Concert hors-série [Amsterdam] [off-series]

De Ijsbreker

Amsterdam

Walter Boudreau and Ensemble de la SMCQ perform works by Evangelista, Garant, Gougeon, Longtin, Vivier.

Participants

Claude Vivier, Pulau Dewata (île des dieux) (1977; arr. 1986) (John Rea, arrangement)

orchestra (1010/1100/harp, 3 perc, 10022); (1010/1100/piano, 3 perc, 11111)
Serge Garant, Quintette (1978)

flute (alto flute), oboe (English horn), cello, piano, and percussion
Denis Gougeon, Heureux qui, comme… (1987)

solo soprano, and ensemble (piccolo, baritone saxophone, English horn, percussion, two violins, viola, cello and double bass)

Commission: SMCQ, with support from the CCA
José Evangelista, “Un homme paisible” (1974), extract from Plume (1974-92) (Henri Michaux, libretto)
Michel Longtin, Pohjatuuli, hommage à Sibelius (1983)

clarinet, two horns, trumpet, trombone, three percussions, two cellos, and two double basses

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