{"id":160498,"date":"2026-06-27T12:25:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T16:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/gig_review\/fijm-2026-flore-laurentienne-la-grande-consecration\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T18:06:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T22:06:15","slug":"fijm-2026-flore-laurentienne-la-grande-consecration","status":"publish","type":"gig_review","link":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/gig_review\/fijm-2026-flore-laurentienne-la-grande-consecration\/","title":{"rendered":"FIJM 2026 | Flore Laurentienne, The Ultimate Honour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\"><strong>On Friday, June 26, Flore Laurentienne reached its full maturity in a packed Maison symphonique. The ensemble led by composer and conductor Mathieu David Gagnon deserves our utmost respect and admiration, as its approach stands out from everything else on the neoclassical scene. This brilliant orchestra\u2014whose aesthetic could be described as \u201cchamber prog\u201d\u2014must now be considered a flagship of Quebec culture; its international visibility is at an all-time high!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\">Normally, I\u2019m not particularly fond of purely tonal instrumental works composed in our time\u2014that is, those that exclude dodecaphonism and other compositional systems that differ from the traditions of Romanticism and early 20th-century modern music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\">Mathieu David Gagnon does not belong to the contemporary school; his signature lies elsewhere: in instrumentation and sound rather than in harmonies and melodies. He combines the strings (violins, viola, cello, harp, etc.) and percussion of his ensemble with various analog keyboards to create a truly unique textural effect. What\u2019s more, the OSM\u2019s stage-sized organ proves to be a substantial addition to the performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\">Thus, this brilliant textural innovation gives Mathieu David Gagnon\u2019s compositions a truly unique character, at the intersection of prog, neoclassicism, and post-minimalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\">In the fortissimos, this harmonic power becomes simply dazzling! How can one not be swept away by such dramatic crescendos, which are at once profound and seemingly simple?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\">Ever since <em>Fleuve 1<\/em>\u2014an iconic piece by Flore Laurentienne released in 2019 and performed on Friday to close the program\u2014this \u201csoundscape\u201d has gained momentum; these surges in intensity were also evident in several tracks from the album released this spring, the excellent <em>Volume III<\/em>\u2014which made up the first half of the concert, followed by Flore Laurentienne\u2019s \u201cbig hits,\u201d as described by their composer, impassively and deadpan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\">There\u2019s no need to conclude that this exceptionally talented musician from Quebec has carved out a unique path in the world of instrumental music; let\u2019s just predict that this work will circle this small planet many times over\u2026 a planet that so desperately needs these healing vibrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo Credit: Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rique M\u00e9nard-Aubin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Flore-live-fijm-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-160470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Flore-live-fijm-scaled.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Flore-live-fijm-768x401.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n    <div class=\"panm-ads-wrapper alignfull\"><span class=\"panm-ads-copy\">Publicit\u00e9 panam<\/span><div class=\"panm-ads-render\" data-ads-id=\"158703\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 720px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1297552358\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/florelaurentienne.bandcamp.com\/album\/volume-iii-2\">Volume III de Flore Laurentienne<\/a><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, June 26, Flore Laurentienne reached its full maturity in a packed Maison symphonique. 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This brilliant orchestra\u2014whose aesthetic could be described as \u201cchamber prog\u201d\u2014must now be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":160478,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[8152],"tags":[],"genre":[7631,3237,3254,8978],"salle":[],"ville":[],"class_list":["post-160498","gig_review","type-gig_review","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-critiques-de-concerts-en","genre-musique-de-chambre-en","genre-neoclassical","genre-post-minimalist","genre-prog-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FIJM 2026 | Flore Laurentienne, The Ultimate Honour - PAN M 360<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/gig_review\/fijm-2026-flore-laurentienne-la-grande-consecration\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FIJM 2026 | Flore Laurentienne, The Ultimate Honour - PAN M 360\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On Friday, June 26, Flore Laurentienne reached its full maturity in a packed Maison symphonique. 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