{"id":135716,"date":"2025-04-03T22:06:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T02:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/gig_review\/nouvel-ensemble-moderne-des-airs-nouveaux-pour-une-nouvelle-ere\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T11:54:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T15:54:51","slug":"nouvel-ensemble-moderne-des-airs-nouveaux-pour-une-nouvelle-ere","status":"publish","type":"gig_review","link":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/gig_review\/nouvel-ensemble-moderne-des-airs-nouveaux-pour-une-nouvelle-ere\/","title":{"rendered":"Nouvel Ensemble Moderne | New Songs for a New Era"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (NEM) is writing the first pages of a new book in this 2024-2025 season, divided into three chapters and driven by the wind of renewal of Jean-Micha\u00ebl Lavoie, who succeeds Lorraine Vaillancourt after 35 years at the helm of the chamber orchestra. For the second chapter of three this season, the NEM invites us to the Cinqui\u00e8me salle at Place des arts for a concert in collaboration with the Atelier lyrique de l&#8217;Op\u00e9ra de Montr\u00e9al.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Entitled <em>Chapitre 2 &#8211; Des airs nouveaux,<\/em> this afternoon concert featured a repertoire equally divided between three Quebec composers and Korean composer Unsuk Chin. Upon entering the foyer, the audience was greeted by a mediation team led by Irina Kirchberg, visiting professor at the Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, which included a recording device for superimposing spectators&#8217; voices, as well as an interactive panel in the form of a memory game inviting them to discover more about the works on the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The concert then opened with Jos\u00e9 Evangelista&#8217;s <em>Vision<\/em>, a piece for small ensemble and mezzo-soprano with a mystical aura. Brazilian singer Camila Montefusco brilliantly interpreted this work, which highlights the composer&#8217;s Spanish origins and multiple influences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This was followed by Claude Vivier&#8217;s <em>Bouchara<\/em>, a long love song sung entirely in an invented language. Soprano Chelsea Koli\u0107, buoyed by the expressiveness of the writing, gave us the impression of understanding her message, even as it eluded us. So we don&#8217;t need to speak the language to understand love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">In the second half, Luna Pearl Woolf&#8217;s <em>Orpheus on Sappho&#8217;s Shore <\/em>impressed with the rich voice of countertenor Ian Sabourin, who deftly navigated his multiple registers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, the NEM offered Unsuk Chin&#8217;s <em>Cantatrix Sopranica<\/em>, the only piece outside Canada on the program. Written for two sopranos, a countertenor and ensemble, it was performed here by Chelsea Koli\u0107, Ariadne Lih and Bridget Esler, three sopranos whose timbres intertwine perfectly in this texturally fascinating work. Chin explores the very act of singing, summoning vocal warm-ups, role-playing and unexpected reversals between singers and musicians. Its fragmented writing makes it a hyper-vocal work in which the orchestral ensemble extends and magnifies the voices. Accessible and complex at the same time, blending virtuosity, humor and emotion, this piece is a perfect match for the NEM&#8217;s new direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The collaboration between the Atelier lyrique and the NEM has been a success. The commitment of the young singers, with their expressive, precise voices, blends very well with the spirit of the NEM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Jean-Micha\u00ebl Lavoie conducts with such fluidity. When the lights illuminate the musicians&#8217; work, we can at the same time deconstruct every little intention of the conductor, seeing with clarity the variations of suppleness in these gestures. 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