Montreal’s Music

Monday March 19, 2007	7:30 pm	Great concert Théâtre Maisonneuve — Place des Arts
Tuesday March 20, 2007	7:30 pm	Le Conseil des arts de Montréal en tournée Église Saint-Sixte
Thursday March 22, 2007	7:30 pm	Le Conseil des arts de Montréal en tournée Théâtre Outremont
Friday March 23, 2007	8:00 pm	Le Conseil des arts de Montréal en tournée Église Marie-Reine-de-la-Paix
Monday March 26, 2007	8:00 pm	Le Conseil des arts de Montréal en tournée Salle Sylvain-Lelièvre (Auditorium) — Cégep de Maisonneuve
Wednesday March 28, 2007	7:30 pm	Le Conseil des arts de Montréal en tournée Église Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs
Thursday March 29, 2007	8:00 pm	Le Conseil des arts de Montréal en tournée Salle Désilets — Cégep Marie-Victorin

A tribute for the 50th anniversary of the Montreal Arts Council with a salute to four of Montreal’s founding nations: England, France, Ireland, and Scotland.

Description

The 2006-07 season marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Montreal Arts Council (formerly the Montreal Urban Community Arts Council). For this occasion, the Orchestre Métropolitain pays tribute to Montreal’s four founding nations, whose emblems appear on Montreal’s coat of arms: France (Debussy); England (Britten); Ireland (Doolittle); and Scotland (Maxwell-Davies) are each represented with a work. Among other remarkable features, this concert offers a rare opportunity to hear bagpipes given centre stage in the context of an orchestral performance. In addition, an original work commissioned by the Conseil des Arts de Montréal (CAM) will receive its premiere performance. Also on the program: Kaléidoscope, by the great Montreal composer Pierre Mercure who died prematurely at age 39. The warm brilliance of Mercure’s orchestration in this early composition has made it the most frequently-performed Quebec work on the international scene.