Vienna and Paris 1900 – February 27, Bourgie Hall LiveEvents February 19, 2019 2362 VIENNA AND PARIS 1900 In 1899, the year of Ernest Chausson’s death, Arnold Schoenberg completed his Transfigured Night, an expressionist work whose instrumentation was highly innovative for its time. While Chausson marked the close of the old century with a resolutely Romantic concertante composition, Schoenberg was already at work on an entirely new musical language. Artists DONG-SUK KANG, violon CHARLES RICHARD-HAMELIN, piano Axel Strauss and Alicia Choi, violins Douglas McNabney and Marina Thibeault, violas Matt Haimovitz and Cameron Crozman, cellos Program SCHOENBERG Verklärte Nacht (Tranfigured Night), Op. 4 CHAUSSON Concert for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet in D major, Op. 21 Wednesday, February 27th 2019 at 7:30pm Duration: 1 Hrs 30 Min For tickets and information: www.mbam.qc.ca/en/concerts 514-285-2000 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 Related
