Mathieu Lussier and The Colours of the University of Montreal Orchestra

Interview by Alexandre Villemaire

Additional Information

For its second concert of the season, the University of Montreal Orchestra (OUM) will focus on the instrumental families that make up an orchestra. Led by the bassoonist and associate professor at the Faculty of Music, the orchestra’s students, whose wind section is particularly prominent in this year’s ensemble, will respond to the intimate and dynamic interplay of the strings in a concert where the orchestra’s diverse colors will interact in varied instrumental dialogues. This is an opportunity for young musicians to listen to different timbres and pay attention to the interplay between their respective instruments and the others, which can take on a new perspective in works ranging from Dukas to Hindemith, Mendelssohn, Mozart, and Brahms.

With Alexandre Villemaire of PAN M 360, Mathieu Lussier discusses these elements as well as his role as an educator in the orchestra as a conductor for students.

Mendelssohn, Brahms et Hindemith :dialogues in color

Mathieu Lussier, conductor 

Yukari Cousineau, alto (solo violin of the Metropolitan Orchestra)

Musical program

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
Divertimento en ré majeur, K.136

Felix Mendelssohn 
Overture in C major for wind instruments, Op. 24

Paul Hindemith
Der Schwanendreher (Concerto pour alto)

I. Zwischen Berg und tiefem Tal (Entre montagne et vallée profonde) 
II. Nun laube, Lindlein, laube ! (Maintenant couvre toi de feuilles, petit tilleul !) 
III. Variations : Seid ihr nicht der Schwanendreher ? (N’êtes-vous pas le cuisinier chargé de rôtir le cygne ?) 

Intermission

Paul Dukas
Fanfare pour précéder « La Péri »

Johannes Brahms
Sérénade no 2 en la majeur, op. 16 

I. Allegro molto 
II. Scherzo. Allegro non troppo – trio. Poco più moto 
III. Adagio non troppo 
IV. Menuetto I – Menuetto II 
V. Scherzo. Allegro – Trio 
VI. Rondo. Allegro 

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