Trio Hochelaga en concert à Montréal le 10 novembre

De retour d’une tournée en Chine, le Trio Hochelaga est heureux de vous inviter à son prochain concert
présenté à Montréal à la Salle Redpath de l'Université McGill, le lundi 10 novembre 2008, à 20 h.

Au programme :

• Joseph Haydn - Trio no 15, en sol majeur, Hob. XV
• Théodore Dubois - Trio no 1, en do mineur
• Félix Mendelssohn - Trio no 1, en ré mineur, opus 49

Coût des billets : étudiants 5 $ - adultes 20 $ (taxe incluse) - Billets en vente à la porte avant le concert.

Salle Redpath de l'Université McGill, 3461 McTavish, Montréal (Métro McGill)
Ce concert sera aussi présenté à Ottawa, le dimanche 9 novembre, à 15 h, au Pavillon Tabaret de l'Université d'Ottawa


Fondé en 2000, le Trio Hochelaga s’est très rapidement distingué sur la scène musicale canadienne comme l’un des plus importants ensembles de musique de chambre au pays. La violoniste Anne Robert, le violoncelliste Paul Marleyn, et le pianiste Stéphane Lemelin ont choisi de partager leur passion pour un répertoire de musique de chambre allant de l’époque classique à la musique d’aujourd’hui. Interprètes des grandes œuvres du répertoire, ils accordent une place particulière à la musique française, dont ils se donnent le mandat d’explorer les richesses méconnues.

Le Trio Hochelaga a dès ses débuts été invité à participer aux principaux festivals d’été de l’est du Canada, dont le Festival international de Lanaudière, le Festival international de musique de chambre d’Ottawa, le Festival of the Sound, et le Festival du Centre d’Arts d’Orford. En 2003, le Trio Hochelaga a créé le Triple Concerto de Jacques Hétu, avec l’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal au Festival de Lanaudière. Parmi les faits saillants d’une tournée à Taiwan et au Japon en 2004, notons l’invitation à se produire avec le Tokyo New City Orchestra dans le Triple Concerto de Beethoven au Sumida Triphony Hall de Tokyo.

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Moments sacrés

Le Choeur de la montagne présentera son concert MOMENTS SACRÉS Mozart - Handel - Mendelssohn les 24 mai à 20 heures et 25 mai à 14h30 à l'Église Saint-Matthieu, 1014, rue Richelieu à Beloeil.

La soprano Karine Michon est la soliste-invitée. Les lauréats du Concours de musique assureront la première partie : les pianistes Lysandre Ménard (14 ans, 1er prix catégorie 7 à 14 ans) et Aude St-Pierre (19 ans, 1er prix catégorie 15 à 21 ans) joueront le 24 mai tandis que le Trio Ouater (violon, violoncelle et piano) et le grand lauréat Thierry Bégin-Lamontagne, guitariste de 21 ans, joueront le 25 mai.

Billets en vente au Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-Saint Hilaire (450.536.3033) et chez Multi Électronique à Beloeil (450.467.8273)

NACO, May 7-8: Helmuth Rilling leads NAC Orchestra in Mendelssohn's Elijah

Ottawa, Canada – Helmuth Rilling will lead the National Arts Centre Orchestra, four soloists and three choirs totaling 150 singers in Mendelssohn’s mighty oratorio Elijah – drama on a truly Biblical scale – in Ovation Series concerts on Wednesday, May 7 and Thursday, May 8 at 20:00 in the NAC’s Southam Hall. It is only the second time in the NAC Orchestra’s history that it has presented the massive work. It will be performed in German with surtitles in English and French.

There will be “Musically Speaking” post-concert Talkbacks offered on Southam Hall stage after both concerts with Maestro Helmuth Rilling and chorus master Duain Wolfe.

Elijah remains one of the crowning achievements of the choral literature and is, along with Handel’s Messiah and Haydn’s Creation, one of the three most popular oratorios of all time. Garnering deafening applause and calls for encores at its premiere in 1846, the nearly operatic conception of Elijah depicts the struggle of the larger-than-life prophet against false gods and the fiery Jezebel, and amazingly evokes drought, rainstorms and earthquakes, as well as God’s display of power in a column of fire and Elijah’s ascent to heaven in a chariot. “I picture Elijah,” wrote Mendelssohn “as a grand and mighty prophet of a kind we would do well to have in our own day – powerful, zealous, but also harsh and angry and saturnine; a striking contrast to the court sycophants and the rabble.”

Canadian bass Nathan Berg – who last performed here in the Verdi Requiem in 2006 and under the direction of Helmuth Rilling in Haydn’s Creation in 2004 – sings the role of the prophet Elijah. American soprano Elizabeth Keusch makes her NAC Orchestra debut as the Widow and an Angel – originally written for the famous “Swedish Nightingale” Jenny Lind. Romanian mezzo-soprano Roxana Constantinescu, also making her NACO debut, is Jezebel and an Angel; and American tenor James Taylor, who performed with Rilling and Berg in Haydn’s Creation as well as the 2006 presentation of Bach’s B-minor Mass, portrays Obadiah and Ahab. The Cantata Singers of Ottawa (Michael Zaugg, director), the Ottawa Choral Society (Matthew Larkin, director) and members of the Ottawa Bach Choir (Lisette Canton) combine for a 150-voice chorus prepared by Duain Wolfe with assistance from Laurence Ewashko.

Stuttgart-born Helmuth Rilling is active as a conductor, pedagogue, and an ambassador for the music of J. S. Bach worldwide. He founded the Gächinger Kantorei in 1954 and 11 years later founded the Bach Collegium Stuttgart. In addition to Bach, he has been a fervent advocate of “neglected” romantic choral music as well as commissioning and performing contemporary choral music. With his ensembles in Stuttgart or as a guest conductor, Maestro Rilling is active on the international concert podium, performing regularly throughout Europe, US, and Canada. As a testament to his inexhaustible activity are hundreds of CD, radio and TV recordings. He was awarded the UNESCO International Music Prize in 1994 and won a coveted Grammy Award in 2000 for his recording of Krzystof Penderecki’s Credo.

Tickets for these Ovation Series concerts on Wednesday, May 7 and Thursday, May 8 at 20:00 are on sale now at $19.00, $29.00, $49.00, $59.00, $69.00 with box seats at $83.00 (GST and Facility Fee included) at the NAC Box Office (Monday to Saturday from 10:00 to 21:00), and through Ticketmaster (with surcharges) at 613-755-1111. Ticketmaster may also be accessed through the NAC’s website at www.nac-cna.ca.

Half-price tickets for students in all sections of the hall are on sale in person at the NAC Box Office upon presentation of a valid student ID card. Same-day Live Rush tickets (subject to availability) for full-time students (aged 13 to 29) are $10 at the NAC Box Office between 14:00 and 18:00 on the day of performance only, upon presentation of a valid Live Rush card.

Groups of 10 and more save 15% to 20% off the regular price of tickets to NAC Music, Theatre and Dance performances. To reserve your seats call 613-947-7000 ext. 384 or email grp@nac-cna.ca.