National Arts Centre: Les Violons du Roy

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Three things to know:

Les Violons du Roy heads west to showcase the captivating music-making that has made the group a fixture of cultural life in Quebec City and Montreal.
Two works evoke the wild adventures of Spanish literary hero Don Quixote and his witty sidekick, Sancho Panza.
Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 11 finds new life on the concert stage in Gustav Mahler’s lushly romantic arrangement for string orchestra.
The members of Les Violons du Roy and Music Director Jonathan Cohen bring their boundless energy and unparalleled performance style to Southam Hall for a program spanning three centuries of music.

One of literature’s most beloved figures, Don Quixote, takes center stage in two works. Telemann’s Burlesque de Quixotte traces the fabled knight’s adventures with sidekick Sancho Panza and his longing for Princess Dulcinea. At the same time, Aulis Sallinen’s The Nocturnal Dances of Don Juan Quixote merges Quixote’s world with that of the libertine Don Juan in a thrilling concerto for cello and orchestra performed by Johannes Moser, “one of the finest of young virtuoso cellists” (Gramophone).

Johannes Moser will also bring his signature flair to C.P.E. Bach’s Third Cello Concerto, a work of charming lyricism and exuberant dances, and Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 11 closes the evening with some of the composer’s most intimate and beautiful music, reimagined in Gustav Mahler’s arrangement for string orchestra.

Event Artists

Jonathan Cohen, Les Violons du Roy & Johannes Moser

National Arts Centre: Les Violons du Roy | Great Performers Series

Date/Time
Sunday, March 8, 2026
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Location
National Arts Centre
1 Elgin St
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada, K1P 5W1

Price
$31-99

Phone
613-947-7000

Website
https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/38399

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