Quatuor Bozzini : Composer’s Kitchen

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« Osez ce que vous n’avez jamais fait avant! ». Cette devise accueille les différentes générations de créateurs depuis 2005 pour le Composer’s Kitchen, une résidence professionnelle de composition pour le quatuor à cordes. Offert à quatre compositeurs de la relève, cet événement unique fusionne les concepts d’atelier, de laboratoire, de salle de jeu et de concert. Tout au long du processus en plusieurs phases, les artistes peuvent compter — en plus du Quatuor Bozzini — sur la présence de mentors d’expérience, des figures importantes de la nouvelle création musicale.

L’édition du Composer’s Kitchen 2022 est présentée en partenariat avec nyMusikk Norge (Norvège).

“Dare to do what you’ve never done before!”. Since 2005, this has been the motto to welcome several generations of creators of Composer’s Kitchen, a professional composition residency in string quartet writing. Offered to four emerging composers, this unique occasion is a combination of workshop, laboratory, masterclass, and concert settings. Throughout the multi-phase process, the composers are supported by — other than Quatuor Bozzini — the presence of experienced mentors who are amongst the most important figures in new music creation.

Quatuor Bozzini presents the Composers’ Kitchen 2022 edition in partnership with nyMusikk Norge (Norway).

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Mark Fewer et Daniel Janke au Conservatoire de musique de Montréal

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Le violoniste Mark Fewer et le compositeur/pianiste Daniel Janke ont travaillé ensemble sur plusieurs projets de films et de concerts au fil des années. Revisitant le folklore canadien, Celestial Blue est l’aboutissement de leur désir d’explorer cette connexion musicale à travers une série de duos qui représentent leur voix collaborative unique.

Même si la musique de Celestial Blue est pour la plupart entièrement composée, certaines œuvres recèlent des éléments d’improvisation ou de co-improvisation. Elle s’inspire également beaucoup du gospel et d’autres traditions folkloriques, dont les mélodies touchent profondément les deux musiciens canadiens. Le titre Celestial Blue (Bleu céleste), renvoie au ciel bleu ouvert et à ses possibilités infinies.

Violonist Mark Fewer and composer/pianist Daniel Janke have worked together on several film and concert projects over the years. Revisiting Canadian folklore, Celestial Blue is the culmination of their desire to explore this musical connection through a series of duets that represent their unique collaborative voice.

While most of Celestial Blue‘s music is entirely composed, some works contain elements of improvisation or co-improvisation. It also draws heavily on gospel and other folk traditions, the melodies of which touch the two Canadian musicians deeply. The title Celestial Blue refers to the open blue sky and its infinite possibilities.

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Classical / Contemporary / Minimalist

(Cancelled) Explorer of Dissonance and Sacred Art

by Michel Rondeau

Bound by a somewhat intriguing theme, three very different works. First, Philip Glass’ Quartet No. 3, originally composed for the soundtrack of the film Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, American filmmaker Paul Schrader’s 1985 biographyof the Japanese author. This is followed by a new work by Montrealer Maxime McKinley and, by Hungarian composer Henryk Gorecki – a complete string quartet by whom Quatuor Molinari presented in September, which will be recorded and released next fall to commemorate the tenth anniversary of his death on November 12 – the Quartet No. 2, Quasi una Fantasia.

PROGRAM

Philip Glass : String Quartet No. 3, Mishima

Maxime McKinley : (new work)

Henryk Gorecki : String Quartet No. 2, Quasi una Fantasia

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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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Contemporary

Three Echoes of the Odyssey

by Sarah-Ann Larouche

Presented as part of the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal’s Sunday concert series, this program feature premieres by composers John Plant, Louis Babin and Jean Derome, among others. A graduate of McGill University in composition, John Plant first began composing vocal music, before turning his attention to instrumental music in the last decade. For his part, Louis Babin is known for his playful, sometimes theatrical style. Performers Marie-Josée Simard and Louise Bessette aren’t new to the music of Jean Derome – in 2017, they presented his Tombeau de Marin Mersenne in a Carte Blanche concert for Simard at the Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur.

PROGRAM

Marie-Josée Simard, percussion, Louise Bessette, piano

Works by John Plant (premiere), Jean Derome, Louis Babin (premiere)

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Classical / Electroacoustic

Electrochoc 5 : Soundwich

by Michel Rondeau

In addition to its festival, which has been held every fall for the past 16 years, Akousma offers year-round discussion-concerts in its Électrochoc series, which aims to familiarize the public with the world of electroacoustic music and celebrate the creativity of the students in the composition and performance classes of its artistic director, Louis Dufort, and his eminent colleague Martin Bédard. This is an opportunity to get to know some budding talents.

The concert is preceded by a lecture at 7:30 p.m., so it’s worth arriving a little earlier.

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Classical

The Conservatoire’s Opera Workshop presents Cendrillon, by Jules Massenet

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.

ARTISTS AND PROGRAM
L’Atelier d’opéra du Conservatoire de musique de Montréal in collaboration with l’Orchestre du Conservatoire de musique de Montréal
Jacques Lacombe, musical director
Romain Pollet, leader and director
Isabeau Proulx-Lemire, production designer
Jules Massenet: Cendrillon

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Classical / Contemporary

“Harpenning III”: Caroline Lizotte and Valérie Milot

by Michel Rondeau

At the age of 10, Valérie Milot fell in love at first sight with the harp. Now a seasoned musician, she is involved in a wide variety of projects: chamber music, concertos, solo recitals, both classical and, on the electric harp, more rock-oriented. She is featured here in a duet with another distinguished harpist, Caroline Lizotte, in charge of the harp classes at the Faculty of Music of the Université de Montréal, and an accomplished composer. The latter’s harp works are in constant expansion, have won awards, and have been performed all over the world. That’s what they will be playing on this afternoon, and it’s a great opportunity for discovery.

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