The instruments of choice for musician and composer of Vietnamese origin Huu Bac are quite unusual: the du dan bau (Vietnamese monochord), the erhu (Chinese fiddle) and the quena (Andean flute), to which the guitar is added. These exotic sounds are not, however, at the service of traditional music, but rather of a jazz with planetary colours, nourished by his travels and encounters in the four corners of the globe. He is accompanied by a violinist and a rhythm section with piano, double bass and drums, everything traditional.
(Cancelled) Jean-François Bélanger and his quartet
by Michel Rondeau
Photo credit : Laurence Campbell
Jean-François Bélanger’s favourite instruments are not of the common variety. They include the nyckelharpa, the kontrabasharpa, the tenorharpa – a kind of keyed fiddle used in traditional Swedish music – as well as the Hardanger violin, a Norwegian variant. Over the past three years, Bélanger, who has enlisted the services of some 20 hand-picked musicians, has been fine-tuning his second album, Les entrailles de la montagne, devoted to Scandinavian influences and instruments. He is now ready to bring it out on stage.
Although they are still very young, the Cheng siblings have been making music as a duo for more than 15 years. Their playing has a very special telepathic quality, marked by a youthful freshness. The works on the program were chosen based on the exhibition Paris in the Days of Post-Impressionism – Signac and the Indépendants, presented at the MMFA. The concert is preceded by a guided tour at 5 p.m., after the Museum’s opening hours.
PROGRAM Bryan Cheng, cello Silvie Cheng, piano Franck: Sonata in A major (arr. Delsart) Fauré: Sicilienne for cello and piano, Op. 78 Fauré: Papillon for cello and piano in A major Debussy: Sonata for cello and piano in D minor Ravel: Sonata for cello and piano
Under the direction of its young conductor Nicolas Ellis, a Radio-Canada 2018 Révélation classique, l’Orchestre de l’Agora is a musical collective that aims to reinvent the role of the classical musician in the community by capitalizing on their talent and commitment. Nothing less. In this concert, each work features different section leaders, who take turns performing solo parts.
PROGRAM Orchestre de l’Agora Nicolas Ellis, conductor Tchaikovsky: Serenade for string orchestra, Op. 48 Grieg: Holberg Suite, Op. 40 Bartok: Divertimento for String Orchestra Stravinsky: Concerto in D
He first made a name for himself as an actor on the small screen, notably in the crime series CSI: Miami and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, but also in the music series Mash. In 2014, he released his self-produced debut album. Two years later, he signed a contract with S-Curve Records, and went on to become a serious hit, placing his next album at the top of the Billboard jazz charts. Since then, things have been going well for Mr. Odom, who comes to L’Astral with songs from his most recent recording simply entitled Mr.
Under this aquatic title, three musicians – Kimihiro Yasaka, piano, Louis-Philippe Bonin, saxophone, and David Therrien Brongo, percussion – explore as many themes of the Japanese cultural imagination: the mystical aspect of nature, temporality, and the notion of movement. The music will of course take on the colours of Asia and will include works from the repertoire as well as a piece created especially for the occasion by Montreal-based composer of Japanese descent, Keiko Devaux.
Under this aquatic title, three musicians – Kimihiro Yasaka, piano, Louis-Philippe Bonin, saxophone, and David Therrien Brongo, percussion – explore as many themes of the Japanese cultural imagination: the mystical aspect of nature, temporality, and the notion of movement. The music will of course take on the colours of Asia and will include works from the repertoire as well as a piece created especially for the occasion by Montreal-based composer of Japanese descent, Keiko Devaux.
(CANCELLED) Uniform & The Body • Dreamdecay • Sandworm • Big Brave
by Michel Rondeau
Busy night at La Vitrola. Five bands, two of which have been teaming up for a few years: Uniform, a noise/industrial trio from New York City, and The Body, a heavyweight duo based in Portland, Oregon. They will be preceded by the Montreal trio Big Brave, the Providence black metal duo Sandworm and the Seattle quartet Dreamdecay. Enough to keep your ears clean.
Presented on the occasion of the traditional New Year’s Day of the Persian calendar, In the Shadow of Mount Damascus (the highest semi-active volcanic peak in Iran) is inspired by the Shânâmeh, or Book of Kings, an epic poem retracing the history of Iran, from the creation of the world to the arrival of Islam, by the Iranian poet Ferdowsi. The concert will be accompanied by the projection on a large screen of an animated film directed by Aristofanis Soulikias.
Ensemble Âstân Bashir Faramarzi, santur, vocals and art direction Omar Abou Afach, viola Christophe Papadimitriou, double bass Joseph Khoury, percussion
Montreal-born Canadian baritone Gerald Finley has had the opportunity, over the course of his 35-year career, to sing at some of the world’s greatest opera houses, and to lend his voice to a raft of critically acclaimed recordings, including works by Maurice Ravel, whose Histoires naturelles he will perform at the Maison symphonique. Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet is not to be outdone. A native of Lyon, this specialist in the Romantic repertoire and French impressionist composers has enjoyed a brilliant concert career. He has also distinguished himself by performing arias with opera singers, most notably with Cecilia Bartoli.
PROGRAM Gerald Finley, baritone Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Schumann,Dichterliebe (A Poet’s Love), Op. 48 Ravel,Histoires naturelles Fauré, Mélodies Other works to be confirmed
A short piano recital at lunchtime? What a great idea! Especially since admission is free. An opportunity to discover two works by two Russian composers as proposed by Martin Karlicek, professor of piano at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University. Dreams is a cycle of six pieces composed by Smetana in 1875 while he was losing his hearing. Sonata No. 2, composed at the end of the war in 1945, is the most important piece in Kabalevsky’s keyboard repertoire
PROGRAM Smetana : Dreams Kabalevsky: Piano Sonata No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 45
Schulich in Concert presents the violinist Violaine Melançon and the pianist/harpsichordist Ilya Poletaev, performing J. S. Bach’s sonatas for… violin and harpsichord, of course.
PROGRAM Johann Sebastian Bach : Sonata in C major, BWV 1016 Sonata in B minor BWV 1014 Sonata in F minor, BWV 1018 Sonata in C minor, BWV 1017 Sonata in G major, BWV1019 Sonata in A major, BWV 1015
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