A VIVALDI SOIRÉE

The musicians of Les Violons du Roy give a conductor-less performance of a selection of magnificent concertos and sinfonias by the great Vivaldi.

Les Violons du Roy takes its name from the celebrated court orchestra of the French kings. It was founded in 1984 by conductor Bernard Labadie, and continues under music director Jonathan Cohan to explore the nearly boundless repertoire of music for chamber orchestra in performances matched as closely as possible to the period of each work’s composition. Its minimum fifteen-member complement plays modern instruments, albeit with period bows for Baroque and Classical music, and its interpretations are deeply informed by the latest research on seventeenth- and eighteenth-century performance practice. The repertoire of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries receives similar attention and figures regularly on the orchestra’s programs.

Artists
Les Violons du Roy

MAUDE BRUNET, mezzo-soprano
PASCALE GIGUÈRE, violin
ISAAC CHALK, viola d’amore
BENOIT LOISELLE, cello
RAPHAËL McNABNEY, bass

Program
VIVALDI
Stabat Mater
Sinfonia (Dorilla in tempe)
Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro
Concerto for Strings in E minor
Concerto for Violin in C major
Concerto for Viola d’amore in D minor
Concerto for Cello in B minor
Overture (La verità in cimento)

Friday, September 21st 2018 at 7:30pm
Duration: 2 Hrs

For tickets and information: www.mbam.qc.ca/en/concerts  514-285-2000

Subscribe to the series: Subscription by phone: 514-285-2000, option 4, or 1-800-899-6873
Every day from 9am to 5pm or in person at the ticket booth of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

Bourgie Concert Hall, at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) complex, is a 444-seat venue located in the restored Erskine and American Church (designed in 1894 in Neo-Romanesque style by architect Alexander Cowper Hutchison). Designated a national historic site in 1998, the transformed setting is now graced with high-quality acoustics and an exceptional décor incorporating 20 historic Tiffany stained glass windows. Ideal for performances by chamber-music ensembles, string orchestras, and other groups, Bourgie Concert Hall offer music lovers an auditory repertoire as diverse as the MMFA collections

Bourgie Concert Hall
1339 Sherbrooke Street West,
Montreal, Quebec
H3G 2E8