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Five times between December 17th and 20th, Fred Pellerin and Kent Nagano reunite for the seventh time at the Maison symphonique, presenting their seventh symphonic tale, a practice that has become a holiday tradition. Fred’s next story promises to be a new chapter in the joyful mythologizing of Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, a Mauricie village that has acquired a reputation comparable to Natashquan.
Here is the beginning of the narrative: “The story of the origin and founding of Saint-Élie-de-Caxton was long a mystery. What happened on the first day of the municipality’s existence? How did it become a village? The first three pages of the municipal archives having been torn out, the matter had always remained secret and shrouded in mystery. Today, thanks to numerous lively collections and cross-referencing of approximations, the truth is finally revealed. There was a world, a church steeple, a priest, and a widow… and, one day, a child with white hair. And the village was born!”
It will also be about nativity, the unexpected conception of a child without a known father… and an interaction between storytelling and the orchestra, serving Fred Pellerin but also Beethoven, Wagner, Hindemith, Berlioz, John Adams, Yuliya Zakharava, and even Jacques Michel! At home in his village, which has become legendary thanks to him, Fred Pellerin recounts this chapter of his symphonic adventure with Maestro Nagano.
