Montreal Baroque Festival – June 22-25, Quartier des Spectacles LiveEvents June 16, 2017 2191 Montreal Baroque Festival 2017 is a year of anniversaries: Montreal's 375th, Canada's 150th and Montreal Baroque's 15th! 2017 is also the 220th anniversary of the first circus ever in Montreal. The Royal Cir...
Vivaldi, The Four Seasons and More – June 18, Pollack Hall LiveEvents June 12, 2017 2659 Montreal Chamber Music Festival presents VIVALDI, THE FOUR SEASONS AND MORE To conclude its 2017 season, the Festival proudly presents a family concert starring the winners of the Music Instrument Bank of the...
Rossini and Bruckner – June 8, Maison Symphonique LiveEvents May 29, 2017 2453 Choeur Classique de Montréal presents Rossini and Bruckner Rossini - Stabat Mater / Bruckner - Te Deum The Choeur Classique de Montréal proudly presents two very different pieces of sacred repertoire. In ad...
Carmina Burana – June 6, Maison Symphonique LiveEvents May 28, 2017 3453 McGill Chamber Orchestra presents Carmina Burana One of the most famous pieces of classical music’s repertoire. This masterpiece is renowned for its raw energy and the vitality of its rhythmic style, which gi...
Unprecedented Tharaud – June 2, Bourgie Hall LiveEvents May 25, 2017 2918 Unprecedented Tharaud After three tours, two albums, and numerous memorable concerts together, Alexandre Tharaud and Les Violons du Roy team up for a new adventure—the world premiere of an Oscar Strasnoy work ...
Benjamin Alard – June 1, Bourgie Hall LiveEvents May 25, 2017 2314 Benjamin Alard - harpsichord That inescapable monument of keyboard music, Bach’s Goldberg Variations are performed with elegance and insight by Benjamin Alard who, at age 19, was awarded first prize and the pu...
Carte Blanche to Valérie Milot – May 31, Bourgie Hall LiveEvents May 24, 2017 4381 Carte Blanche to Valérie Milot The renowned Quebec harpist Valérie Milot joins the first chairs of the Orchestre Métropolitain in a performance of French chamber music showcasing poetry and the evocative power...
The OSM and Kent Nagano to perform Mendelssohn’s Elijah on May 21 at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim The Montrealer May 18, 2017 3264 Mendelssohn’s Elijah at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim This season is the 170th anniversary of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, which continues a proud musical tradition that stretches back to the great synagogue...
Kent Nagano & Shostakovitch – May 24-25, Maison Symphonique LiveEvents May 17, 2017 2265 Orchestre symphonique de Montréal presents Kent Nagano & Shostakovitch's final symphony Shostakovich’s final symphony and Beethoven’s last piano concerto both emerged under difficult circumstances: ill he...
A Quartet in Paris – May 25, Bourgie Hall LiveEvents May 17, 2017 1996 A Quartet in Paris A Quartet in Paris recreates the 1737 premiere of Telemann’s Paris Quartets in the city whose name they bear. The performers on that occasion were accomplished composers, knowledgeable trave...