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After a successful screening at the Toronto International Film Festival last month, <\/span>Les jours heureux<\/span><\/i> will have its Montreal premi\u00e8re at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Maisonneuve (Oct. 16). Directed by Chlo\u00e9 Robichaud, and produced by Pierre Even, the film tells the story of a young Montreal conductor (Emma) and her complicated relationship with her father and agent (Patrick). The film stars Sophie Desmarais, Sylvain Marcel, Nour Belkhiria, and Maude Gu\u00e9rin, and features the Orchestre M\u00e9tropolitain, conducted by Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin. <\/span>www.placedesarts.com<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tangologie<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n This evening of Argentine tango offers a unique combination of music and dance, celebrating the popular art form. Dancers and musicians will take the stage at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Maisonneuve for this performance, produced by TL Productions (Oct. 20). <\/span>www.placedesarts.com<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Voces Boreales: <\/b>50 Shades of Gray<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Coming up this month, Montreal\u2019s professional chamber choir will present an evening of choral music that challenges the traditional concert expectations, instead veering toward the casual. Audience members will be seated around cocktail and lounge tables at Salon 1861. The curiously titled concert, which falls on the 50<\/span>th<\/span> birthday of conductor Andrew Gray, will include a wide variety of choral selections\u2014ranging from Monteverdi, to Grieg, to Whitacre\u2014all of which explore the ecstatic and the sensual. The choir will premi\u00e8re two new Canadian works, one of which (by Rebecca Gray) has been commissioned specifically for the occasion (Oct. 21).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n www.vocesboreales.org<\/span><\/p>\n Andrew Wan and the OSM<\/b><\/p>\n This fall, concertmaster Andrew Wan will step into the spotlight with the OSM and conductor Rafael Payare to perform Beethoven\u2019s Violin Concerto in D major, Op.61. Also on the program are works by other canonical Viennese composers: Bach\u2019s <\/span>The Musical Offering<\/span><\/i>, BWV 1079, \u201cRicercar a 6;\u201d arranged by Webern; Mozart\u2019s Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385, \u201cHaffner;\u201d and Webern\u2019s Passacaglia, Op. 1. (Oct. 25-26) <\/span>www.osm.ca<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sortilegio<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Montreal audiences have a real treat in store at the end of the month, when <\/span>Sortilegio<\/span><\/i> takes the stage. Set in a faraway city named C\u00e9rul\u00e9e, the opera tells the story of a 200-year-old power-hungry vampire who has been unleashed on the townspeople, who must find a way to neutralize her powers before it\u2019s too late. A combination of operatic favourites and newly-composed music by Elizabeth Raum and Giancarlo Scalia, the production is directed by Vivianne Delorme, and conducted by Sonia Ben-Santamaria. <\/span>Sortilegio<\/span><\/i> will take the stage at Salle Pierre-Mercure (Oct. 28).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n www.sortilegio.ca<\/span><\/p>\n Hamburger and Rachmaninoff<\/b><\/p>\n Conducted by Francis Choini\u00e8re, the Ensemble Classico-Moderne will perform Rachmaninoff\u2019s Piano Concerto No.2, with soloist Jean-Philippe Sylvestre. Also on the program are excerpts of Jaap Nico Hamburger\u2019s opera, <\/span>Ariella<\/span><\/i>, which will be premi\u00e8red in this concert version. Starring Aline Kutan, Myriam Leblanc, Eric Laporte, and Enzo Sabbagha, the opera, with libretto by Thomas Beijer, tells the story of a family recovering in the wake of the death of their matriarch. Ariella, sung by Leblanc, finds maturity as she grieves the loss of her mother (Kutan) (Oct. 28). <\/span>www.filmharmonique.ca<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Op\u00e9ra Bouffe du Qu\u00e9bec<\/b><\/p>\n Coming up, the Op\u00e9ra Bouffe du Qu\u00e9bec will perform <\/span>La P\u00e9richole<\/span><\/i> by Jacques Offenbach. Conducted by Simon Fournier, and directed by Alain Zouvi, the production will star Rosalie Lane L\u00e9pine in the titular role, alongside Thomas Vinals, Geoffroy Salvas, Alexandre Iannuzzi and \u00c9ric Th\u00e9riault (Oct. 28-Nov.5). <\/span>www.operabouffe.org<\/span><\/p>\n One Thousand <\/i><\/b> Conducted by Elim Chan, with percussionist Dominique Vleeshouwers, the Orchestre M\u00e9tropolitain will perform a collection of percussive hits. First, the orchestra will interpret British composer Anna Clyne\u2019s <\/span>This Midnight Hour<\/span><\/i>. Next on the program is Hungarian composer Peter E\u00f6tv\u00f6s\u2019s <\/span>Speaking Drums<\/span><\/i>, followed by Rimsky-Korsakov\u2019s enchanting <\/span>Scheherazade<\/span><\/i> (Nov. 3). <\/span>www.orchestremetropolitain.com<\/span>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n MUSICA CAMERATA\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Musica Camerata\u2019s\u00a0 second concert of the 2023-24 season will take place at the Salle Joseph-Rouleau, in the Maison Andr\u00e9-Bourbeau. On the program are Haydn\u2019s Trio for piano and strings in Eb major, No. 29, as well as C. Villiers Stanford\u2019s Quintet for piano and strings in D, Op. 25, and his Piano Quintet in D, Op. 25 (Nov. 4). <\/span>www.cameratamontreal.com<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Gino Vannelli Returns<\/b><\/p>\n This fall, Gino Vannelli will make his highly anticipated return to Montreal, alongside the Orchestre Philharmonique du Qu\u00e9bec, under the direction of Alexandre Da Costa. Performing Tchaikovsky\u2019s <\/span>Francesca da Rimini<\/span><\/i> and Vannelli\u2019s own <\/span>Songs for voice and orchestra<\/span><\/i>, the team is surely to delight audiences at the Maison symphonique (Nov. 5). <\/span>www.philharmonique.quebec<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n OUM Performs <\/b>Daphnis et Chlo\u00e9<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n The Orchestre de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al will open its season with a concert that pairs old favourites with innovative new works. First up, the orchestra, conducted by Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Rivest, and joined by students of the \u00c9cole sup\u00e9rieure de ballet du Qu\u00e9bec, pianists Ming Wong and Charissa Vandikas, the Orchestre M\u00e9tropolitain choir, and choirs from \u00c9cole de musique Vincent-d\u2019Indy will perform the 2023 OUM Concerto Competition winning piece, Sne\u017eana Ne\u0161i\u0107\u2019s <\/span>Creation. <\/span><\/i>They will then interpret Mendelssohn\u2019s Concerto for Two Pianos, followed by excerpts from Ravel\u2019s <\/span>Daphnis et Chlo\u00e9<\/span><\/i> (Nov. 12).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n www.musique.umontreal.ca<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Amadeus Choir of Toronto: <\/b>Nosferatu<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n The Amadeus Choir celebrates its 50<\/span>th<\/span> anniversary season with a special Halloween-themed concert presentation of the 1922 silent film <\/span>Nosferatu<\/span><\/i>. The famous film will be paired with Juno-nominated composer and bassist Andrew Downing\u2019s soundtrack, performed by the choir and a nine-piece jazz combo (Oct. 20).<\/span><\/p>\n www.amadeuschoir.com<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Toronto Mendelssohn Choir: <\/b>Carmina Burana<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Under the direction of Jean-S\u00e9bastien Vall\u00e9e, the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir will perform Orff\u2019s canonical <\/span>Carmina Burana<\/span><\/i>, as well as Brahms\u2019s <\/span>Schicksalslied<\/span><\/i>, Op. 54. The Toronto Children\u2019s Chorus and members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra will join the choir for these works, as well as the premi\u00e8re of a new composition by Tracy Wong. Soloists Geoffrey Sirett, Ryan McDonald, and Lesley Emma Bouza round out this exciting performance at Roy Thomson Hall (Oct. 26). <\/span>www.tmchoir.org<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tafelmusik: <\/b>Mods & Rockers<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n The Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra has an exciting evening in store for audiences this November. Celebrating the popular music of the 1960s, members of the orchestra will join forces with Andrew Downing and Alex Samaras to perform arrangements of music by The Beatles, David Bowie, Queen, and Petula Clark, alongside British music from the 1600s. Pieces by John Dowland, Thomas Simpson, William Brade, William Young and Henry Purcell will all be on deck during this exciting night of musical varierty at Toronto\u2019s famous El Mocambo (Nov. 7). <\/span>www.tafelmusik.org<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Your Brain on Music: Montreal Neurological Institute The Neuro, as it is commonly called, is hosting Your Brain on Music as part of their Amazing Brain Week (Oct. 13-19). Leading neuroscientists Robert Zatorre and Simone Dalla Bella will join musicians from the Montreal Symphony Orchestra for an event that combines performance and conversation, exploring music\u2019s<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/myscena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Les-jours-heureux-cmyk-300x200.jpg\")
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