Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur

Classical

Akiko Tominaga, Blair Logfren, piano, cello

by Alain Brunet

Originally from Japan, Akiko Tominaga resides in Canada, more specifically in Montreal and Calgary, after having completed her piano studies at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. She was originally scheduled to perform this concert with marimbist Anne-Julie Caron, but the latter had to cancel, leading Tominaga to present a completely different program: she will perform with cellist Blair Lofgren. The works to be performed have not been made public for reasons we can take a guess at…

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Classical / Contemporary / Modern Classical

Société de concerts de Montréal Choir

by Alexandre Villemaire

For their major lyrical production of the year, the students of the Conservatoire de musique turn into princes, princesses, godmothers and stepmothers in this adaptation by Jules Massenet of Charles Perreault’s tale. Up there with Werther and Manon among the composer’s greatest successes, Cendrillon seduces with its lyricism, its emblematic tunes (“Que mes soeurs sont heureuses”, “Ah! douce enfant”, and “Enfin, je suis ici”), its sparkling colours and its streak of humour treated with delicacy and elegance in music by the composer. This musical fairy tale is presented three evenings with two distinct casts. (Alexandre Villemaire)

ARTISTS AND PROGRAM:

Chœur de chambre de la Société de concerts de Montréal 

Pascal Germain-Berardi, director

Denis Gougeon: La chanson des gitans 

Louis Desjarlais: Le Bestiaire 

Hugo Levasseur-Déziel: À l’aube d’un régime post-littéraire 

Pierre Grandmaison: Ave Maria 

Marcel Laurencelle: Kyrie, from Messe pour les Dimanches de l’Avent et du Carême

Ana Sokolović: ASAP 4 SATB 

Jean-Christophe Arsenault: T’en souviens-tu Godin 

Lionel Daunais: Le Pont Mirabeau 

Claude Vivier: O! Kosmos! 

Pascal Germain-Berardi: Les arts univers

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