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(CANCELLED) Beethoven’s Chamber Music – Concert II

by Alain Brunet

The 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth is the occasion for so many special programs around the world. Arte Musica offers us a superb selection of Beethoven, including the following series of chamber music concerts.

PROGRAM

Trio Grimal Gastinel Cassard  

David Grimal, violin

Anne Gastinel, cello

Philippe Cassard, piano

Strauss McNabney Haimovitz Trio

Axel Strauss, violin

Douglas McNabney, viola

Matt Haimovitz, cello

String trio No. 4 in D major, Op. 9 No. 2

Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 1 No. 3

String Quintet in C major, Op. 29

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Classical

(CANCELLED) Beethoven’s chamber music at Bourgie Hall – Concert I

by Alain Brunet

The 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth is the occasion for so many special programs around the world. Arte Musica offers us a superb selection of Beethoven, including the following series of chamber music concerts. The first program of this series offers us two trios. The first is the trio of three French virtuosos, violinist David Grimal, cellist Anne Gastinel and pianist Philippe Cassard, and the second is the Montreal trio of violinist Axel Strauss, violist Douglas McNabney and cellist Matt Haimovitz. Two trios and a quartet on the program, adding up to an intersection of perspectives. The two trios will also share the same stage on March 14, for another program.

PROGRAMME 

PROGRAM

Trio Grimal Gastinel Cassard  

David Grimal, violin

Anne Gastinel, cello

Philippe Cassard, piano

Strauss McNabney Haimovitz Trio

Axel Strauss, violin

Douglas McNabney, viola

Matt Haimovitz, cello

String trio No. 5 in C minor, Op. 9 No. 3

Piano quartet in E-Flat major, Op. 16B

Piano trio No. 5 in B major, Op. 70 No. 1, Ghost

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Electro / Experimental / Contemporary / Glitch / Melodic Noise

(CANCELLED) Fennesz • Britton Powell • Eliza Kavtion

by Alain Brunet

Austria’s Christian Fennesz released the album Agora on Touch in March 2019, then performed at the Suoni per il Popolo in June. The recording and concert were simply extraordinary, the sort of rare sound experiences from which one comes out transformed. Rich textural sediments with great saturation effects, digitally processed samples, electric guitars, effect pedals and other microvariations, there’s so much precious metals in the Fennesz mine for prospectors of horizontal music to extract. Total noise coexists perfectly with white noise, with the sharper frequencies and consonantly overlapping melodic scales. Needless to say, this concert by a master back in Montreal is an absolute must.

PROGRAM

Fennesz (electro / ambient / glitch / experimental)

Britton Powell (electro/ experimental)

Eliza Kavtion (noise / experimental)

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Classical

Chamber Music Allegra looks at Beethoven

by Alain Brunet

Founded in 1980 by pianist and artistic director Dorothy Fieldman Fraiberg, Allegra Chamber Music continues its mission in 2020, in the context of the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth. This program is thus dedicated to the famous German composer and offers a repertoire of his works in different configurations.

PROGRAM 

Dorothy Fieldman Fraiberg: piano 

Lara Deutsch: flute

Alexander Lozowski: violin

Pierre Tourville: viola

Sheila Hannigan: cello

Beethoven : Sonata No. 5 for violin and piano in F major, Op. 24 Spring

Beethoven : String trio

Beethoven : Serenade pour flute, violin and viola in D major, Op. 25

Beethoven : Quartet for piano, violin, viola and cello No. 1 in E-Flat major, WoO 36

(arranged for piano, clarinet and string trio by Simon Aldrich)

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Classical

(CANCELLED) Thierry Bégin-L.

by Alain Brunet

Thierry Bégin-Lamontagne is undoubtedly one of the most gifted classical guitarists in Quebec. Since his teenage years, this authentic virtuoso has always shown a surprising ability to reach very high technical standards, which has led him to an international level of attention. And that’s why nylon-string guitar fans absolutely must discover him, if they haven’t already. For this concert, he’ll play works by J.S. Bach, Mauro Giuliani, Eduardo Sáinz de la Maza, Agustín Barrios Mangoré, Patrick Roux, Arnaud Dumond and Carlo Domeniconi. (Alain Brunet)

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Classical

(CANCELLED) Christian Blackshaw, Complete Mozart Piano Sonatas – Concert IV

by Alain Brunet

Considered one of the great Mozartians of our time, the English gentleman and virtuoso Christian Blackshaw returns to Montreal for a series of four concerts featuring all of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Sonatas. The deep understanding of these works and the virtuoso elegance of this delightful performer are arguments to assert that this series is a must for lovers of the classical period, starting with Mozart fans, of course.

PROGRAM

Christian Blackshaw, piano

Sonata No. 7 in C major, K. 309

Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331

Sonata No. 15 in F major, K. 533/494

Sonata No. 18 in D major, K. 576

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Classical

Christian Blackshaw, concert III of Mozart’s Piano Sonatas

by Alain Brunet

Considered one of the great Mozartians of our time, the English gentleman and virtuoso Christian Blackshaw returns to Montreal for a series of four concerts featuring all of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Sonatas. The deep understanding of these works and the virtuoso elegance of this delightful performer are arguments to assert that this series is a must for lovers of the classical period, starting with Mozart fans, of course.

PROGRAM

Complete Mozart Piano Sonatas – Concert III

Sonata No. 6 in B major, K. 284

Sonata No. 12 in F major, K. 332

Sonata No. 16 in C major, K. 545

Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K. 457

Fantasia in C minor, K. 475

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Mozart Piano Sonatas by Christian Blackshaw on Spotify

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