2010-2011 MONTRÉAL SEASON RELEASE
Published on Mar 2, 2010
Montréal, Tuesday, March 2, 2010 – Music director Bernard Labadie announced details of the 2010–2011 season of Les Violons du Roy and La Chapelle de Québec today. Audiences can look forward to visits from leading soloists, including reputed English tenor Ian Bostridge, who will join the chamber orchestra for a North American tour with stops in Montreal and nine other cities. There will also be great moments with La Chapelle de Québec, including a feature performance of Vivaldi’s choral masterpiece Gloria. New this year, all six Montreal concerts will be presented at St. James United Church (463 rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest, Montreal).
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BACH'S CHRISTMAS ORATORIO IN MONTREAL
Published on Oct 20, 2009
On Wednesday, December 9 in the Saint-Jean-Baptiste church, Les Violons du Roy and La Chapelle de Québec, conducted by Bernard Labadie, will perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s Christmas Oratorio before taking the production to Carnegie Hall in New York.
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HANDEL'S MESSIAH IN MONTREAL
Published on Oct 19, 2009
One of the highpoints of the 2009-2010 musical season will be the performance of Handel’s Messiah, a signature work for Les Violons du Roy, Bernard Labadie and La Chapelle de Québec, in the Saint-Jean Baptiste church of Tuesday, December 8. An outstanding quartet of soloists will appear with the choir and orchestra.
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25TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT WITH ANDREAS SCHOLL
Published on Sep 8, 2009
On Friday, October 16 at 7:30 p.m. in Pollack Hall at McGill University, Les Violons du Roy will perform the first concert in the orchestra’s Montreal season, which marks its 25th anniversary. The concert is already promising to be a memorable event, since Bernard Labadie and his musicians will appear for the first time alongside German countertenor Andreas Scholl and young Québec soprano Hélène Guilmette.
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