The Orchester symphonique de Montréal (OSM), the Orchester Métropolitain (OM) and Les Violons du Roy are among the prestigious ensembles that have responded to this outdoor event to be held in Joliette from June 30 to August 7. .
The first two evenings are devoted to the OSM and its star guest, violinist Hilary Hahn. The Montreal orchestra’s new music director, Rafael Payare, will initially lead the Fifth Symphony by Mahler and two concertos by Prokofiev.
The next day, the OSM will play pieces by French Impressionist composers Ravel and Debussy, as well as Hungarian Bartók; a program grouped under the theme Summer fun
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After its summer tour in South Korea, the OSM will return to Lanaudière at the end of July to present the orchestral version of the ballet Daphnis and Chloeby Ravel, with the assistance of the Festival Choral Ensemble.
July 9 will be an opportunity to hear two of Quebec’s most famous pianists, Charles-Richard Hamelin and Marc-André Hamelin (no family ties), who will be collaborating for the first time. The two musicians will perform the Concerto for two pianos of Mozart, accompanied by Les Violons du Roy and their founding conductor Bernard Labadie.
Charles Richard Hamelin
Photo: (Elizabeth Delage)
It is OM and its conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin who will ensure the closing of the festivities, with first of all the interpretation of the first act of the opera the valkyrieby Wagner, taken from his monumental tetralogy The Nibelung Ring. Three famous Wagnerian singers, Christine Goerke, Brandon Jovanovich and Franz-Josef Selig, will star in this concert.
The festival will end with a piano performance by Quebecer Hélène Grimaud, in tandem with the OM, who will play pieces by Mendelssohn and Schumann.
All these events will take place in the outdoor Fernand-Lindsay amphitheater, which is hosting fourteen Grand concerts this year, including the Brandenburg concertos, by Bach, performed by the Canadian Brass Brass Quintet; three symphonies by Beethoven performed by the German orchestra Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin; the bird catalog, by Messiaen, which will be delivered by the French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard in four blocks spread over 24 hours; and a pastoral ode by Handel, which will be set to music by the French ensemble Les Arts florissants.
The Festival de Lanaudière recruited Benoît Brière this year to serve as spokesperson. I am honored to become the ambassador of this event that I love so much
said the actor in a press release.
Benoit Briere
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The artistic director of the festival, Renaud Loranger, meanwhile wanted to highlight the comforting potential of classical music, which according to him constitutes a refuge of humanity
in these uncertain times.
The Festival is a plea for a renaissance through culture and beauty, for a resurgence of the values of dignity and benevolence through timeless art.
argues Mr. Loranger.
” If the hardships that our planet is going through upset the balance of power and change the modes of perception, music remains an unshakeable haven of authenticity. »
Tickets for the Festival de Lanaudière, which also offers 10 concerts in Lanaudoise churches, as well as the Hors les murs series, dedicated to emerging artists, are currently on sale. (New window).
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