<br />
Friday, February 8 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
LE VENT DU NORD •• p. 48<br />
Saturday, February 9 – 2 p.m.<br />
FILM: Tous les matins du monde<br />
•• p. 33<br />
Saturday, February 9 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
McGILL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA<br />
Sunday, February 10 – 2 p.m.<br />
YEFIM BRONFMAN, piano •• p. 14<br />
Saturday, February 16 – 8 p.m.<br />
Sunday, February 17 – 2 p.m.<br />
JORDI SAVALL<br />
and LE CONCERT DES NATIONS<br />
Tous les matins du monde •• p. 33<br />
Tuesday, February 19 – 8 p.m.<br />
LA NEF<br />
Wednesday, February 20 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
LLŶR WILLIAMS, piano •• p. 15<br />
Thursday, February 21<br />
– 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.<br />
I MUSICI DE MONTRÉAL<br />
Saturday, February 23 – 3 p.m.<br />
Sunday, February 24 – 2 p.m.<br />
Complete Bach Cantatas<br />
STUDIO DE MUSIQUE ANCIENNE<br />
DE MONTRÉAL •• p. 30<br />
Wednesday, February 27 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
DONG-SUK KANG, violin<br />
CHARLES RICHARD-HAMELIN, piano<br />
Vienna and Paris 1900 •• p. 11<br />
Thursday, February 28 – 7 p.m.<br />
A HARPSICHORD CELEBRATION!<br />
Graupner's Partitas •• p. 27<br />
MARCH<br />
Friday, March 1 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
TRIO FIBONACCI<br />
Sunday, March 3 – 2 p.m.<br />
ANDREAS SCHOLL, countertenor<br />
EDIN KARAMAZOV, lute<br />
A Musicall Banquet •• p. 33<br />
Tuesday, March 5 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
MUSICIANS FROM MARLBORO<br />
•• p. 6<br />
Thursday, March 7 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
CHIAROSCURO QUARTET<br />
KRISTIAN BEZUIDENHOUT, piano<br />
•• p. 6<br />
Friday, March 8 – 7. 30 p.m.<br />
Festival Palazzetto Bru Zane<br />
LES VIOLONS DU ROY<br />
Mathieu Lussier, conductor<br />
Jean-François Lapointe, baritone<br />
Valérie Milot, harp<br />
•• p. 40<br />
Saturday, March 9 – 2 p.m.<br />
Voir la musique : la mise<br />
en scène d’opéra français<br />
à l’époque romantique<br />
By ALEXANDRE DRATWICKI<br />
•• p. 61<br />
Saturday, March 9 – 8 p.m.<br />
Festival Palazzetto Bru Zane<br />
LA CLIQUE DES LUNAISIENS<br />
Votez pour moi ! •• p. 46<br />
Sunday, March 10 – 11 a.m.<br />
Family Sundays<br />
Festival Palazzetto Bru Zane<br />
IL ÉTAIT UNE FOIS… •• p. 55<br />
Sunday, March 10 – 2 p.m.<br />
Festival Palazzetto Bru Zane<br />
EMMANUELLE BERTRAND, cello<br />
PASCAL AMOYEL, piano<br />
•• p. 20<br />
Tuesday, March 12 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
PASCAL AMOYEL, piano<br />
The Pianist with 50 Fingers •• p. 46<br />
Wednesday, March 13 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
ANDREAS STAIER<br />
ALEXANDER MELNIKOV,<br />
piano four hands<br />
All-Schubert Recital •• p. 15<br />
Thursday, March 14 – 7 p.m.<br />
Friday, March 15 – 8 p.m.<br />
Saturday, March 16 – 4 p.m.<br />
Sunday, March 17 – 2 p.m.<br />
ARION BAROQUE ORCHESTRA<br />
Tuesday, March 19 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
Complete Mozart Piano<br />
Sonatas – Concert I<br />
CHRISTIAN BLACKSHAW, piano<br />
•• p. 16<br />
Wednesday, March 20 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
Complete Mozart Piano<br />
Sonatas – Concert II<br />
CHRISTIAN BLACKSHAW, piano<br />
•• p. 16<br />
Saturday, March 23 – 3 p.m.<br />
Concert Lecture<br />
Explorer la planète en musique<br />
sans être déboussolé<br />
•• p. 50<br />
Sunday, March 24 – 2 p.m.<br />
I MUSICI DE MONTRÉAL<br />
Wednesday, March 27 – 5.30 p.m.<br />
Les cantates de Bach et la<br />
communauté : le rôle des chorals<br />
By GEORGES LEROUX •• p. 60<br />
Friday, March 29 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
ENSEMBLE ALIA MENS<br />
Bach Concertos •• p. 35<br />
Saturday, March 30 – 3 p.m.<br />
Concert Lecture<br />
Clés d’écoute pour apprécier<br />
les musiques du monde<br />
•• p. 50<br />
Sunday, March 31 – 2 p.m.<br />
Complete Bach Cantatas<br />
ENSEMBLE ALIA MENS •• p. 30<br />
APRIL<br />
Tuesday, April 2 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
QUATUOR AROD •• p. 5<br />
Thursday, April 4<br />
– 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.<br />
I MUSICI DE MONTRÉAL<br />
Friday, April 5 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
LES VIOLONS DU ROY<br />
Anthony Marwood, conductor<br />
and violin<br />
Aleksander Madžar, piano •• p. 40<br />
Saturday, April 6 – 8 p.m.<br />
AVITAL MEETS AVITAL •• p. 49<br />
Sunday, April 7 – 2 p.m.<br />
Family Sundays<br />
L’OMBRE ET LE HIBOU<br />
La Nef •• p. 55<br />
Wednesday, April 10 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
CASTALIAN QUARTET •• p. 5<br />
Thursday, April 11 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
An Evening of Jazz<br />
BAPTISTE TROTIGNON, piano<br />
•• p. 52<br />
Friday, April 12 – 6.30 p.m.<br />
MUSICIANS OF THE OSM<br />
Eastern European Traditions<br />
•• p. 9<br />
Saturday, April 13 – 8 p.m.<br />
CONSTANTINOPLE and<br />
MARCO BEASLEY<br />
The Bridge of Leonardo da Vinci<br />
•• p. 49<br />
Monday, April 15 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
KHATIA BUNIATISHVILI, piano<br />
•• p. 16<br />
Wednesday, April 17 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
CLAVECIN EN CONCERT<br />
Good Friday, April 19 – 3 p.m.<br />
Passiontide Concert<br />
LES IDÉES HEUREUSES •• p. 23<br />
Tuesday, April 23 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
TRIO FIBONACCI<br />
Wednesday, April 24 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
PENTAÈDRE<br />
A Century of Women’s Music<br />
•• p. 7<br />
Thursday, April 25 – 6 p.m.<br />
Jazz 5 à 7<br />
ANDRÉ LEROUX QUINTET<br />
Speak No Evil •• p. 53<br />
Friday, April 26 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
Complete Works for Piano<br />
by Brahms – Concert II<br />
GARRICK OHLSSON, piano<br />
•• p. 14<br />
Sunday, April 28 – 2 p.m.<br />
Complete Bach Cantatas<br />
LES BORÉADES and<br />
ST. LAWRENCE CHOIR •• p. 30<br />
Tuesday, April 30 – 8 p.m.<br />
I MUSICI DE MONTRÉAL<br />
MAY<br />
Thursday, May 2 – 7 p.m.<br />
Friday, May 3 – 8 p.m.<br />
Saturday, May 4 – 4 p.m.<br />
Sunday, May 5 – 2 p.m.<br />
ARION BAROQUE ORCHESTRA<br />
Tuesday, May 7 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
GABRIELA MONTERO, piano<br />
•• p. 16<br />
Wednesday, May 8 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
NOUVEL ENSEMBLE MODERNE<br />
The Resolution of Love •• p. 11<br />
Thursday, May 9 – 11 a.m.<br />
LES IDÉES HEUREUSES<br />
Thursday, May 9 – 6 p.m.<br />
Jazz 5 à 7<br />
YANNICK RIEU, saxophone<br />
YVES LÉVEILLÉ, piano •• p. 53<br />
Friday, May 10 – 6.30 p.m.<br />
MUSICIANS OF THE OSM<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Schumann •• p. 9<br />
Saturday, May 11 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
McGILL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA<br />
Tuesday, May 14 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
Chamber Music<br />
ISRAELI CHAMBER PROJECT<br />
Jewish Voices •• p. 7<br />
Wednesday, May 15 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
Complete Beethoven Sonatas<br />
for Violin and Piano<br />
ANDREW WAN, violin<br />
CHARLES RICHARD-HAMELIN,<br />
piano •• p. 20<br />
Thursday, May 16<br />
– 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.<br />
I MUSICI DE MONTRÉAL<br />
Friday, May 24 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
LES VIOLONS DU ROY<br />
Julien Chauvin, conductor<br />
and violin<br />
Normand Chouinard, actor<br />
•• p. 41<br />
Tuesday, May 28<br />
Wednesday, May 29<br />
Thursday, May 30<br />
CONCOURS MUSICAL<br />
INTERNATIONAL DE MONTRÉAL<br />
(CMIM)<br />
Violin Edition 2019<br />
Quarter-finals<br />
JUNE<br />
Saturday, June 1<br />
Sunday, June 2<br />
CMIM<br />
Violin Edition 2019<br />
Semifinals<br />
Friday, June 7 – 7.30 p.m.<br />
LES VIOLONS DU ROY<br />
Jonathan Cohen, conductor<br />
•• p. 41<br />
Saturday, June 8 – 8 p.m.<br />
CONSTANTINOPLE
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of 15 people or more. Please contact Alexandre Caron at 514-285-1600, ext. 138, or at acaron@mbamtl.org<br />
VIP Members<br />
Become a VIP member of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts – mmfa.qc.ca/vip or 514-285-2000<br />
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ARTE MUSICA<br />
The mission of Arte Musica, in residence at the Montreal Museum<br />
of Fine Arts since 2008, is to fill the Museum with music.<br />
Pierre Bourgie, President<br />
Isolde Lagacé, General and Artistic Director<br />
Claire and Marc Bourgie Pavilion, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts<br />
1339 Sherbrooke Street West<br />
Presented by<br />
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The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and Arte Musica would<br />
like to acknowledge the generous support received from<br />
a donor in honour of the Bloch-Bauer Family.