Hungarian Dances and Folklore – August 31, Maison Symphonique LiveEvents August 23, 2018 1393 Hungarian Dances and Folklore Kent Nagano invites you to traverse the picturesque villages of Hungary in the company of Brahms, Kodály and Bartók. Tinged with nostalgia and arousing an irrepressible desire to ...
Scheherazade with Cirque Éloize – August 29, Olympic Park LiveEvents August 23, 2018 2250 OSM Classical Spree Opening concert Scheherazade with Cirque Éloize Let yourself be whisked away to the world of The Thousand and One Nights with Rimsky-Korsakov’s famous symphonic suite Scheherazade – a clas...
OSM in the Park – July 4, Brossard LiveEvents June 28, 2018 2642 THE OSM IN THE PARK Brossard – Sorbonne Park On a sweet summer evening, let yourself be carried away on a breeze of love and passion as the OSM presents excerpts of the most stirring amorous passages of the R...
Montreal International Musical Competition – June 4-7, Maison Symphonique LiveEvents May 28, 2018 2052 Voice 2018 - Montreal International Musical Competition Discover the world’s finest lyrical singers at the Concours musical international de Montréal. From May 28 to June 7, 38 singers showcase their talent an...
Joy and Grandeur – June 1-2, Maison Symphonique LiveEvents May 26, 2018 1965 JOY AND GRANDEUR: THE NINTH SYMPHONY Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, with its iconic “Ode to Joy,” closes this festival on a majestic note. A monumental fresco, it is an exhortation for universal peace and brother...
Beethoven’s “Eroica” – May 31, Maison Symphonique LiveEvents May 25, 2018 1980 HOPE FOR A BETTER WORLD: BEETHOVEN’S “EROICA” Driven by a desire for a more just world, Beethoven originally dedicated his “Eroica” symphony to Napoleon, whom he believed embodied the anti-monarchist ideals of...
Joy of Life: Beethoven’s Seventh – May 30, Maison Symphonique LiveEvents May 23, 2018 1639 Joy of Life: Beethoven's Seventh Symphony The Seventh Symphony, described by Wagner as “the apotheosis of the dance,” is regarded as the most rhythmic of Beethoven’s symphonies. His moving Allegretto was used ...
Beethoven’s “Pastoral” – May 29, Maison Symphonique LiveEvents May 22, 2018 1586 NATURE AWAKENS: BEETHOVEN’S “PASTORAL” Written only a few months before Beethoven realized his deafness was worsening, the composer’s Second Symphony radiates with unexpected humour and joy. His Sixth Symphony...
Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony – May 27-28, Maison Symphonique LiveEvents May 21, 2018 1897 Orchestre symphonique de Montréal presents Beethoven's Fifth Symphony The famous opening four-note figure launches the extraordinary music of Beethoven’s transcendent Fifth Symphony, a jewel of the symphonic ...
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – May 22, Maison Symphonique LiveEvents May 16, 2018 2570 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Who doesn’t remember that image of a young boy on a bicycle sailing past the full moon? Directed by Steven Spielberg in 1982, E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial left its mark on an entire g...