Thursday, June 3, 2010, 7:00 pm
Auditorium — Grande Bibliothèque
475, boulevard de Maisonneuve Est (angle Berri) [métro Berri-UQAM], Montréal, Québec
La symphonie du millénaire
Photo: George Crisan, June 3, 2000.
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec / SMCQ
On June 3rd, 2000, the Société de Musique Contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ) presented a unique event in the history of music: the Millennium Symphony, a work that brought together 19 composers, 333 musicians and 2000 bell ringers at Montreal’s Saint Joseph’s Oratory. Ten years later, the maestro for this mega project, Walter Boudreau, revisits this grand adventure while original performers from the 2000 event Gilbert Patenaude and Les Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal perform excerpts from a work composed for the occasion by Gilles Tremblay. This composer is the featured artist for this year’s Série Hommage (Tribute Series).
The SMCQ has been moving in step with the lively rhythms of new music for over forty-five years. With its regular concert season, its Série hommage (Homage Series), an international festival, and a young listener’s programme, the society has served both as a platform for today’s composers and as a window on creative works for everyone.
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