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Balkan music / Tango

Jerez Le Cam Quartet: tango nuevo and more

by Alain Brunet

Photo fournie par la Salle Bourgie

Arriving in France in the ’90s, Argentine composer and pianist Gerardo Jerez Le Cam has seven albums under his belt, and collaborations including Gotan Project, Juan Jose Mosalini and Osvaldo Calo, among others. While remaining faithful to the modern tango, the master of which remains the late Astor Piazzolla, Le Cam (also) strives to integrate traditional classical music, modern jazz, and also gypsy music from Eastern Europe, even some traditional African music. That being said, the Argentine leader generally remains in the territory of tango nuevo, where he continues the work of his contemporaries and predecessors.

ARTISTS

PERSONNEL

Gerardo Jerez Le Cam, piano and composition (tango and Romani)

Iacob Maciuca, violin

Manu Comté, bandoneon

Mihai Trestian, cymbalom

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Dubstep / Electronic

Metafloor • SBK. • Mandala Ataksak • Shigero • Aphotik

by Patrick Baillargeon
Classical

(CANCELLED) Italian Composers evening

by Alain Brunet

As indicated on the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal’s website, the Vivace series gives carte blanche to its teachers and alumni, who are committed to presenting their distinguished guests. Cellist Carole Sirois and double bassist Joel Quarrington will have guests on stage. Italian works from various periods, from Baroque to modern, by Giovanni Bottesini (1821-1889), Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868), Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007), Matteo Marangoni (1876-1958), Ennio Morricone (1928- ), Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) and Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) will be performed.

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Classical

Vox Populi Quartet does Brahms

by Alain Brunet

The Vox Populi Quartet operates more or less on the fringe of the classical institutional milieu. Without making much media noise, this young Montreal ensemble expands its repertoire and conquers audiences, concert after concert. This is the first in a series of three concerts devoted to Johannes Brahms under the theme of “bar, beers, and hookers”. Not to mention the narration by Patrick Mathieu, Artistic Director of Vox Populi, “a composer who talks about composers,” or the possible participation of a surprise guest – as announced on the ensemble’s official website. It should be noted that the works on the program are never revealed before a Vox Populi concert. It’s up to you to judge on the spot.

Vox Populi Quartet

Le Cas Brahms

Bar, bières et putains

Antoine Bareil, first violin

Uliana Drugova, second violin

Amina Myriam Tebini, viola

Ioav Bronchti, cello

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Brahms String Quartets on Spotify

Hip Hop / Keb Rap

La F

by Alain Brunet

Winner of the Francouvertes in 2018, La F has established itself among the rising forces of keb rap. We can expect a big year in 2020 promises to be a bif year for this Montreal band, and La F has several surprises in store for us in the near future. For starters, Thibault de Castelbajac (Jah Maaz), Thomas Thivierge (Mantisse) and Justin Boisclair (Bkay) launch their album Citadelle on the 7ième Ciel label, an opus concocted with help from beatmakers Oclaz, BLVDR and Bnjmn.Lloyd.

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Classical / Minimalist / Modern Classical / Renaissance

(CANCELLED) Hélène Dorion with les Violons du Roy

by Michel Rondeau

An interesting proposal, this literary concert – the prolific writer Hélène Dorion will read excerpts from her most recent collection of poems, Comme résonne la vie, accompanied the music of Les Violons du Roy, or in alternation with it. The musical palette will be varied: from the very Italian Renaissance madrigals of Gesualdo to a hypnotic piece by Estonia’s Arvo Pärt, as well as selected movements from string quartets by Schubert and Janacek, not to mention the premiere of a custom-made piece by Quebec composer Simon Bertrand.

PROGRAM

Gesualdo: Madrigals from libro quinto and libro sesto (Simon Bertrand, transcription)

Simon Bertrand: Creation pour des poèmes d’Hélène Dorion

Arvo Pärt: Summa

Janacek: String Quartet No. 2, Intimate Letters, 1st movement

Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810, Death and the Maiden, 2nd movement (arr. for string orchestra)

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Classical / Classical

(CANCELLED) Leonidas Kavakos

by Alain Brunet

Right from his debut in the ’80s, he’s dazzled the most demanding music lovers on the planet, far beyond the classical sphere. There is no doubt that Leonidas Kavakos has become one of the great living violinists in the known universe. A regular guest of the MSO since the Dutoit era, this time the Greek supervirtuoso will play the Violin Concerto No. 1 by the great Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich. It will be conducted by the young French maestro Lionel Bringuier, also back in Montreal after making a strong impression in 2018.

PROGRAM
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Lionel Bringuier
Violin: Leonidas Kavakos
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Helix
Shostakovich, Violin concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77
Ravel, Valses nobles et sentimentales
Florent Schmitt, La tragédie de Salomé, Op. 50

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Jazz

(CANCELLED) Terri Lyne Carrington at Schulich Hall

by Michel Rondeau

Terri Lyne Carrington is a jazz drummer and composer who has been active for almost 40 years. She has accompanied trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Clark Terry, saxophonists Stan Getz and Wayne Shorter, singer Al Jarreau… but more particularly Herbie Hancock, whose band she was a member of from 1997 to 2007. Since then, she has been teaching at the Berkleee School of Music in Boston. A guest of the Catherine Thornhill-Steele Visiting Artists series, her drums will be propelled by the McGill Jazz Orchestra I on this night.

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