Friday, April 5, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Of an often personal nature, Fauré’s music sets itself apart by demonstrating a profound sensitivity bolstered by sophisticated harmonic writing, and it charms through its fluid melodies and diversity of expression. Also featured in Bourgie Hall’s Tribute to Fauré series, and through three masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire, soloists from the OSM and pianist François Zeitouni […]
Friday, February 16, 2024 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm – The OSM’s double bass section will take centre stage during this unconventional concert. Eight double basses will perform in the spirit of unity and fraternity that characterizes Pärt’s Fratres. From 16th-century composer Gesualdo’s daring harmonies to the wondrous world inspired by Balinese music in Vivier’s Pulau Dewata, these performers will reveal this instrument’s infinite universe of sonic […]
Sunday, October 8, 2023 @ 2:30 pm – 3:15 pm – Theatricality has always been central to Mozart’s music, even in his instrumental works. Such is the case with his brief Symphony No. 26, written when he was 17, and even more so in his masterful Piano Concerto No. 24, composed at age 30, which explores the recesses of the human soul. A virtuoso pianist and […]
Saturday, October 7, 2023 @ 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm – Theatricality has always been central to Mozart’s music, even in his instrumental works. Such is the case with his brief Symphony No. 26, written when he was 17, and even more so in his masterful Piano Concerto No. 24, composed at age 30, which explores the recesses of the human soul. A virtuoso pianist and […]
Friday, October 6, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 8:15 pm – Theatricality has always been central to Mozart’s music, even in his instrumental works. Such is the case with his brief Symphony No. 26, written when he was 17, and even more so in his masterful Piano Concerto No. 24, composed at age 30, which explores the recesses of the human soul. A virtuoso pianist and […]
Thursday, October 5, 2023 @ 6:00 pm – 7:15 pm – The innovative sextet Turboprop, winner of the 2020 Juno for Jazz Album of the Year, recalls Art Blakey’s group The Jazz Messengers. The band also tackles a wide array of music, ranging from Charlie Parker to Claude Debussy to Radiohead, as well as various original works.
Sunday, October 1, 2023 @ 2:30 pm – 3:15 pm – An anniversary always provides an excellent opportunity to program some music… and in this case, a perfect occasion to pay tribute to one of the greatest musicians England has ever known: William Byrd, who died 400 years ago, in 1623. Because Queen Elizabeth I—who instituted Anglicanism as the State religion—held him in such high regard, […]
Saturday, September 30, 2023 @ 10:00 am – 11:15 am – To mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation as well as the Journées de la culture, Innu poet Maya Cousineau Mollen drew inspiration from a work in the Museum’s permanent collection to craft a literary text then set to music by Anishinaabe composer Barbara Assiginaak. This cocommission from Bourgie Hall and the FIL will […]
Friday, September 29, 2023 @ 6:30 pm – 7:15 pm – Five musicians from the OSM join forces to introduce you to the rich sonic palette of brass instruments. Warm, brilliant, deep or powerful, these instruments will showcase five modern-day composers in either original works or transcriptions. In collaboration with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal This concert is available in a subscription, allowing you to save […]
Thursday, September 28, 2023 @ 11:00 am – 12:15 pm – The renowned Dover Quartet shares its expertise and coaches string quartets formed by advanced students, in a public performance class. A great opportunity to develop technical knowledge and deepen your understanding of the chamber music repertoire. The ticket is for attending the master class only. Participants will be selected by Bourgie Hall.
Wednesday, September 27, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 8:45 pm – After a memorable first appearance in November 2021, the outstanding musicians of the Dover String Quartet will open Bourgie Hall’s season with a program that will have you discover or rediscover the string quartet’s myriad nuances.
Sunday, September 24, 2023 @ 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm – With Neapolitan Baroque music portrayed as virtuosic, expressive and luminous, recorder player Vincent Lauzer performs the finest pages of the 18th-century instrumental repertoire composed in this culturally rich city. With seven musicians from Les Idées heureuses, we’ll hear the famous flautino concerto RV 312 by Antonio Vivaldi who, despite his Venetian origins, spent part of […]
Thursday, September 21, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 8:45 pm – The Kleztory ensemble epitomizes the richness of Eastern European music before the Second World War. Through innovative arrangements and original compositions, they infuse it with colours of jazz, classical music, and blues.
Saturday, June 11, 2022 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm – From dawn to dusk, music reigns among the stars of Persian civilization. The traditional music of Iran, unique to the Orient, is the fruit of a mystical heritage with a fascinating capacity for constant regeneration. In Under the Persian Musical Sky, Kayhan Kalhor, an uncontested master of this tradition, joins Kiya Tabassian on a journey through […]
Friday, May 27, 2022 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm – While still a youth, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor clearly showed that, after Brahms, one could still write a Clarinet Quintet that would be totally original, and he did so before his elder compatriot Edward Elgar produced his sole String Quartet, among the latter’s very last and notable works.
Thursday, May 26, 2022 @ 9:00 pm – 10:30 pm – This concert/experience offers Canadian works that shed new light on well-known musical theme. With staging in which music is twice transformed through image projections, the relationship between two musicians evolves to the point of final transfiguration.
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 @ 9:00 pm – 10:30 pm – This concert/experience offers Canadian works that shed new light on well-known musical theme. With staging in which music is twice transformed through image projections, the relationship between two musicians evolves to the point of final transfiguration.
Wednesday, May 18, 2022 – Sunday, May 22, 2022 @ All Day – Inspired by Marina Abramovic’s The Artist is Present and Germany’s 1:1 Concerts, the Unisson Festival offers one-on-one concerts with a young mystery musician. This is an individual, immersive and unique experience each lasting 15 minutes, taking place in Bourgie Hall.
Sunday, May 15, 2022 @ 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm – Performances of the complete cycle of J.S. Bach’s prodigious sacred cantatas continue! The great master’s music triumphantly resounds in an abundance of sumptuous choruses, an infinite variety of instrumental colours and unsurpassed melodic depth. Bach always carefully chose his instruments for his cantatas, out of concern for their colour as much as for their symbolism. […]
Friday, May 13, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – “Bach and Handel: they wielded the same authority and held an internationally tinged discourse,” as Norbert Dufourcq famously stated. The renowned harpsichordist Pierre Hantaï performs works by both composers on the beautiful Flemish harpsichord of the Bourgie Hall collection. Here are music and sounds of incomparable richness. A Clavecin en concert copresentation
Thursday, May 12, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Praised for his musical intelligence and remarkable technique, this Argentinian guitarist performs some of the most captivating works from the Spanish repertoire for his instrument, expressing both melancholy and joy. In collaboration with the Société de guitare de Montréal
Wednesday, May 11, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Works for choir and guitar inspired by the Flamenco culture of the torrid region of Andalusia blend with sensual and drama-filled texts by the poet Federico García Lorca and the genre’s thrilling, highly expressive dance motions. In collaboration with the video platform ARTS.FILM
Saturday, May 7, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – After his outstanding appearance as a soloist at Bourgie Hall in 2019, Nicolas Altstaedt makes a long-awaited return and this time, he takes on the dual role of conductor and soloist in a rich and remarkably varied program that will take you on a thrilling journey!
Friday, May 6, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – The Trio Fibonacci will be transformed into a quartet for this exceptional evening! Marina Thibeault, one of the country’s greatest violists, joins the Trio’s musicians to perform two masterful piano quartets from the Romantic era. Firstly Brahms, sublime and tragic, reveals his impossible love for Robert Schumann’s wife Clara. The piano quartet by Robert Schumann himself, one of […]
Thursday, May 5, 2022 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm – Fascinated by the “classical” side of the illustrious Django Reinhardt, guitarist Stéphane Wrembel reveals the melodic inventiveness of some of his lesser-known pieces, their rhythmic impetus and their harmony, comparable to Debussy and Ravel, whom Django Reinhardt greatly admired.
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – In 17th-century France, the air de cour or court song, whether polyphonic or for solo voice with lute, was a privileged conveyor of the soul’s delicate states. Often in a pastoral context, its music was set to elegiac, plaintive, spiritual or gently erotic love poetry. No doubt listeners would recognize in it, transposed into a gallant and refined mode, […]
Thursday, April 28, 2022 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm – The Syrian-born clarinetist Kinan Azmeh is back in Montreal, this time with his New York ensemble to play repertoire that straddles both jazz and Middle Eastern music.
Wednesday, April 27, 2022 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm – In tribute to Olivier Messiaen who died thirty years ago today, April 27, the Musicians of the OSM offer one of his major works, Quartet for the End of Time, inspired by The Apocalypse of John, composed in 1941 whilst he was a prisoner of war in Germany.
Tuesday, April 26, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – A return performance by this pianist who dazzled spectators in his first appearance at Bourgie Hall. “Llyr Williams is too much of a well-kept secret.” – Le Devoir
Sunday, April 24, 2022 @ 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm – Performances of the complete cycle of J.S. Bach’s prodigious sacred cantatas continue! The great master’s music triumphantly resounds in an abundance of sumptuous choruses, an infinite variety of instrumental colours and unsurpassed melodic depth.
Friday, April 22, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – The program includes Schubert’s graceful and noble Piano Trio “Sonatensatz” and Mozart’s String Quartet No.19, nicknamed “Dissonance” for its slow, tension-filled introduction. Brahms’ Piano Quintet, one of the most accomplished works of this master of chamber music, brings the concert to a close.
Thursday, April 21, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Montreal quartet Architek Percussion presents Connective Tissue, an audiovisual experience that melds music, video and popular culture in a blend of tradition and nostalgia. Concert presented with video projections by Myriam Boucher
Friday, April 15, 2022 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm – An historical reconstruction of the music that was likely heard in Ville-Marie during Holy Week, with special focus on three prominent figures of 17th-century Montreal: Jeanne Mance, Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve, and François de Vachon de Belmont.
Thursday, April 14, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Following operas by Handel and Vivaldi, we are pleased to invite you to discover those of additional 18 th -century opera composers who were famous in their time. The beauty of the various arias is expressed through different moods, conveying feelings of languor, hope, love, passion, and despair… Julie Boulianne will sing Arias by these bel canto masters – […]
Tuesday, April 12, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Performing on Bourgie Hall’s new instrument, Ronald Brautigam reinvests compositions from the Romantic period with their original edge, subtlety and colours.
Saturday, April 9, 2022 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm – The great masters of the Spanish Renaissance created a golden age of polypony. Into what was essentially Franco-Flemish music of the time they wove influences left by the Moors and by the Muslim cultures so present in medieval Spain. In collaboration with Fahmi Alqhai, one of the great virtuosos of the viola da gamba, and […]
Friday, April 8, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – The Minimalists were a huge success in our previous concerts! The musicians of the Trio revisit here some of these works which stand out with a bewitching simplicity. They also bring you the opportunity to rediscover Max Richter’s The Seasons Recomposed, a landmark work that could not be performed live last year. A new work by Quebec composer […]
Thursday, April 7, 2022 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm – A mosaic of jazz compositions inspired by diverse cultural horizons and immigrant persons in Quebec, Migrations illuminates the blending of cultures and elicits awareness and reflection on our openness to others. With Migrations, Jacques Kuba Séguin and his collaborators won both the Juno and Félix awards for Best Jazz Album of the Year in 2020.
Wednesday, April 6, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Baroque and Renaissance works combine with Japanese musical sounds in these original arrangements for instruments of European and Japanese cultures.
Tuesday, April 5, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – After their complete Beethoven cycle, these two renowned performers present the rarely heard complete works for violin and piano by Robert Schumann.
Sunday, April 3, 2022 @ 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm – “Imogen is one of the greatest musicians England has produced. She’s utterly without show. Mozart, Schumann and Schubert could have been written for her.” – Simon Rattle
Friday, April 1, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – The SMAM presents four outstanding and moving musical settings of Psalm 50, Miserere mei, Deus, by four composers of vastly different backgrounds: G. ALLEGRI, M. A. CHARPENTIER, JOSQUIN DES PRÉS and LEONARDO LEO.
Thursday, March 31, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – The extraordinary Franco-Belgian cellist Camille Thomas is a soloist of the new generation and the first woman cellist to be signed to the prestigious Deutsche Grammophon label. She performs in Bourgie Hall for the first time.
Wednesday, March 30, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Schubert and Britten share the scene in this concert given by the eminent Musicians from Marlboro: two contrasting string quartets and two rarely-heard works for voice, French horn and piano treated with an original and unusual instrumentation.
Tuesday, March 29, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – An awakening of consciousness in sound contemplating today’s major environmental crises. The composers, all committed environmentalists, offer their reflections on our relationship with the natural environment.
Sunday, March 27, 2022 @ 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm – Performances of the complete cycle of J.S. Bach’s prodigious sacred cantatas continue! The great master’s music triumphantly resounds in an abundance of sumptuous choruses, an infinite variety of instrumental colours and unsurpassed melodic depth. Celebrated for his deep understanding of sacred music, orchestral conductor Alexander Weimann offers four sublime cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach featuring […]
Friday, March 25, 2022 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm – The imposing Piano Quintet by César Franck and the youthful Quartet, Op. 12 by Louis Vierne open on vastly different worlds. To the energy and intensity of the former, the latter responds with anguish and sweet melancholy, lightened by a delectable Intermezzo…
Thursday, March 24, 2022 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm – Nicolas Boulerice and his ensemble Le Vent du Nord discuss the history, the distinctive features, and the evolution of Québécois folk music, drawing from their repertoire to illustrate their perspectives. Presented in French
Wednesday, March 23, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – This concert provides the opportunity to experience César Franck in an unusual way, featuring his Symphony in D minor and the very moving Prelude, Fugue, and Variation for organ, both arranged by Mathieu Lussier.
Sunday, March 20, 2022 @ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm – A work by Saint-Saëns both comical and whimsical in which elephants, turtles, and kangaroos share the spotlight with a gathering of other animals as they make their way to the great carnival. Presented in French
Saturday, March 19, 2022 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm – Marco Beasley, a specialist in Renaissance music, joins forces with Constantinople to celebrate, in music, a bridge that Leonardo da Vinci designed in 1502. The longest and boldest bridge of the time, it was to span the Bosporus and thus link Europe and Asia. But it was never built; the plans, however, were preserved in […]
Friday, March 18, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – American pianist and conductor Jeremy Denk and Les Violons du Roy take you on a captivating journey through seven centuries in the evolution of musical style, exemplified by the most illustrious composers from the Middle Ages to Johann Sebastian Bach.
Thursday, March 17, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Alongside excerpts of works that have made the composer’s renown, including Koyaanisqatsi, Glassworks, and Einstein on the Beach, the Ensemble gives the Canadian premiere of Music in Eight Parts, 50 years after it was composed. A unique opportunity to hear a rediscovered piece by Philip Glass!
Wednesday, March 16, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – A universal language, music is an invitation to intercultural dialogue, a call to human fellowship. The work of composer and performer Nazih Borish embodies that invitation, as his fingers dance upon the strings of the oud, melding his authentic Eastern style with the musical influences of other cultures.
Sunday, March 13, 2022 @ 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm – Their style is reminiscent of Renaissance and Baroque music: these songs from Shippagan are paired with airs de cour (French court songs) and Baroque instrumental works from France arranged for the first time for period instruments.
Saturday, March 12, 2022 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – This is a unique program centred around three composers whose lives were touched by the experience of immigration and who brought that experience to their music. Igor Stravinsky was one of them, and he also came to know Charlie Chaplin, whose movie The Immigrant will be screened with live improvised accompaniment at the piano by Gabriela Montero. Includes […]
Friday, March 11, 2022 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm – This extraordinary quartet from the thriving Toronto Jazz scene offers original compositions and inspired improvisations in this one of its rare Montreal appearances.
Thursday, March 10, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Spurred by distress and melancholy in one of his life’s phases, Schubert composed Die Schöne Müllerin (The Fair Maid of the Mill), a magnificent lieder cycle that tells of unattainable love. The voice of Christoph Prégardien soars over a sublime arrangement for winds and strings by Denis Plante, replacing the piano.
Wednesday, March 9, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – In this exploration of the enchanted world of the French harpsichord, Franco-Brazilian harpsichordist Bruno Procopio recaptures beautifully crafted dances and evocative portraits in his debut recital at Bourgie Hall.
Tuesday, March 8, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – On this International Women’s Day, actress Pascale Montpetit delivers a selection of texts by women from here and around the world who have left their mark on history through their literary talent, their accomplishments or their personal history with its many ups and downs, always with a bold feminist outlook. Each text is paired with […]
Wednesday, March 2, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Charles Richard-Hamelin, in a nostalgia-filled program of French music. César Franck’s Prelude, Aria and Finale reveals a composer deeply influenced by Bach, while Ernest Chausson offers exquisite poetry in his Quelques danses. As for Maurice Ravel, he also casts a gaze on the past with his moving Tombeau de Couperin.
Sunday, February 27, 2022 @ 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm – Performances of the complete cycle of J. S. Bach’s prodigious sacred cantatas continue! The great master’s music triumphantly resounds in an abundance of sumptuous choruses, an infinite variety of instrumental colours and unsurpassed melodic depth.
Friday, February 25, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – A French ensemble of some ten musicians, Alia Mens, creates a great structure with author and poet Christian Bobin. The result is a space wherein music extends words, and one in which words and music also mirror each other, leading the audience to the far recesses of their listening experience.
Wednesday, February 23, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – One of the great European string quartets, regularly invited to the most prestigious concert halls of Europe, America, and Asia, the Barcelonian Cuarteto Casals presents its first concert in Québec.
Sunday, February 20, 2022 @ 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm – Conceived by French pianist Jean-François Alcoléa, this ingenious performance for all ages transports the listener to the poetic and playful world of a cinematic pioneer and inventor of special effects: Georges Méliès.
Saturday, February 19, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – A great lady of the piano gifted with the exquisite sensitivity, Janina Fialkowska was born to perform Chopin according to her mentor, the legendary Arthur Rubinstein. In this recital, she gives us a few of Polish master’s most beautiful works, as well as Schubert’s very last sonata and two waltzes by Weber and Sibelius.
Thursday, February 17, 2022 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm – One of the world’s hottest Irish music groups finally returns to Bourgie Hall!
Tuesday, February 15, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Singing together nurtures unity among people. From the Protestant Reformation to the American civil rights movement, the power of song has mobilized nations, cultures, and causes to action. This is a phenomenon which proves that music was, and still is, a truly universal language.
Monday, February 14, 2022 – Monday, February 28, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 12:00 am – Bridging classicism and romanticism, these works by Schubert move us with their surges of lyricism and poignant colors. The melody of the Notturno, where the sounds of the violin and cello intertwine in a deep love song, expresses the quintessence of Schubert’s art. His Trio No. 2, both radiant and tinged with dark passions, demonstrates […]
Sunday, February 13, 2022 @ 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm – Two renowned French performers present César Franck’s famous and intensely romantic Sonata for Violin and Piano, alongside Édouard Lalo’s charming and classically refined work for the same ensemble.
Friday, February 11, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Pallade Musica harnesses the pomp and splendour of one of the most fascinating female patrons of the 17th Century, Queen Christina of Sweden. She represents the power of women to shape and influence the arts and her own life continues to fascinate us with a complex story that touches upon notions of gender roles (including […]
Thursday, February 10, 2022 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm – Brothers Jim and Chet Doxas bear witness to their deep musical bond in their most recent work, The Circle, issued last fall, immersed in the musical worlds they have explored together since childhood.
Wednesday, February 9, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Jean Rondeau makes his first chamber music appearance at Bourgie Hall with the Nevermind Quartet, which he co-founded in 2013 with three other young and passionate musicians. This ensemble performs a program of works by Bach, father and son, prominently featuring the late works of C. P. E. Bach.
Wednesday, February 2, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – The first Dorothéa Ventura – Carte blanche concert immerses us in the captivating world of the chaconne—the renowned dance that was very popular with composers down through the centuries. Dazzling at times, touching, exhilarating, or sorrowful at others… it offers a fascinatingly vast palette of expression. Dorothéa and Les Idées heureuses are delighted to be […]
Wednesday, March 2, 2022 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm – For the first time at Bourgie Hall, David Greilsammer, the pianist behind many daring musical achievements, creates an hour-long uninterrupted concert akin to a journey through a maze of works out of which only he can lead us.
Wednesday, February 2, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Composer John Hodian draws inspiration from the poems of medieval priest Mkrtich Naghash. The stunning vocal tradition of Armenia and the mesmerizing timbres of its national instruments flow into the contemporary idiom of his works.
Wednesday, January 26, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Oeuvres de Saint-Georges, Mozart, Beethoven et Haydn
Wednesday, January 26, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – En partenariat avec la Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth (Belgique)
Tuesday, January 25, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Dans le cadre des festivités entreprises en 2020 afin de souligner le 250e anniversaire de la naissance de Beethoven, le pianiste canadien Louis Lortie poursuit et termine son intégrale des Sonates pour piano du maître.
Tuesday, December 14, 2021 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Chants traditionnels de Noël et musique instrumentale baroque s’entremêlent pour évoquer les Noëls d’antan. La soprano Meredith Hall joint de nouveau sa voix cristalline aux sonorités chaleureuses des instruements anciens de La Nef, pour célébrer la naissance de Jésus.
Saturday, February 5, 2022 @ 12:00 pm – Cantatas: WV 100, 129, 144 & 175.
Wednesday, January 26, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Oeuvres d’Onslow et Farrenc. En collaboration avec l’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal.
Friday, January 28, 2022 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Works by Onslow & Farrenc. In collaboration with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal.
Friday, January 21, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Les Violons du Roy are pleased to welcome Alexandre Tharaud after a five-year absence, being one of their most esteemed musical collaborators. The relation between the pianist and the group dates back to their first performance in 2008 at the Domaine Forget and has spawned three joint recordings since and as many international tours.
Wednesday, January 26, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – In partnership with the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel (Belgium).
Sunday, January 23, 2022 @ 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm – In partnership with the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel (Belgium).
Wednesday, January 19, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – In partnership with the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel (Belgium)
Tuesday, January 25, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – As part of the festivities for the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, Canadian pianist Louis Lortie will continue and conclude his performances of Beethoven’s complete piano sonatas, which he began in 2020 at Bourgie Hall. BEETHOVEN’S complete piano sonatas – Concert 6 Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp major, Op. 78, “À Thérèse” / Sonata No. […]
Saturday, January 22, 2022 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – BEETHOVEN’S complete piano sonatas – Concert 5 Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49, / No. 1 Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49, No. 2 / Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53, “Waldstein” / Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54 /Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57, […]
Thursday, January 20, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – BEETHOVEN’S complete piano sonatas – Concert 4 Sonata No. 12 in A-flat major, Op. 26, “Funeral March” / Sonata No. 13 in E-flat major, Op. 27, No. 1, “Quasi una fantasia” / Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, “Moonlight” / Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28, “Pastoral”
Tuesday, January 18, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – BEETHOVEN’S complete piano sonatas – Concert 3 Sonata No. 4 in E-flat major, Op. 7 Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14, No. 1 Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14, No. 2 Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31, No. 1 Sonata No. 26 in E-flat major, Op. 81a, “Les Adieux”
Sunday, December 19, 2021 @ 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm – Cantatas BWV 60, 83, 86 and 148
Saturday, December 18, 2021 @ 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm – Cantatas BWV 60, 83, 86 and 148.
Thursday, December 16, 2021 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – A return of a Holiday Classic for the seventh straight year at Salle Bourgie!
Wednesday, December 15, 2021 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – The 7th edition of this ever-popular Bourgie holiday tradition!
Tuesday, December 14, 2021 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Traditional Christmas carols and instrumental music from the Baroque period combine to recreate the Christmas of yesteryear. Soprano Meredith Hall once again lends her crystalline voice to the warm sounds of La Nef’s historical instruments in celebration of Jesus’ birth.
Saturday, December 11, 2021 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Between sea and mountains, between modes and polyphony — Clair-obscur is born of the desire for deeper dialogue on the part both of the musicians of Constantinople and the singers of A Filetta, the preeminent ensemble of Corsican polyphony. They have created a poetic and musical suite, mixing polyphonies created by the well-versed singers of A Filetta […]
Friday, December 10, 2021 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Start with beloved tunes from animated films including The Nightmare Before Christmas and A Charlie Brown Christmas, add a sprinkling of classics with The Christmas Song and My Favorite Things, and bind it all together with traditional Quebec folk songs. A real holiday treat!
Sunday, December 5, 2021 @ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm – Master Griboux, a sullen, solitary old wolf from the Laurentians, has nothing left to eat. Starving, he makes his way to the village on Christmas Eve. He soon becomes everyone’s friend during the festivities, leaving spectators of all ages singing and dancing!
Saturday, December 4, 2021 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – À la lisière du classicisme et du romantisme, les pièces de Schubert nous émeuvent par leurs envolées lyriques et leurs couleurs poignantes. La mélodie du Notturno, où les sonorités du violon et du violoncelle s’entrelacent dans un chant d’amour profond, traduit toute la quintessence de l’art schubertien. Son Trio no 2 quant à lui, considéré l’une de ses œuvres […]
Saturday, December 4, 2021 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Bridging classicism and romanticism, Schubert’s music moves us with its surges of lyricism and poignant colors. The melody of the Notturno, where the sounds of the violin and cello intertwine in a deep love song, expresses the quintessence of Schubert’s art. His Trio No. 2, one of his most radiant works, demonstrates all his creative complexity. In contrast […]
Wednesday, December 1, 2021 @ 7:30 pm – 9:15 pm – Program BRAHMS Zwei Gesänge, Op. 91* / Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121 MASSENET Expressions lyriques
Friday, November 26, 2021 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Savour Franz Schubert’s exquisiteness, rendered in the sounds of instruments of the composer’s time. Bourgie Hall’s new fortepiano is heard in accompaniment to the voice of Marie-Eve Munger in emotion-filled lieder, and displays its qualities in the comtemplative Notturno for piano, violin and cello. Part of Bourgie Hall’s fortepiano inauguration series. In collaboration with Pallade […]
Thursday, November 25, 2021 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – The Art of Fugue, considered to be the mighty Bach’s testament, is a compendium of the compositional principle that guided his life’s work: conterpoint, deemed by the master an echo of cosmic and divine order. A rigorous work to be sure, but also a sensitive and eloquent one whose perfection moves the heart as much […]
Tuesday, November 23, 2021 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – The young pianist, Albert Cano Smit, first caught the public’s eyes and ears when he placed as a finalist at the 2017 Montreal International Piano Competition. At the time, The Montreal Gazette wrote that “Cano Smit established himself as an artist to watch.” Albert Cano Smit gladly admits that, for him, “Bach has always been […]
Sunday, November 21, 2021 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Tout au long de son règne, Louis XIV encourage les meilleurs musiciens du royaume à composer pour la Chapelle royale de majestueux « grands motets » pour solistes, chœur et « symphonie », qui accompagnent tant les liturgies quotidiennes que les cérémonies extraordinaires. – À l’occasion de ce concert, vous pourrez entendre un instrument rare et impressionnant, le serpent. […]
Saturday, November 20, 2021 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Throughout his reign, Louis XIV encouraged the kingdom’s best musicians to compose motets of various scales, festive or contemplative, destined to the royal chapel to accompany daily worship as well as special ceremonies. – At our concert, you will be introduced to a rare and impressive instrument, the serpent. The bass of the cornett family, instruments made of leather-covered […]
Friday, November 19, 2021 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Tout au long de son règne, Louis XIV encourage les meilleurs musiciens du royaume à composer pour la Chapelle royale de majestueux « grands motets » pour solistes, chœur et « symphonie », qui accompagnent tant les liturgies quotidiennes que les cérémonies extraordinaires. – À l’occasion de ce concert, vous pourrez entendre un instrument rare et impressionnant, le serpent. […]
Friday, November 19, 2021 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Throughout his reign, Louis XIV encouraged the kingdom’s best musicians to compose motets of various scales, festive or contemplative, destined to the royal chapel to accompany daily worship as well as special ceremonies. – At our concert, you will be introduced to a rare and impressive instrument, the serpent. The bass of the cornett family, instruments made of leather-covered […]
Thursday, November 18, 2021 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Toot Suite presents big-screen projections of short fislm from yesteryear showcasing Black artists who played in famous Montreal clubs and cabarets from the 1920s to 1950. Screenings are accompanied by live musical performances. In collaboration with the Cinéclub de Montréal/The Film Society (CFS)
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Music for voice and for solo piano alternate in this programme featuring the early-20th-century Russian composer Nikolai Medtner, whose music Charles Richard-Hamelin and Myriam Leblanc perform with passion.
Tuesday, November 16, 2021 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – The Dover Quartet is one of the most prominent string quartets of its generation, and it is making its Bourgie Hall debut! Appreciate all the fervour and youthful playing of these four musicians who all trained at the famous Curtis institute of Music. Program ZEMLINSKY String Quartet No. 1 in A major, Op. 4 / Tania […]
Thursday, October 13, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – Afin de souligner avec éclat le 250e anniversaire de naissance de Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Arte Musica présente en 2020, de l’intégrale des Sonates pour piano du célèbre compositeur. Ce corpus exceptionnel compte 32 sonates, dont plusieurs sont des chefs-d’œuvre de la littérature pianistique. Il sera présenté en sept récitals répartis sur deux saisons par le pianiste Louis Lortie. La captation audiovisuelle de ce concert […]
