Samedi 30 novembre 2013 / Saturday 30th November 2013 14h30 / 2:30pm & 16h 30 / 4:30 pm La Chorale de la Jeunesse nationale de la Nouvelle-Zélande / New Zealand Youth Choir

Samedi 30 novembre 2013 / Saturday 30th November 2013
 & 16h 30 / 4:30 pm   2 CONCERTS!
Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal
Ste-Catherine / University. Metro McGill

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SouNZ in the City
 

La Chorale de la Jeunesse nationale
de la Nouvelle-Zélande

David Squire, conductor / directeur 
 14h30  / 2:30pm
Andrew Baldwin (NZ)       Magnificat
Benjamin Britten               A Hymn to the Virgin
Robert Schumann             Vier Doppelchörige Gesänge
1. An die Sterne 2. Ungewisses Licht 3. Zuversicht 4. Talismane
Elliott Carter                    Musicians wrestle everywhere
Bob Chilcott                    Nova! Nova!
Bob Chilcott                    The Shepherds’ Carol
David Hamilton (NZ)        Una Noche de Verano
Herbert Howells               Take him, earth, for cherishing
Stephen Lange (NZ)          He wishes for the cloths of heaven
Richard Madden (NZ)        I Sing of a Maiden

Franz Gruber          Silent Night, arr Terence Maskell (NZ)   
15h 30 / 3:30 pm
Organ Recital
James Tibbles, organ / orgue

Praeludium  in G                                        N. Bruhns 
Variations on Ach, wie nichtig             G. Böhm   
Concerto in b, after Vivaldi, (Allegro)   J. Walter   
Vater unser im Himmelreich                       G. Böhm   
Trio sonata in Eb BWV (Allegro)  BWV 525  J.S. Bach        

Prelude in Eb     BWV  552                 J.S. Bach

16h 30 / 4:30 pm
Christopher Marshall arr (NZ)   Minoi minoi
Douglas Mews arr (NZ)             Pokarekare ana
Douglas Mews (NZ)                            Two folk songs of the sea
1. Come all you tonguers 2. Blood red roses
R. Murray Schafer  Miniwanka (or The Moments of Water)
Traditional arr Terry Schlenker           O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Michael Tippett arr        
Five Spirituals from A Child of Our Time
1. Steal Away         2. Nobody knows  3. Go down, Moses
4.By and By  5. Deep River
Te Whanau Wehi (NZ)                       Te Iwi e
Te Whanau Wehi (NZ)                       Wairua Tapu
George Shearing, arr Andrew Carter   Lullaby of Birdland

samedi 23 novembre 2013, 16h30 / Saturday 23rd November 2013, 4.30pm - Duo Rêverie, harpe celtique et flûte: Music for Advent / Musique pour L'Avent

samedi 23 novembre 2013 / Saturday 23rd November 2013
16h 30 / 4:30 pm
Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal
Ste-Catherine / University. Metro McGill

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Duo Rêverie
flûte  harpe  celtique
Music for Advent   Musique pour L’Avent
 

Hannah Roberts Brockow, harp celtique et Jonathan Bailey, flûte

The World hears the Message / Le Message au Monde

Es ist ein Ros Entsprungen
O Come, O Come Emmanuel / Let all Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Veni, Redemptor gencium / Redeemer of the Nations Come
O Sanctissima
Mary hears the Message / Le Message à Marie
Sweet was the Song the Virgin Sang
Basque Carol (The Angel Gabriel)
The Shepherds hear the Angels’ Message /
Le Message des Anges aux Bergers
Cold December Winds
Nowell Sing We / Noël Nouvelet
Angelus ad Virginem / Besançon Carol (Berger, secoue) / The Angels and the Shepherds
Salten y Ballen /  Un flambeau, Jeanette, Isabella
What Child is This?
Tomorrow Shall be my Dancing Day

Samedi 16 novembre 2013 / Saturday 16th November 2013 - 2 Concerts! 13h00 / 1pm Voice Recital , 16h30 / 4.30pm Benjamin Britten Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings

Samedi 16 novembre 2013 / Saturday 16th November 2013
2 Concerts!
13h00 / 1pm
Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal
Ste-Catherine / University. Metro McGill

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The Music Department of Concordia University
Voice Recital  Students of Dr. Irene Feher
 Collaborative pianists  
Genevieve Jalbert & Polina Minatcheva
 Que mœrebat et dolebat (Stabat Mater)………………………G. B. Pergolesi (1710-36)
Du Ring an meinem Finger (Frauenliebe und Leben)………R. Schumann (1810-56)
Va! laisse couler mes larmes! (Werther)…………………………J. Massenet (1842-1912)
Chanmee Chung, mezzo-soprano
 An Sylvia…………………………………………………………………F. Schubert (1797-1828)
Sure on this Shining Night…………………………………………………S. Barber (1910-81)
Violon (Fiançailles Pour Rire)…………………………………………F. Poulenc (1899-1963)
Kyla Smith, soprano
 It was a Lover and his Lass…………………………………………………R. Quilter (1877-1953)
O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)…………………………………G. Puccini (1858-1924)
Piper Ainsworth, soprano
 A Serpina penserete (La Serva Padrona)……………………G. B. Pergolesi (1710-36)
Ganymed………………………………………………………………………F. Schubert (1797-1828)
Stephanie Brassard, soprano
 Bella siccome un angelo (Don Pasquale)………………………G. Donizetti (1797-1848)
Widmung…………………………………………………………………………R. Schumann (1810-56)
I Hear an Army………………………………………………………………………S. Barber (1910-81)
Gabriel Frank, bass-baritone
 Giunse alfin il momento – Deh vieni, non tardar (Le Nozze di Figaro)W. A. Mozart (1756-91)
L’invitation au voyage…………………………………………………H. Duparc (1848-1933)
Gretchen am Spinnrade………………………………………………F. Shubert (1797-1828)
Gabrielle Emard, soprano
 Oh! ne finis jamais! (Poème D’Amour)……………………J. Massenet (1842-1912)
La ci darem la mano (Don Giovanni)……………………….W. A. Mozart (1756-91)
Stephanie Brassard, soprano & Gabriel Frank, bass-baritone
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Samedi 16 novembre 2013 / Saturday 16th November 
16h 30 / 4:30 pm
Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal
Ste-Catherine / University. Metro McGill

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Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Serenade


Concert Review
L’Oasis Musicale’s celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Britten reached a new high at last week’s concert with an ambitious and compelling performance of the composer’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings. The Chamber Music Without Borders String Ensemble, comprising mainly young musicians from McGill along with some guests, was conducted with precision, sensitivity and assurance by John Wiens, and provided a highly complementary accompaniment to the soloists. Kevin Myers, tenor and Gabriel Mairson, horn both possessed a fine range of tone, colour and mood to match the varying atmospheres conveyed by these masterful settings of English poetry. In the first half Shayna Palevsky, flute displayed fine phrasing and a lovely legato line in pieces written by Britten’s composition teacher Frank Bridge, whilst Linda Brady produced a silvery and shimmering performance of Ravel’s Ondine. Bravo and thank you to all the artists in this wonderful concert. 

Flute Sonata (1927) Allegro moderato, Aria           Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942) 

Ondine (1908)                                                             Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) 

Winter Pastorale (1925)                                             Frank Bridge (1879-1941)

4 Pieces H104 (1912) (selections)                         Frank Bridge 


Linda Brady, piano
Shayna Palevsky, flute





 Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op 31 (1943)
1. Prologue
2. Pastoral, de/from The Evening Quatrains, Charles Cotton (1630–1687)
3. Nocturne, Blow, bugle, blow by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
4. Elegy, The Sick Rose by William Blake (1757–1827)
5. Dirge, the anonymous Lyke-Wake Dirge (fifteenth century).
6. Hymn, Hymn to Diana by Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
7. Sonnet, To Sleep by John Keats (1795–1821)
8. Epilogue

Kevin Myers, tenor, Gabriel Mairson, horn
Chamber Music Without Borders String Ensemble,
John Wiens conductor/ directeur  

samedi 9 novembre 2013 / Saturday 9th November 2013 16h 30 / 4:30 pm - Musique d'Europe 1941-195, Trio Monbraque

Concert Review
The Trio Monbraque was in excellent form for their concert this past week at L'Oasis Musicale. Jonathan Bailey's flute playing, particularly in Messiaen's Le Merle Noir, was finely constructed, passionate, and engaging. His tone on the flute was soaring through the variations and rhythmically challenging music. Genevieve Beaudet proved an excellent pianist partner for him in the Prokofiev Sonata Op. 94, a piece requiring enormous endurance and tenacity from both musicians.  Donald Pistolesi joined them for Martinu's trio H300, a charming work, which in contrast to how it may appear on the score, sounded perfectly natural to the ear. In all, a terrific concert. 
samedi 9 novembre 2013 / Saturday 9th November 2013
16h 30 / 4:30 pm
Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal
Ste-Catherine / University. Metro McGill

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Musique d’Europe 1941-1951

Sonata in D for flute and piano, Op 94 (1943)
Sonate pour flûte et piano opus 94
                                                 Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
  Andantino – Allegro – Andante – Allegro con brio

Le merle noir (1951)             Olivier Messiaen (1908 – 1992)

Trio for flute, cello and piano, H300 (1944)
Trio pour flûte, violoncello et piano
                                         Bohuslav Martinů (1890 – 1959)

Poco allegretto - Adagio - Andante - Allegretto scherzando

Trio Monbraque

Jonathan Bailey, flûte
Donald Pistolesi, violoncelle
Geneviève Beaudet, piano