On April 10, at Bourgie Hall, the OSM musicians were joined by pianist Meagan Milatz for a chamber music concert. The program included music by Haydn and Shostakovich.
The concert opened with Haydn’s Quartet Op. 77 No. 2 in F major, interpreted with great refinement in sound and remarkable structural balance. The excellent articulation and phrasing highlighted the cohesion between the musicians of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, who did justice to the character of the various movements with great awareness.
The concert continued with Two pieces by Shostakovich, Adagio and Allegretto, which represented a great contrast to the previous work. The Adagio, in the name of drama and nostalgia, once again highlighted the quality of the sound of the musicians, who in the Allegretto showed great brio and irony. The Quintet op. 57, a work of great complexity, saw the collaboration of Meagan Milatz.
After a Prelude that was both discreet and intense, the Fugue was an overwhelming movement, with very delicate atmospheres and extreme dissonances linked by a very articulated contrapuntal language. The Scherzo acted as an interesting bridge to the Intermezzo, where the musicians enraptured the audience with a magical sound, and then ended with the Finale, a varied movement characterized by the excellent vibrato of the musicians. A very well studied program and a truly remarkable interpretation by all the artists, warmly applauded by the audience in the hall.
