Wednesday, June 5, 2024 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Orchestre Métropolitain musicians come together to perform a work written by one of their own, French horn player Simon Bourget. His sextet for piano and wind quintet will be followed by two major pieces for piano and winds from the repertoire: the charming and elegant sextet by Francis Poulenc and a sextet written by his […]
Sunday, June 2, 2024 @ 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm – Three musical tales are told by Barbada over an original musical score, performed for the first time by Orchestre Métropolitain musicians. Follow the adventures of three friends as they travel through the forest and across seasons to find the famous multicolour dewdrops whose music lifts people’s spirits. Let strings and a drag queen tell the […]
Saturday, June 1, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – The Chœur Métropolitain will delight audiences with every choral ensemble’s favourite piece: Carmina Burana. At once powerful, dramatic, playful and measured, these secular cantatas were inspired by medieval poems and set to music in 1936 by Carl Orff. A joy to sing and listen to, particularly in their arrangement for piano and percussion! The first […]
Saturday, May 18, 2024 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – In 2020, Glass Marcano’s life changed overnight. She went from selling fruit in Venezuela to participating in the major conducting competition La Maestra in Paris, where she won over the jury and brought home the Orchestra Prize. This major turning point is illustrated in this two-part program. First, her roots can be found in the […]
Friday, May 17, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – In 2020, Glass Marcano’s life changed overnight. She went from selling fruit in Venezuela to participating in the major conducting competition La Maestra in Paris, where she won over the jury and brought home the Orchestra Prize. This major turning point is illustrated in this two-part program. First, her roots can be found in the […]
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – In 2020, Glass Marcano’s life changed overnight. She went from selling fruit in Venezuela to participating in the major conducting competition La Maestra in Paris, where she won over the jury and brought home the Orchestra Prize. This major turning point is illustrated in this two-part program. First, her roots can be found in the […]
Thursday, April 18, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – The great French baritone François Le Roux, known as the Pelléas of his generation, performs surrealist artist Max Jacob’s poetry set to music by Poulenc and a production by Ramuz and Stravinsky combining speech, mime, dance and music. He will be accompanied by Orchestre Métropolitain musicians and conducted by Nicolas Ellis.
Sunday, April 14, 2024 @ 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm – Three musical tales are told by Barbada over an original musical score, performed for the first time by Orchestre Métropolitain musicians. Follow the adventures of three friends as they travel through the forest and across seasons to find the famous multicolour dewdrops whose music lifts people’s spirits. Let strings and a drag queen tell the […]
Saturday, April 6, 2024 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – A churning, beating humanity is evoked in this social symphony in constant evolution, a work that proposes a tempest of bodies, sound compositions, and immersive visual installations inspired by data culled from citizens and scientists. This grand gesture composed of musicians and dancers will attempt to illuminate and transform the stage into a great heart […]
Friday, April 5, 2024 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – A churning, beating humanity is evoked in this social symphony in constant evolution, a work that proposes a tempest of bodies, sound compositions, and immersive visual installations inspired by data culled from citizens and scientists. This grand gesture composed of musicians and dancers will attempt to illuminate and transform the stage into a great heart […]
Thursday, April 4, 2024 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – A churning, beating humanity is evoked in this social symphony in constant evolution, a work that proposes a tempest of bodies, sound compositions, and immersive visual installations inspired by data culled from citizens and scientists. This grand gesture composed of musicians and dancers will attempt to illuminate and transform the stage into a great heart […]
Saturday, February 3, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Two major international opera stars will join Yannick Nézet-Séguin in a sublime search for light. Soprano Janai Brugger delivers a consistently stunning performance of Gloria, the French composer Poulenc’s masterpiece. Mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill will explore profound human suffering to find glimmers of hope in her performance of Psalm 130, “Out of the Depths.” Listen closely […]
Sunday, January 21, 2024 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Prokofiev’s fifth symphony is a mature composition, written 14 years after his previous symphonic work. This ode to freedom and happiness was completed during World War II and features a joy that prevails and explodes like fireworks under the baton of Kensho Watanabe. Just as fiery, Latvian composer Garūta’s concerto is a little-known gem that […]
Sunday, December 10, 2023 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – When jazz chords meet classical harmonies, you know a party awaits! The Orchestre national de jazz de Montréal and the Orchestre Métropolitain are coming together with the Chœur Métropolitain and singers Laura Anglade, Ranee Lee, Kim Richardson and Dawn Tyler Watson for this major concert. Your favourite Christmas, orchestral, jazz and pop classics are on […]
Saturday, December 9, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – When jazz chords meet classical harmonies, you know a party awaits! The Orchestre national de jazz de Montréal and the Orchestre Métropolitain are coming together with the Chœur Métropolitain and singers Laura Anglade, Ranee Lee, Kim Richardson and Dawn Tyler Watson for this major concert. Your favourite Christmas, orchestral, jazz and pop classics are on […]
Sunday, December 3, 2023 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Adored by children and families alike, Passe-Partout, Passe-Carreau and Passe-Montagne are coming to the orchestra! Sharing the fantastic world of musical instruments, the beloved characters will sing youngsters’ favourite songs and nursery rhymes. Relive your childhood at this family concert based on Télé-Québec’s flagship program that has been revived for a new cohort of young […]
Sunday, December 3, 2023 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am – Adored by children and families alike, Passe-Partout, Passe-Carreau and Passe-Montagne are coming to the orchestra! Sharing the fantastic world of musical instruments, the beloved characters will sing youngsters’ favourite songs and nursery rhymes. Relive your childhood at this family concert based on Télé-Québec’s flagship program that has been revived for a new cohort of young […]
Saturday, December 2, 2023 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Adored by children and families alike, Passe-Partout, Passe-Carreau and Passe-Montagne are coming to the orchestra! Sharing the fantastic world of musical instruments, the beloved characters will sing youngsters’ favourite songs and nursery rhymes. Relive your childhood at this family concert based on Télé-Québec’s flagship program that has been revived for a new cohort of young […]
Saturday, December 2, 2023 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am – Adored by children and families alike, Passe-Partout, Passe-Carreau and Passe-Montagne are coming to the orchestra! Sharing the fantastic world of musical instruments, the beloved characters will sing youngsters’ favourite songs and nursery rhymes. Relive your childhood at this family concert based on Télé-Québec’s flagship program that has been revived for a new cohort of young […]
Saturday, November 18, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes a passionate and exacting dive into Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7 to make the piece shine. Written during World War II, the Leningrad symphony instantly became a symbol of hope and solidarity. Nearly a century later, it’s still disquietingly topical. One of the world’s most renowned soloists, Maria Dueñas performs a jewel […]
