Past Seasons | Current Season
2022-2023
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Les Rugissants, Arches: Église Madonna de Pompei, recorded September 12
OSM, Symphonie no.2 in c mineur "Resurrection", September 15-17
OSM, Rafael Payare's Midsummer Night's Dream, September 21-22
OSM, The Complete Cantatas of J.S. Bach, September 24-25
Gardener Museum, Exhibition Opening, October 11
True Concord, Motets, November 5-6
Chapelle de Québec, Requiem de Mozart, Nov 9-10
Ensemble Telemann, Haydn's Creation, Nov 12
SMAM, Dans le Fleuve, November 14
Festival Bach Montréal, Bach Magnificat & Cantata 63, November 25 & 26
SMAM, Schütz, December 1
The Vermont Choral Union, Season of Light, December 3 & 4
Grand Philharmonic Choir, Messiah soloist, December 10
Blue Heron, Christmas in Renaissance Spain, December 15-17
OSM, Chantons Noël!, December 21 & 22
True Concord, Here I am, January 27- 29
SMAM, Dieu vous garde, February 12
True Concord, Haydn's Creation, February 24-26
Société de Musique Contemporaine de Montréal, Messiaen en deux temps, March 2
True Concord, Rachmaninoff Vespers, March 24-26
OSM, Haydn's Creation, April 7 & 8
Chapelle de Québec, Handel's Royal Fireworks, April 13
OSM, From Andalusia to the Plains of Venezuela, April 26-28
Chapelle de Québec, Music for Royals, May 9-11
True Concord, Recording, May 22-26
OSM, Mahler's Third Symphony, May 31 - June 3
September
12
Les Rugissants
Arches: Église Madonna di Pompéi
ARCHES est une série de Les Rugissants qui vise la découverte simultanée du patrimoine architectural, de la musique et de leur rencontre acoustique.
Série de vidéo, ou de déambulatoire assorti d'une visite guidée, ARCHES change de forme selon la qualité du bâti, des thèmes qu'il évoque et de la musique qu'il abrite.
September
15-17
OSM
Symphonie no 2 en do mineur
« Résurrection »
Rafael Payare inaugurates the OSM’s new season with Gustav Mahler’s Symphony no. 2, “Resurrection.” A metaphysically and existentially texted work, this symphonic odyssey extends over several dramatic arcs to conclude, with the OSM Chorus, in a proclamation of Eternal Life
September
21-22
OSM
Rafael Payare's Midsummer Night's Dream
A magical forest, twilight mist and mythical creatures are summoned for this unusual concert where the OSM presents Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in a staged adaptation alternating music and excerpts from Shakespeare’s play. Completing this concert conducted by Rafael Payare and featuring the OSM Chorus is a masterpiece of French Impressionism: Debussy’s enchanting Nocturnes.
October
11
Gardener Museum
Exhibition Opening
The exhibition, "Gold Metal of Honor" juxtaposes old and contemporary paintings that use gold to honor their subject matter. The four artists are Simone Martini (1284-1344), Stacey Lynn Waddell (b. 1966), Titus Kaphar (b. 1976), and Kehinde Wiley (b. 1977).
November
5 - 6
True Concord
Motets
Motets are a window into the spiritual essence of our greatest composers.
Like perfect jewels—it is as if Bach distilled the B-Minor Mass into a few moments. Only the best, most sophisticated choirs in the world perform these works—and you will want to be there to hear it! This is excellence that will inspire you!
November
9 -10
Chapelle de Québec
Mozart Requiem
Pathos, beauty, and genius: Mozart’s music for the human voice is beyond compare, and this performance offers the opportunity to be immersed completely in the great composer’s brilliance.
Under the baton of distinguished Quebec conductor and NACO creative partner Bernard Labadie, one of the world’s leading experts in Baroque and classical repertoire, the NAC Orchestra presents an evening with Mozart that includes the great composer’s Requiem
November
14
SMAM
Dans le Fleuve
Recording for an art installation in Montreal. More details TBA
November
25 & 26
Festival Bach Montréal
Bach Magnificat & Cantata 63
For the second year in a row, the Festival’s Orchestra and Choir return to Quebec City. In 2021, the city warmly welcomed the festival’s performance of the Christmas Oratorio. Festival Bach Montréal is proud to be returning in 2022.
December
1
SMAM
Schütz
Le plus grand compositeur allemand avant Bach, Heinrich Schütz, meurt en 1672, à 87 ans, considéré, tant pour son génie que pour son infatigable activité pédagogique, comme le père de la musique germanique. Disciple de Gabrieli et de Monteverdi, il adapte, dans des compositions d’une grande profondeur, les nouvelles formes italiennes à la langue allemande et à la foi luthérienne. Composée au soir de sa vie, son Histoire de la Nativité ravit encore par sa fraîcheur et sa vérité expressive, obtenue tant par son charme mélodique que par le choix des instruments accompagnant chaque personnage.
December
10
Grand Philharmonic Choir
Messiah soloist
Messiah is a banquet for the spirit. From the beautifully drawn nativity story, to the thrilling “Hallelujah” chorus and beyond, it is the best-loved work we perform. We warmly welcome our Artistic Director Emeritus, Howard Dyck, as guest conductor.
December
21 & 22
OSM
Chantons Noël!
Rafael Payare et l’OSM souligneront le temps des fêtes en interprétant des œuvres symphoniques associées à cette période de réjouissances. Avec la participation du Chœur de l’OSM et des Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal, ce concert promet d’être rassembleur et festif ! Le public sera même invité à se joindre à la fête en entonnant certains chants de Noël aux côtés des artistes : une expérience galvanisante !
January
27 - 29
True Concord
Here I am
The long-awaited and much-anticipated world premiere of Here I Am by Jocelyn Hagen. Hagen’s work uses quotations and poems by women authors, activists, world leaders, and historical figures. At the end of the work, the orchestra and male voices go silent and the voices of women and girls sing on into the future. See the Here I Am portraits at Hotel Congress in January 2023.
February
12
SMAM
Dieu vous garde
Dans le cadre de l’intégrale des cantates sacrées de J. S. Bach entreprise par la Salle Bourgie il y a plus de huit ans, le SMAM en interprétera quatre ayant pour thème la confiance inconditionnelle que le fidèle doit mettre en la protection divine. Datant des premières années à Leipzig, la BWV 68, Ainsi Dieu a tant aimé le monde, évoque la rédemption et la promesse de la vie éternelle, la BWV 104, Toi, pasteur d’Israël, écoute, nous convainc que le Christ veille, et la BWV 136, Éprouve-moi, Dieu, et connais mon cœur, montre qu’il est aussi gage de force et de justice. Quant à la BWV 196, Le Seigneur pense à nous, plus intime, Bach l’a composée à 23 ans à l’occasion du mariage d’un ami pasteur.
March
2
Société de Musique
Contemporaine de Montréal
Messiaen en deux temps
«La musique des Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine est avant tout une musique de couleurs. Les «modes» que j’y utilise sont des couleurs harmoniques. Leur juxtaposition et leur superposition donnent: des bleus, de rouges, des bleus rayés de rouge, des mauves et des gris tachés d’orangé…» — Olivier Messiaen
April
7 & 8
OSM
Haydn's Creation
First performed in 1799, Haydn’s oratorio The Creation spread with astonishing speed throughout Europe. It united, if only for the duration of its performances, a continent torn asunder by war. Structured in three parts devoted respectively to the elements, to animals and humans, and to heaven on earth, The Creation alternates biblical passages with musical commentary in a vastly expressive spiritual fresco.
April
13
Chapelle de Québec
Handel's Royal Fireworks
Handel’s quintessential Coronation Anthems composed for King George II are to this day the standard-bearers of this celebratory tradition. His popular Music for the Royal Fireworks distills the pride of a nation into orchestral form, while Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne utilizes the featured singers’ appropriately majestic voices to uplift and delight.
April
26 - 28
OSM
From Andalusia to the Plains of Venezuela
This program juxtaposes two heroes in their quest for an ideal: Don Quixote, the wandering knight who ventures out to battle evil on the Andalusian plains, and Florentino, a Venezuelan plainsman who wrestles with the Devil in a singing contest in Estévez’s Cantata criolla. This masterpiece of the South American repertoire, which Rafael Payare invites us to discover, concludes a richly eventful evening also featuring the world premiere of a work by OSM Composer-in-residence Ana Sokolović.
May
9 - 11
Chapelle de Québec
Music for Royals
Handel’s quintessential Coronation Anthems composed for King George II are to this day the standard-bearers of this celebratory tradition. His popular Music for the Royal Fireworks distills the pride of a nation into orchestral form, while Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne utilizes the featured singers’ appropriately majestic voices to uplift and delight.
Details TBA.
May
22 - 26
True Concord
Recording
Details TBA.
May June
31 - 3
OSM
Mahler's Third Symphony
The OSM and Rafael Payare perform Gustav Mahler’s Third Symphony, which “begins with inanimate nature, and rises steadily to the love of God,” in the Austrian composer’s own words. Bringing together mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung, the OSM Chorus and a children’s choir, the longest of Mahler’s symphonies concludes the 89th season in sublime glory.
