OSM : Symphonie «Pastorale» et la mythologie de Glass
by Rédaction PAN M 360
Glass s’inspire de poèmes africains pour composer Ifé, et Beethoven fait part de ses sensations lors d’une promenade à la campagne. De la mythologie du Bénin, célébrée par la chanteuse Angélique Kidjo, à la nature bucolique représentée dans la symphonie « Pastorale », vivez un délicieux moment d’évasion!
Glass drew inspiration from African poems to compose Ifé, while Beethoven conveyed his impressions as he strolled through the German countryside. From the legends of Benin, celebrated by singer Angélique Kidjo, to the rustic landscapes unfolding in the “Pastoral” Symphony, join us for a delightful moment of escape!
Semaine du Neuf | Paramirabo/Musikfabrik: old school avant-garde meets cool post-modernism
by Frédéric Cardin
Two ensembles devoted to contemporary music and separated by an ocean, but also by two schools of thought, met on Tuesday evening 11 March at the Wilder building in the Quartier des spectacles in Montreal. On one side, the Ensemble Musikfabrik from Cologne in Germany, represented by three of its musicians, oboe/English horn (Peter Veale), horn (Christine Chapman) and double bass (Florentin Ginot). On the other, the Montreal sextet Paramirabo, comprising piano, percussion, violin, cello, clarinet/bass clarinet and flutes. Beyond the difference in timbre imposed by the instrumentation of each ensemble, it was the marked dissimilarity between the two ‘languages’ spoken that was striking. Disparities that were obvious even to the most layman and accentuated by the chosen programme, in terms of syntax, discourse, the importance of narrative in the musical framework, references to the vernacular and many other aspects besides.
In the first half, the three guests from Musikfabrik demonstrated their breathtaking technical expertise in ultra-pointillist/pointraitist scores in which every possible and impossible sound came out of the instruments present, except perhaps those for which they were initially intended. The quality of the sounds, timbres and textures was pushed to a very high level of perfection. The discourse, stratospherically intellectual, was enough to delight the most discerning of thoughtful music lovers. In my humble opinion, it was Juliet Palmer’s Blur of Lichens that stood out the most, offering, through a hyper-calculated construction, the most beautiful impression of freedom, even lyricism and grace. Canadian Gordon Williamson offered his humorous take on strict abstraction in Odd Throuple (a pun on Odd Couple, but with three people), a work in which he explored the sonic contrasts of this unusual trio (an oboe/English horn, a horn and a double bass, let us not forget). I found Dylan Lardelli’s The Giving Sea, a ‘spiritual evocation’ of the ocean, much more academic. Unfortunately, I didn’t feel that uplift. Maybe this is just me.
This strictly atonal and abstract discourse is rooted in a very Boulézian or post-Boulézian vision of the avant-garde (even if it’s not strict serialism/dodecaphonism), which is already a good fifty years old. We can therefore speak of an ‘old school’ avant-garde, an astonishing oxymoron that would have been unimaginable not so long ago.
For the uninitiated, it’s an impression of cerebrality that will echo in the mind, a characteristic typically (let’s say stereotypically) associated with ‘contemporary’ music. Is it good music? Absolutely! But the second half, led by Paramirabo, was about to show us that today’s music is made elsewhere, and that it’s important not to forget that.
This part began with a short piece by Vancouver’s Rodney Sharman, a lovely, poetic tribute to John Cage for English horn (Peter Veale of Musikfrabrik) and piano doubled as toy piano (Pamela Reimer of Paramirabo), draped in neo-impressionist finery. The message had been sent: this second part was going to offer us a completely different experience, less cerebral, more organic, even sensitive, inclusive and eclectic in its amalgams. Post-modernist, and very cool.
And that’s exactly what happened with Paul Frehner’s Un pont sanguin (A Blood Bridge), a narrative, rhythmic work imbued with a very broad post-minimalism and amusing sounds such as a Plan 9 From Outer Space-style synthesiser. A creation that deserves to be repeated as often as possible. Canadian Chris Paul Harman’s Francisez-moi! (Frenchify me) is a nod to the French language, inspired by early French composers, writers and poets. The result is full of humour, with narrations on tape of extracts from various texts, including one on the various qualities of ‘’tétins‘’ (breasts). There is a polytonal Turkish march from Lully in there, post-folk like tunes, and many more friendly things, albeit embedded in a modernist set of harmonies. It’s all fun and games.
Finally, Quebec composer Frédéric Lebel presented his creation Si le Temps, l’Espace (If Time, Space), a beautiful score tinged with neo-spectralism, sparkling with a thousand lights and pleasantly open, even solar.
The members of Paramirabo were impeccable, on par with their illustrious guests. The programme will travel to Germany in the coming months. We can be sure that our German cousins will be impressed not only by the quality of our instrumentalists, but also by the kind of contemporary music they champion, informed by Europe but steeped in North America.
Après son succès remporté en 2023, Tianyi Lu retrouve l’OSM en compagnie du pianiste Pierre-Laurent Aimard, un spécialiste incontesté de Bartók. De ce dernier, il interprétera le Troisième Concerto, une partition emplie de poésie et d’emprunts au folklore hongrois. À la relative sérénité de cette œuvre, répondront les accents tourmentés de la Symphonie no 5 de Tchaïkovski dans laquelle le compositeur livre ses craintes les plus secrètes.
After her remarkable performance in 2023, Tianyi Lu returns to the OSM. She is joined by pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, undisputed champion of Bartók’s music who performs the composer’s exquisitely poetic Concerto no. 3, infused with elements of Hungarian folklore. This work’s relative tranquility is paired with the tormented inflections of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony no. 5, through which this composer related his most profound personal anxieties.
OSM : Haydn et Chostakovitch – un saisissant contraste
by Rédaction PAN M 360
Haydn a joué un rôle fondamental dans l’évolution du quatuor à cordes, et dans son dernier Quatuor op. 77 no 2, il se livre à des expérimentations subtiles avec finesse et inventivité. Chostakovitch, quant à lui, revisite les formes classiques dans son Quintette, avec un langage très personnel et une grande intensité émotionnelle.
Haydn played a key role in the evolution of the string quartet, and his final Quartet Op. 77 No. 2 is full of subtle experimentation that is both inventive and elegant. Meanwhile, Shostakovich reinterprets classical forms in his Quintet, infusing it with his deeply personal language and profound emotional intensity.
Programme
Joseph Haydn, Quatuor à cordes, op. 77 no 2 (24 min) Dmitri Chostakovitch, Deux pièces pour quatuor à cordes : Adagio et Allegretto (8 min) Dmitri Chostakovitch, Quintette pour piano et cordes, op. 57 (34 min)
Program
Joseph Haydn, String Quartet, Op. 77, No. 2 (24 min) Dmitri Shostakovich, Two Pieces for String Quartet: Adagio and Allegretto (8 min) Dmitri Shostakovich, Quintet for Piano and Strings, Op. 57 (34 min)
Duo de musique électronique qui ne cesse de redéfinir ce que cela signifie, Justice mélange prog, métal, new wave et indie à ses bases funk, disco et house d’inspiration vintage. Dès le single D.A.N.C.E., nommé aux Grammy Awards en 2007, et leur premier album † (alias Cross) la même année, le duo parisien a incarné l’esthétique audacieuse et stylée du label Ed Banger Records au milieu et à la fin des années 2000. Leur musique est devenue plus audacieuse et inattendue à chaque album : ils ont accentué les riffs sur Audio, Video, Disco en 2011, collaboré avec le London Contemporary Orchestra sur Woman en 2016, remixé leurs propres morceaux sur Woman Worldwide en 2018 – qui leur a valu un Grammy Award – et fusionné le gabber avec la pop sur Hyperdrama en 2024. Avec chaque sortie, Justice réinvente les possibilités infinies d’un monde où toute la musique est accessible en un instant – et recombinable à l’infini.
A dance music duo that constantly redefines what that means, Justice adds prog, metal, new wave, and indie to their vintage funk, disco, and house foundations. Starting with the Grammy-nominated 2007 single “D.A.N.C.E.” and that year’s full-length † (aka Cross), the Parisian duo defined the brash, stylish appeal of their label, Ed Banger Records, in the mid- to late 2000s. Their music grew bolder and more unexpected with each album, whether they cranked up the riffs on 2011’s Audio, Video, Disco, collaborated with the London Contemporary Orchestra on 2016’s Woman, mashed up their own songs on 2018’s Grammy-winning Woman Worldwide, or fused gabber with pop on 2024’s Hyperdrama. With every release, Justice have reimagined the genre-bending possibilities of a world where all music is available to hear — and recombine — in an instant.
Avec un son cinématographique et une large palette d’émotions, le groupe britannique Elbow s’est fait connaître du grand public avec son premier album acclamé, Asleep in the Back (2001), et n’a cessé depuis de produire des albums tout aussi populaires et finement arrangés. Si leurs trois premiers disques leur ont permis de s’imposer sur la scène musicale britannique, c’est leur ambitieux quatrième album, The Seldom Seen Kid, qui a véritablement consacré leur statut, remportant le Mercury Prize en 2008 et établissant un modèle d’autoproduction pour le groupe. Cette approche a influencé leurs albums suivants, comme Build a Rocket Boys! (2011) et The Take Off and Landing of Everything (2014), ce dernier devenant leur premier album à atteindre la tête des classements au Royaume-Uni. Au fil des ans, Elbow a également remporté des Brit Awards et des prix Ivor Novello, tandis que leur musique a été largement mise en avant lors des Jeux olympiques de Londres en 2012, où ils ont joué lors de la cérémonie de clôture. Little Fictions (2017) et Giants of All Sizes (2019) ont eux aussi atteint la première place des charts britanniques. En 2021, ils ont sorti Flying Dream 1, enregistré au Theatre Royal de Brighton, avant de revenir en 2024 avec Audio Vertigo, un album dynamique et axé sur le groove.
Boasting an cinematic sound and tapping into a wide range of emotions, British band Elbow rose to public consciousness with their acclaimed 2001 debut, Asleep in the Back and have continued to make similarly popular and intricately arranged albums ever since. While their first three outings established them as significant players on the U.K. scene, it was their sprawling fourth LP, The Seldom Seen Kid, that cemented their status, winning the 2008 Mercury Prize and setting a precedent for the group’s self-production. It would inform their approach on subsequent albums like 2011’s Build a Rocket Boys! and 2014’s The Take Off and Landing of Everything, the latter of which became their first U.K. chart-topper. Along the way, Elbow collected Brit and Ivor Novello awards, and their music was featured heavily in the 2012 London Olympic Games, where they performed during the closing ceremony. Both 2017’s Little Fictions and 2019’s Giants of all Sizes reached number one in the U.K.. In 2021, they delivered Flying Dream 1, recorded at Brighton’s Theatre Royal, before returning in 2024 with the kinetic and groove-oriented Audio Vertigo.
Philippe Katerine, généralement connu sous le nom de Katerine, est un chanteur et auteur-compositeur français alternatif qui a émergé dans les années 90, obtenant d’abord un succès underground avant de connaître une ascension commerciale au fil des années. Né Philippe Blanchard le 8 décembre 1968 à Chantonnay, en Vendée, il fait ses débuts dans l’enregistrement commercial en 1991 avec Les Mariages Chinois sur le label Rosebud. Un album lo-fi auto-enregistré composé de chansons minimalistes d’une ou deux minutes, Les Mariages Chinois s’est révélé très influent et a été réédité avec du matériel supplémentaire en 1993 sous le titre Les Mariages Chinois et la Relecture. Les albums suivants, L’Éducation Anglaise (1994), Mes Mauvaises Fréquentations (1996), Les Créatures (1997) et L’Homme à Trois Mains (1999), ont consolidé la réputation de Katerine en tant que figure de proue de la scène pop indie française. Sa réputation a été renforcée par diverses collaborations, notamment l’écriture d’un album entier pour Anna Karina, Une Histoire d’Amour (2000). Au tournant du millénaire, le fan base de Katerine avait tellement grandi qu’il commençait à figurer régulièrement dans les classements des albums français, à commencer par 8ème Ciel (2002). Son succès commercial est véritablement arrivé en 2005 avec Robots Après Tout, qui a atteint le Top 30 des classements français et a engendré le single à succès “Louxor J’adore”. Grâce à la popularité de “Louxor J’adore” et du single suivant “100% V.I.P.”, Robots Après Tout est resté près de deux ans dans les classements français, y passant un total de 97 semaines. Suite à cette percée commerciale, l’album Studiolive (2007), essentiellement une réenregistrement de Robots Après Tout en version live en studio, a été publié sous plusieurs formats, dont l’un incluait un DVD. Son album éponyme de 2010 était accompagné de vidéos pour chaque chanson — réalisées par son ami et bassiste Gaëtan Chestnut — qui combinaient l’imaginaire merveilleux de Katerine avec les visuels capturés par Chestnut. En 2011, il a entrepris un projet d’album triple avec un groupe de jazz formé par le saxophoniste François Ripoche. L’album, 52 Reprises dans l’Espace, se composait de 52 reprises de chansons d’artistes tels que Pierre Bachelet et Phenomenal Club. En plus de sa production musicale, Katerine s’est affirmé comme un acteur talentueux après le tournant du siècle, apparaissant dans de nombreux films.
Philippe Katerine, generally known simply as Katerine, is a French alternative singer/songwriter who emerged to underground acclaim in the mid-’90s and steadily garnered commercial success in subsequent years as his renown grew. Born Philippe Blanchard on December 8, 1968, in Chantonnay, Vendée, he made his full-length commercial recording debut in 1991 with Les Mariages Chinois on the Rosebud label. A home-recorded lo-fi album comprised of one- or two-minute minimalist songs, Les Mariages Chinois proved highly influential and was reissued with bonus material in 1993 as Les Mariages Chinois et la Relecture. Subsequent albums L’Éducation Anglaise (1994), Mes Mauvaises Fréquentations (1996), Les Créatures (1997), and L’Homme à Trois Mains (1999) solidified Katerine’s reputation as a leading light of the French indie pop scene. His reputation was further enhanced by a variety of collaborations; most notably, he wrote an entire album for Anna Karina, Une Histoire d’Amour (2000). By the turn of the century, Katerine’s fan base had grown to the point where he began hitting the French albums chart with regularity, beginning with 8ème Ciel (2002). His mainstream breakthrough came in 2005 with Robots Après Tout, which reached the Top 30 of the French albums chart and spawned the Top 40 hit single “Louxor J’adore.” Thanks to the popularity of “Louxor J’adore” and the follow-up single “100% V.I.P.,” Robots Après Tout spent nearly two years on the French albums chart, logging 97 weeks in total. In the wake of his mainstream breakthrough, the album Studiolive (2007), essentially a re-recording of Robots Après Tout done live in the studio, was released in a couple different formats, one of which included a lengthy DVD. His self-titled release in 2010 was accompanied by videos for each track — directed by his friend and bassist Gaëtan Chestnut — which combined the wonderful imagery Katerine had created with the visuals captured by Chestnut. During 2011 he embarked on a triple album project with a jazz band formed by saxophonist François Ripoche. The album, 52 Reprises dans l’Espace, consisted 52 cover versions of songs by artists such as Pierre Bachelet and Phenomenal Club. In addition to his musical output, Katerine established himself as a talented actor after the turn of the century, appearing in numerous films.
Artiste multi-platine Kane Brown, récompensé par 5X AMA, a annoncé les détails de sa nouvelle tournée très attendue, la tournée The High Road. Nommé « l’avenir de la musique country » (Billboard), l’auteur-compositeur-interprète multi-platine, Kane Brown a d’abord percé sur la scène avec l’arrivée de son premier album éponyme, 3X Platine (2016), où il est devenu le premier artiste à être en tête des cinq principaux palmarès country de Billboard en même temps.
Named “the future of country music” (Billboard), Multi-Platinum-selling, award-winning singer/songwriter Kane Brown first broke onto the scene with the arrival of his self-titled, 3X Platinum debut album (2016), where he became the first artist ever to lead all five of Billboard’s main country charts simultaneously.
OSM : L’intense Symphonie « Leningrad » de Chostakovitch
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Ce programme juxtapose la pétillante Symphonie no 8 de Beethoven et la puissante Symphonie «Leningrad» de Chostakovitch, une œuvre poignante qui incarne la force de la résistance face à l’oppression. Ce contraste saisissant entre la quête de joie et l’évocation d’un moment historique dramatique promet un concert intense et captivant.
This program contrasts Beethoven’s vibrant Symphony No. 8 with Shostakovich’s powerful Leningrad Symphony, a poignant work that captures the spirit of resistance to oppression. The striking juxtaposition of Beethoven’s joy and Shostakovich’s depiction of a dramatic historical moment promises an intense and captivating concert experience.
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphonie no 8, op. 93 (26 min) Dmitri Chostakovitch, Symphonie no 7, op. 60, «Leningrad» (69 min)
Program
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 8, Op. 93 (26 min) Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 7, Op. 60 (“Leningrad”) (69 min)
Des beats écrasants, des hymnes électro apocalyptiques et des performances live très énergiques. Originaire du véritable cœur industriel de l’Allemagne, les anciens centres charbonniers et sidérurgiques de la région de la Ruhr, [:SITD:] s’est fait un nom il y a quelque temps et peut désormais être compté parmi les projets électroniques les plus acclamés de la scène internationale actuelle des clubs.
Bone-crunching beats, apocalyptical electro hymns and very energetic live appearances. Hailing from Germany’s real industrial heartland, the former coal and steel centers of the Ruhr area, [:SITD:] made a name for itself a while ago, and can be counted amongst the most acclaimed electronic projects of the present international club scene.
Découvrez la pianiste Yulianna Avdeeva, lauréate du prestigieux Concours Chopin en 2010, dont la maîtrise et la poésie magnifieront le Concerto n°1 de Chopin. Sa palette expressive, aussi raffinée que variée, promet de sublimer chaque note. Quant à Schoenberg, il dévoile toute la richesse du Quatuor op. 25 de Brahms, sans en trahir le style, en lui offrant une dimension symphonique. Une version que Brahms n’aurait pas reniée!
Discover the brilliant pianist Yulianna Avdeeva, winner of the prestigious 2010 Chopin Competition, as she brings her masterful technique and poetic sensitivity to Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1. Her expressive depth and refinement promise to illuminate every note. Meanwhile, Schoenberg’s orchestration of Brahms’ Quartet Op. 25 enhances its richness while remaining true to its original spirit—a transformation Brahms himself would have appreciated!
Programme
Frédéric Chopin, Concerto pour piano et orchestre no 1, op. 11 (43 min) Johannes Brahms, Quatuor pour piano et cordes no 1, op. 25 (orch. A. Schoenberg) (43 min)
Program
Frederic Chopin, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1, Op. 11 (43 min) Johannes Brahms, Quartet for Piano and Strings No. 1, Op. 25 (orch. A. Schoenberg) (43 min)
Ce contenu provient de l’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal et est adapté par PAN M 360
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