MAUDE BRUNET, mezzo-sopranoA Vivaldi Soriée – September 21, 2018, Bourgie Hall LiveEvents September 14, 2018 1617 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