OTTAWA
Harmonies partagées
Oct. 26, Knox Presbyterian Church
Le Chœur de chambre du Québec, under the direction of choirmaster Robert Ingari, will welcome the French vocal Ensemble Allegri and conductor Jean-Marie Puissant, as well as La Chorale senior du CEAO under conductor Maxime Bégin. This concert will enable the three choirs to share a moving cultural and musical experience. www.choeurdechambre.ca
In Paradisum
Nov. 3, St. Francis of Assisi Church
The Ottawa Choral Society, under choir director Gabrielle Gaudreault, will perform Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem and Francis Poulenc’s Litanies à la vierge noire. This French repertoire will be complemented by several works by Canadian composers, including Katerina Gimon, Stephanie Martin, Kathleen Allan and Shireen Abu Khader. www.ottawachoralsociety.com
TORONTO
The Love Affair: Waltz & Tango
Nov. 3 at 3 p.m., Koerner Hall
The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and its artistic and musical director, Jean-Sébastien Vallée, will celebrate the ensemble’s 130th anniversary with soprano Charlotte Siegel. Brahms’s Liebeslieder Walzer and Palmeri’s Misatango will be featured. There will also be a world première of Poverty by Aaron Manswell, the vocal ensemble’s composer-in-residence. www.tmchoir.org
Human Connection Through the Ages
Nov. 2, Church of the Redeemer
The Cantabile Chamber Singers present a concert exploring the different facets of the human experience that connect us to one another. They will perform works by Brahms, Reger and Shahi, among others. www.fb.com/cantabilechambersingers
MONTREAL
VOX COLOSSUS
Oct. 15, Église Sacré-Cœur-de-Jésus
Presented in its world première, Vox Colossus by composer Pierre-Luc Senécal will bring together on stage the Chœur des Growlers de Montréal (Growlers Choir) and the Chœur de Temps Fort under the direction of Pascal Germain-Berardi. This concert combines the mystery of sacred music, contemporary music and the energy of metal music. www.levivier.ca
MOZART’S REQUIEM
Nov. 2, Basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal
La Société philharmonique du Nouveau Monde presents Mozart’s ultimate work with more than 200 performers, under the direction of Michel Brousseau. Experience Mozart’s Requiem in an incomparable sonic and visual setting! www.spnm.ca
McGill’s Special Collections: Discover Montreal’s hidden medieval treasures
Nov. 10. Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours
Ensemble Scholastica is a women’s vocal ensemble specializing in plainchant and medieval polyphony. They will perform a repertoire drawn from several medieval manuscripts and fragments containing musical notations housed at McGill University in the Rare Books and Special Collections. Ensemble Scholastica will be the first professional ensemble to create a complete program featuring excerpts from these largely unknown medieval sources. www.ensemblescholastica.ca
QUEBEC CITY
Enfants d’eaux
Nov. 2 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 3 at 2 p.m., Palais Montcalm
With Enfants d’eaux, the Chœur En Supplément’Air pays tribute to water, an element essential to life. Under the direction of choral conductor Carole Bellavance, the concert will feature twenty of the most beautiful songs notably by Michel Rivard, Clémence Desrochers and Daniel Bélanger, inspired by water to celebrate its richness, appreciate it as a treasure and protect it as a source of life and pleasure. www.choeurensupplementair.com
Translation: L. I. Liganor
