AU COMMENCEMENTĶ
Mercredi 5 novembre 2008, 20 h
Salle Pollack
LOrchestre de chambre I Musici de Montral Montral, le 03 novembre 2008 lavant-scne de ce programme souvenir, quelques pices musicales qui ont accompagn les dbuts de lensemble. En ouverture du concert, deux Concerti Grossi de Hndel qui comptent parmi les uvres les plus russies en matire de musique instrumentale. galement, des uvres de Chostakovitch, un compositeur incontournable au rpertoire de lorchestre. Suivi de Scherzo dAndr Prvost, la premire uvre qubcoise figurant au rpertoire ainsi quaux tournes internationales de lorchestre. Et pour conclure sur une note rafrachissante, Maestro Yuli Turovsky nous propose les Variations sur Happy Birthday de Peter Heidrich qui soulignent damusante faon le 25e anniversaire dI Musici. Au commencementĶ en 1983
Il y a 25 ans, le violoncelliste Yuli Turovsky invitait un petit groupe de violonistes participer lenregistrement des douze Concerti Grossi, opus 6 de Hndel pour les ondes de la Socit Radio-Canada. Dix ans plus tard, en 1993, I Musici recevait une Rosette du Penguin Guide pour son enregistrement de ces Concerti grossi attribuant cette version la cote denregistrement de rfrence. Depuis les dbuts de lorchestre, plusieurs compositions de Chostakovitch un compositeur russe que Maestro Turovsky a fort bien connu avec lOrchestre de chambre de Moscou ont figur au vaste rpertoire dI Musici de Montral. Georg Frideric Hndel (1685-1759) et Dmitri Chostakovitch (1906-1975)
lautomne de 1739, Hndel prsentait, au Thtre Royal de Londres, certains de ses Concerti Grossi quil avait expressment composs pour loccasion. Publis par John Walsh sous le titre de Twelve Grand Concertos Opus 6, ces uvres reprsentent un sommet de lcriture instrumentale baroque. Pour cette uvre incontournable du compositeur allemand, le claveciniste virtuose Jol Thiffault lun des chefs de file en musique ancienne au Canada se joindra LOrchestre I Musici. Avec son huitime quatuor cordes, quil composa en trois jours, Chostakovitch dpeint la guerre dans toute son horreur. Humeur sombre, valse funeste ou martlement daccords glaants, ce quatuor cordes se termine sur une pitaphe destine aux victimes du fascisme et de la guerre. Compos en 1960, ce quatuor a repris des thmes de certaines uvres antrieures dont un chant rvolutionnaire. ANDR PRVOST (1934-2001)
Issu dune famille originaire de Saint-Jrme, Andr Prvost est n en Ontario. Compositeur et professeur il enseigna lUniversit de Montral de 1964 1996 Andr Prvost reut, en 1986, la dcoration dofficier de lOrdre du Canada. Parmi ses uvres les plus clbres, citons notamment Terre des Hommes, une composition pour double orchestre, trois churs et deux rcitants, crite sur un pome de Michle Lalonde et choisie pour l'inauguration de lExpo 67. crit en 1960, son Scherzo pour orchestre cordes voque un rythme stravinskien des plus communicatifs et une bonne humeur qui nest pas sans rappeler la musique de Mendelssohn. PETER HEIDRICH (n en 1935)
Et pour une finale rafrachissante, les trs propos Variations sur Happy Birthday de Peter Heidrich. Cette pice du compositeur et violoniste allemand consiste en une srie de onze variations, crites dans autant de styles diffrents. Composes en 1994, ces Variations sur Happy Birthday sinspirent, entre autres, des compositions de Haydn, de Mozart, de Beethoven, de Brahms, du ragtime, de musiques de films ou encore de danse telles que la valse ou le tango. Variations by Peter Heidrich are pure entertainment.
BBC Classical Review 2003
Direction : Yuli Turovsky
Programme
Hndel Concerto grosso, opus 6, no 1 et no 12
Chostakovitch Symphonie de chambre en do mineur, opus 110a
(arr. du Quatuor no 8 par R. Barshai)
Prvost Scherzo
Heidrich Variations sur Happy Birthday 2008-2009 : 25e saison de LOrchestre I Musici de Montral
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IN THE BEGINNINGĶ
Wednesday November 5, 2008, 8 pm
Pollack Hall
LOrchestre de chambre I Musici de Montral Montral, November 3, 2008 To highlight this anniversary program I Musici will play pieces that were an important part of the repertoire in the beginning, as well as a special composition chosen to end the program. The concert will open with two Concerti Grossi de Handel, works which set the standard for instrumental music. Since the beginning of the orchestra, Maestro Turovskys important connection to the world of Shostakovich has also been a feature of I Musicis repertoire from the very beginning. Scherzo by Andr Prvost was the first of many Quebec works that I Musici has played all over the world. Maestro Yuli Turovsky concludes the program with Variations on Happy Birthday by Peter Heidrich to underline, in a very amusing fashion, the 25th anniversary of I Musici. In the beginningĶ in 1983
Twenty-five years ago the cellist Yuli Turovsky invited a small group of string players to tape performances of Handels 12 Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 for the Socit Radio-Canada. Ten years later, in 1993, I Musici received a Rosette from the Penguin Guide and named the Concerti Grossi on the recording as a reference for these works. Georg Frideric Handel (1685-1759) and Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
During the fall of 1739, Handel presented some of his Concerti Grossi specifically composed for these occasions at Londons Theatre Royal. Published by John Walsh as Twelve Grand Concertos Opus 6 these compositions were rank among Handel's finest achievements in the realm of instrumental music. For this great work by the German composer, harpsichordist and well know specialist in early music, Jol Thiffault, will join I Musici. In his eighth string quartet, composed over only three days, Shostakovitch depicts war and all its horrors. This quartet, with its sombre atmosphere, funereal waltz and strong percussive chords closes with an epitaph for the victims of fascism and war. Composed in 1960, the quartet quotes themes from certain preceding works of which one is a revolutionary song. ANDR PRVOST (1934-2001)
Part of a family originally from Saint-Jrme, Andr Prvost was born in Ontario. Composer and teacher, he taught at the University of Montreal from 1964 to 1996. In 1986, he became an Officer of the Order of Canada. Among his most celebrated works is Terre des Hommes, a composition for double orchestra, three choirs and two narrators, inspired by a poem of Michle Lalonde and chosen for the inauguration of Expo 67. His Scherzo written in 1960 for string orchestra evokes a highly communicative stravinskien rhythm with much good humour that will perhaps recall the music of Mendelssohn. PETER HEIDRICH (b. 1935)
And for a refreshing finale, I Musici plays the highly appropriate Variations on Happy Birthday by Peter Heidrich. This piece by the German violinist and composer consist of a series of eleven variations written in as many different styles. Composed in 1994, these variations are inspired by, amongst others, the compositions of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, ragtime, film music and even dances like waltzes and tangos. Variations by Peter Heidrich are pure entertainment.
BBC Classical Review 2003
Conductor: Yuli Turovsky
Program
Handel Concerto grosso, Op. 6, No. 1 and No. 12
Shostakovich Chamber Symphony in C minor, Op. 110A
(arr. of Quartet No. 8 by R. Barshai)
Prvost Scherzo
Heidrich Variations on Happy Birthday
2008-2009: 25th Season of LOrchestre I Musici de Montral
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