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Top Concerts in Montreal this Week, February 27 to March 5: MNM, Montréal en lumières, Livre d’orgue de Montréal

By Olivier Gentil on 27 February 2017 Arts Industry, Classical, Opera, Orchestral, Strings, This Week in Montreal, Violin

Monday, February 27 7:00PM. Maison de la culture Frontenac (Montréal), 2550 Ontario Est, Montreal. $0-2. Henry Purcell, Charles Avison, Georg Philipp Telemann, William Boyce, etc. 514-872-7882. 7:30PM. Music Faculty of University of Montreal, Jean-Papineau-Couture Concert-Hall (B-421), Montréal Québec, 200, avenue Vincent-d’Indy, Montreal. Piano Recital – Jean Saulnier’s Class. 8:00PM. Théâtre Maisonneuve, Place d’Arts, 175, Ste-Catherine Ouest, Montréal. $35-$65. Quatuor Hagen, cordes / strings: La réputation de l’ensemble n’est plus à faire. 514-845-0532. 8:00PM. Music Faculty of University of Montreal – Serge-Garant Concert Hall (B-484), 200, avenue Vincent-d’Indy, Montréal. Horn Recital – Louis-Philippe Marsolais’ Class: Mozart, Strauss, Dukas, Popper, Bozza et…

Monday Headlines: First Montreal visit of the Boston Symphony Orchestra on Montreal since 1984

By Olivier Gentil on 27 February 2017 Arts Industry, Canadian Music, Classical, Classical Music, Daily News Roundup, Opera, Orchestral, Quebec Music, Violin

Here are your daily headlines in classical music and the arts! The Boston Symphony Orchestra will play at the Maison Symphonique on. Their last visit was in 1984. The young director Andris Nelsons will perform the Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique and Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 22 with soloist Emmanuel Ax. [Le Devoir] [OSM] CANADA Return of the Symphonie du Millénaire, which was initiated by Walter Boudreau and Denys Bouliane in 2000 and involved more than 40,000 people. [Le Devoir] [La Presse] INTERNATIONAL Jordi Savall, in a project financed by the European Commission, has organised a series of concerts to financially assist refugee musicians to let them…

Friday Headlines: Tribute Video to Leonard Cohen Made by His Own Son.

By Olivier Gentil on 25 February 2017 Arts Industry, Canadian Music, Classical, Daily News Roundup, Opera, Orchestral, Piano, Quebec Music, Strings, Violin

Here are your daily headlines in classical music and the arts ! Watch a tribute video to Léhonard Cohen with the song “Traveling light” from his last album You Want It Darker (2016), made by his own son. [Le Figaro] [Le voir] [Vancouver Sun] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KH29ERPpLw CANADA For the next five years, dance choreographers not be able to use Leonard Cohen’s works, due to an exclusive contract gave to the Ballets Jazz de Montréal. [Le Devoir] Theater is coming back to Rougemont this summer. [La Presse] This is the first weekend of the Montreal en lumières festival. See it in art. [Radio-Canada] [Montréal en lumières] A review…

Lebrecht Weekly – Boris Tishchenko: 8th symphony (Naxos)

By Norman Lebrecht on 24 February 2017 CD and Book Reviews, Contemporary, Lebrecht Weekly, Orchestral, Violin

Try as I might, I can’t stop listening to these late works of a Russian composer who was close to Shostakovich but never tried, as others did, to imitate him. The eighth symphony, written in 2008 when Tishchenko was mortally ill, draws the ear into an eerie landscape of ghosts, trolls and spooks, weird and possibly political. The composer thought it might make a good companion piece to Schubert’s “Unfinished” Symphony. He was right: it would. But where is the conductor or orchestra manager that dares to do such a thing in timid 2017? Unlike Schubert, there are expressions here…

Opéra Lafayette’s Production of Léonore, ou L’amour Conjugal a Real Success

By Olivier Gentil on 21 February 2017 Canadian Music, Classical, Classical Music, Contemporary, Daily News Roundup, Opera, Orchestral, Quebec Music, Scena Jazz, Strings, Violin

CANADA Jean-Philippe Tremblay, Artistic director of the Société d’art lyrique du Royaume (Chicoutimi), explain his plans and ambitions for the orchestra. [La Presse – Le Quotidien] To celebrate the 50 anniversary of the SMCQ, Radio-Canada will publish a series of web and radio rendez-vous, highlighting the greatest contemporary. [Voir] Sherbrooke: Review of the concert with the pianist Anne-Marie Dubois, accompanied by the Sherbrooke Symphony Orchestra. [La Presse] Demographics et numerical challenges for the cultural organisms in the East of Quebec.[Radio-Canada] INTERNATIONAL Opéra Lafayette’s production of Léonore, ou L’amour conjugal a real success. – [washingtonclassicalreview] [TheWashingtonpost] [La Scena] European Union Baroque Orchestra: The orchestra will relocate…

Le Beau Danube is 150-year-olds. Back on one of the Greatest Successes from Strauss.

By Olivier Gentil on 20 February 2017 Baroque and Early, Canadian Music, Chamber Music, Classical, Classical Music, Contemporary, Daily News Roundup, Opera, Orchestral, Piano, Quebec Music, Scena Jazz, Strings, Violin

MONTREAL As part of the 8th edition of the biennial Montréal/Nouvelles musiques Festival (MNM), Walter Boudreau will lead La symphonie du millénaire II. In 2000, the performance of the first Symphonie du millénaire, brought together more than 70’000 people. [Le Devoir] Review on the concert of OSTR, highlighting Bach’s works. [La Presse] André Sauvé will join the OSM for a special concert on July 21 and 22. [La Presse] INTERNATIONNAL Le beau Danube is 150-year-olds. Back on one of the greatest successes from Strauss. [La Presse] [Radio-Canada] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t38fIJgvWEM The first recording of Bartók’s piano quartet in C minor (1898) was found and published. [Scena…

More than 40 classics concerts this week in Montreal : February 20-26

By Olivier Gentil on 20 February 2017 Canadian Music, Chamber Music, Classical, Musical Theatre, Opera, Orchestral, Piano, Quebec Music, Strings, This Week in Montreal, Violin

Tuesday – February 21 1:30PM Longueuil Campus of UdeM, Édifice Port-de-Mer, 101, Place Charles-Lemoyne, Longueuil. 14$. Les matinées d’Opéramania au Campus Longueuil- I Puritani de Bellini. 1-855 790-1245. 7:00PM. Maison de la culture Frontenac (Montreal), 2550 Ontario Est, Montreal. 0-2$. Signer and pianist from Guadeloupe perform urban compositions. 514-872-7882. 7:00PM Music Faculty of the University of Montreal – Serge-Garant Hall (B-484), 200, avenue Vincent-d’Indy. Atelier d’improvisation – Classe de Jean-Marc Bouchard. 7:30PM. Bourgie Concert Hall, 1339, Sherbrooke Ouest Street, Montreal. 30$-100$. Camp Tutti concert bénéfice. 514-486-8727. Wednesday – February 22 7:30PM – OM – INSPIRATION AND HOPE: Inspire by…

Two Projects Proposed to Keep the House and the Memories of Pierre Boulez

By Olivier Gentil on 15 February 2017 Canadian Music, Classical, Classical Music, Contemporary, Daily News Roundup, Orchestral, Quebec Music, Strings, Violin

CANADA The Regroupement des artisans de la musique will present on Wednesday an action plan to try to be more remunerate for their music, especially with streaming. [Le Devoir] Critic review of the performance of Joshua Bell as Chief of the OSM yesterday. [Le Devoir] Learn how Matt Haimovitz broke the neck of his cello during his visit in Montreal. [Slippedisc] [Stringsmagazine] INTERNATIONNAL Pierre Boulez’s house in Germany : « two projects to keep the memories [of the composer] » [DiapasonMag] « Three Best-sellers on one Release » : Chris Thile, Yo Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer. It’s a set of Bach’s trio Sonatas.[Slippedisc] https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=102&v=770rJqDwRXo Harvey Liechtenstein : Testimony of 9…

Angèle Dubeau Will Tour for One Last Time

By Olivier Gentil on 14 February 2017 Arts Industry, Canadian Music, Classical, Classical Music, Contemporary, Daily News Roundup, Orchestral, Quebec Music, Strings, Violin

CANADA Angèle Dubeau will retire from touring this fall. [Le Devoir] [La Presse| On February 18, the Calvinist Geneviève Soly will play a concert of Bach’s music with the Trois-Rivière Symphony Orchestra. [La Presse] INTERNATIONAL Strike of the Bordeaux Opera’s dancers : Director fired for a « refuse to co-operate ». [Resmusica] « Being jailed and intimidated for his Lagos Street performance hasn’t stopped Jelili Atiku’s protest. […] Atiku spent three days in jail, and that same night “almost 50” men with “guns and machetes” came to his house and destroyed his art. [CBC] For the first time in his history (founded in…

More than 30 classics concerts this week in Montreal : February 13 to 19

By Olivier Gentil on 13 February 2017 Classical, La Scena Online, Orchestral, Piano, Strings, This Week in Montreal, Violin

Montreal 14 Tuesday 11AM. Bach Before Bed- time – Chocolate Frenemies. 514-935-3933. 1:30PM. REZCh. 14$. Les matinées d’Opéramania au Campus Longueuil : I Puritani de Bellini. 1 855 790-1245. 4:30PM. Bach Before Bedtime – Chocolate Frenemies. Tanna Schulich Hall, 527 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal. suggested donation: $20- 514-935-3933. 8:00PM. Joshua Bell Play & Lead the OSM : A Premiere!. Maison symphonique (Place des Arts), 1600 St-Urbain, Montréal. From 43$. 514 842-9951. 15 Wednesday 5:00PM. Cello’s Recital : Class of Yegor Dyachkov – Faculté de musique de l’Université de Montréal – Salle Serge-Garant (B-484), 200, avenue Vincent-d’Indy, Montréal. 7:30PM. Schulich in Concert – Redpath Hall, Montreal, 3461…

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