November 2011
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Bach at Cöthen I – opening concert, Isabelle Faust, violin
8 November 2011 7:30 pm
Bach at Cöthen I – opening concert, Isabelle Faust, violin
8 November 2011 7:30 pm
Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 Isabelle Faust, violin Isabelle Faust will perform four of Bach’s six grandiose works for solo violin, including the sublime chaconne, rightly considered to be the summit of solo violin repertoire. Isabelle Faust performs on the 1704 “Sleeping Beauty” Stradivarius
Click here to purchase tickets for Bach at Cöthen I Please note that due to high demand we only have a few tickets left and the selection of seats is limited. For more details on the available seats, please contact us at (514) 989-9668 |
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Bach & the St John Passion
9 November 2011 8:00 pm – 11 November 2011 10:30 am
Bach & the St John Passion
9 November 2011 8:00 pm – 11 November 2011 10:30 am
This concert will be repeated on Thursday, November 10 at 8 pm and Friday, November 11 at 10:30 am St John Passion, BWV 245 Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Chœur de l’OSM The St John Passion has been described as the more strikingly bold and powerfully expressive of the two extant oratorios Bach wrote on the Passion of Christ. Kent Nagano, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and the OSM Choir will perform this masterpiece of sacred drama along with such acclaimed soloists as Sibylla Rubens, Christoph Genz and Markus Werba. Click here to purchase tickets for Bach & the St John Passion |
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Bach & the St John Passion
9 November 2011 8:00 pm – 11 November 2011 10:30 am
Bach & the St John Passion
9 November 2011 8:00 pm – 11 November 2011 10:30 am
This concert will be repeated on Thursday, November 10 at 8 pm and Friday, November 11 at 10:30 am St John Passion, BWV 245 Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Chœur de l’OSM The St John Passion has been described as the more strikingly bold and powerfully expressive of the two extant oratorios Bach wrote on the Passion of Christ. Kent Nagano, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and the OSM Choir will perform this masterpiece of sacred drama along with such acclaimed soloists as Sibylla Rubens, Christoph Genz and Markus Werba. Click here to purchase tickets for Bach & the St John Passion |
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Bach & the St John Passion
9 November 2011 8:00 pm – 11 November 2011 10:30 am
Abendmusik
11 November 2011 8:00 pm
Bach & the St John Passion
9 November 2011 8:00 pm – 11 November 2011 10:30 am
This concert will be repeated on Thursday, November 10 at 8 pm and Friday, November 11 at 10:30 am St John Passion, BWV 245 Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Chœur de l’OSM The St John Passion has been described as the more strikingly bold and powerfully expressive of the two extant oratorios Bach wrote on the Passion of Christ. Kent Nagano, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and the OSM Choir will perform this masterpiece of sacred drama along with such acclaimed soloists as Sibylla Rubens, Christoph Genz and Markus Werba. Click here to purchase tickets for Bach & the St John Passion Abendmusik
11 November 2011 8:00 pm
Heinrich Ignaz von Biber Johann Rosenmüller Dietrich Buxtehude Johann Schmelzer Johann Sebastian Bach Ensemble Masques Imagine attending one of Buxtehude’s famous “Abendmusiken” at the Marienkirche in seventeeth-century Lübeck. Relive such a captivating evening with the excellent Baroque group Ensemble Masques performing works by Biber, Buxtehude, Bach and others. |
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Bach Secular Cantatas
12 November 2011 7:30 pm
Bach Secular Cantatas
12 November 2011 7:30 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach Coffee Cantata, BWV 211 McGill Chamber Orchestra Two of Bach’s secular cantatas, one praising the bourgeois’ |
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Gloria
13 November 2011 4:30 pm
The Splendours of the Organ
13 November 2011 7:30 pm
Gloria
13 November 2011 4:30 pm
Concerto for cello in G minor, RV 416 Choir and Orchestra of Theatre of Early Music Daniel Taylor, counter tenor and conductor Treat yourself to Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria, his most famous piece of sacred music as well as to the Cello Concerto in G minor, one of the few important cello concertos to have been written before the 19th century. Known for his outstanding performances of contemporary works, the cello virtuoso Matt Haimovitz displays his great versatility as one of the evening’s soloists. The Splendours of the Organ
13 November 2011 7:30 pm
Dietrich Buxtehude François Couperin Johann Sebastian Bach Ton Koopman, organ
Three composers, two traditions: Buxtehude and Bach, both firmly anchored in the North-German Lutheran tradition of church music, and Couperin equally strongly tied to his French Catholic musical heritage. A colourful mix of sacred and secular works for organ, which includes Buxtehude’s famous Passacaglia in D minor. |
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Ton Koopman at the ConservatoryThe muse of history
14 November 2011 7:30 pm
Ton Koopman at the ConservatoryThe muse of history
14 November 2011 7:30 pm
en anglais seulement / in english only Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues op. 84 and their historical counterparts Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich George Frideric Handel Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck Henry Purcell Johann Sebastian Bach From Book II of the Well-Tempered Clavier Nicolai Medtner Ilya Poletaev, piano, harpsichord and organ Dmitri Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes and Fugues op. 84 were written as a homage to Johann Sebastian Bach’s Wohltemperiertes Clavier. Ilya Poletaev, pianist, harpsichordist and organist, combines a number of Shostakovich’s Preludes and Fugues, some of Bach’s own with well-known Baroque favourites such as Handel’s “Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa” and Purcell’s “When I am laid in earth”. |
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Bach at Cöthen II – Concert of Laureates of the Montréal International Musical Competition 2010
15 November 2011 7:30 pm
Bach at Cöthen II – Concert of Laureates of the Montréal International Musical Competition 2010
15 November 2011 7:30 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata for violin and piano No. 6 in G major , BWV 1019
Sonata for violin solo No. 1 in G minor , BWV 1001 Partita for violin solo No. 1 in B minor , BWV 1002 Sonata for violin and piano No. 3 in E major , BWV 1016 Benjamin Beilman, violon It was in Cöthen that Bach wrote some of his greatest instrumental works. Among these, the 20-year old Grand Prize Winner of the 2010 Montreal International Musical Competition, Benjamin Beilman, will perform the first two works of the cycle for solo violin, the Sonata and Partita No. 1, and with Yekwon Sunwoo two Sonatas for Violin and Piano. | 16 |
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Goldberg Variations reinvented
17 November 2011 7:30 pm
Goldberg Variations reinvented
17 November 2011 7:30 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach Uri Caine and Ensemble Uri Caine’s Goldberg Variations, a unique homage to Bach’s famous work is presented here in an elegant, entertaining and virtuoso adaptation for seven performers. Including interpretations of some of Bach’s own variations as well as Uri Caine’s witty “reimaginations” based on Bach’s theme. Click here to purchase tickets for Goldberg Variations reinvented (Tickets for this concert are equally available on réseau admission) |
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Future stars – McGill organ recital
18 November 2011 12:30 pm
Bach at the Court
18 November 2011 8:00 pm
Bach – Desires of the soul
18 November 2011 8:00 pm – 20 November 2011 2:00 pm
Future stars – McGill organ recital
18 November 2011 12:30 pm
Bach at the Court
18 November 2011 8:00 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach Sonata for viola da gamba and harpsichord in G major, BWV 1027 Clavecin en concert Juan Manuel Quintana, viola da gamba The renowned viol player Juan Manuel Quintana joins flautist Grégoire Jeay and harpsichordist Luc Beauséjour in a colourful programme of chamber works, which were written during Bach’s stay in Cöthen: the three sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord as well as two of the three sonatas for flute and continuo. Bach – Desires of the soul
18 November 2011 8:00 pm – 20 November 2011 2:00 pm
This concert will be repeated on Saturday, November 19 at 8 pm and on Sunday, November 20 at 2 pm Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata : “Widerstehe doch der Sünde” for alto, strings and basso continuo, BWV 54
Arion Orchestre Baroque Jaap ter Linden, Cello and conductor The last concert of this year’s Bach Festival combines the sacred Cantatas 54 and 170 with such well-known instrumental masterpieces as the Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 and the Suite No. 2. Arion Baroque Orchestra is joined by conductor Jaap ter Linden and mezzo-soprano Meg Bragle, renowned for her eloquent and dynamic performances of Bach’s music. Click here to purchase tickets for Bach – Searching Soul Please note that due to high demand we only have a few tickets left and the selection of seats is limited. For more details on the available seats, please contact us at (514) 989-9668 |
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Bach – Desires of the soul
18 November 2011 8:00 pm – 20 November 2011 2:00 pm
Bach – Desires of the soul
18 November 2011 8:00 pm – 20 November 2011 2:00 pm
This concert will be repeated on Saturday, November 19 at 8 pm and on Sunday, November 20 at 2 pm Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata : “Widerstehe doch der Sünde” for alto, strings and basso continuo, BWV 54
Arion Orchestre Baroque Jaap ter Linden, Cello and conductor The last concert of this year’s Bach Festival combines the sacred Cantatas 54 and 170 with such well-known instrumental masterpieces as the Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 and the Suite No. 2. Arion Baroque Orchestra is joined by conductor Jaap ter Linden and mezzo-soprano Meg Bragle, renowned for her eloquent and dynamic performances of Bach’s music. Click here to purchase tickets for Bach – Searching Soul Please note that due to high demand we only have a few tickets left and the selection of seats is limited. For more details on the available seats, please contact us at (514) 989-9668 |
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Bach – Desires of the soul
18 November 2011 8:00 pm – 20 November 2011 2:00 pm
Bach – Desires of the soul
18 November 2011 8:00 pm – 20 November 2011 2:00 pm
This concert will be repeated on Saturday, November 19 at 8 pm and on Sunday, November 20 at 2 pm Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata : “Widerstehe doch der Sünde” for alto, strings and basso continuo, BWV 54
Arion Orchestre Baroque Jaap ter Linden, Cello and conductor The last concert of this year’s Bach Festival combines the sacred Cantatas 54 and 170 with such well-known instrumental masterpieces as the Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 and the Suite No. 2. Arion Baroque Orchestra is joined by conductor Jaap ter Linden and mezzo-soprano Meg Bragle, renowned for her eloquent and dynamic performances of Bach’s music. Click here to purchase tickets for Bach – Searching Soul Please note that due to high demand we only have a few tickets left and the selection of seats is limited. For more details on the available seats, please contact us at (514) 989-9668 |
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