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Thursday, February 23, 20177:30 pm
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Friday, February 24, 20177:30 pm
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Works by Bartók and Boudreau.
Opening of the Montréal/New Music festival (MNM!) On this occasion, the McGill Symphony Orchestra presents two movements from Berliner Momente, the immense cycle of orchestral works composed by the iconoclast Walter Boudreau in homage to the German capital. The work, tinged with the shades of Wagner and Haydn, presents Berlin in the form of a musical odyssey. A meeting with history which illustrates the festival theme (Back to the Future), following on the example of the eloquent modernity of Bartók’s famous Concerto pour orchestre.
Participants
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Alexis Hauser, conductor
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Walter Boudreau, conductor
Program
- Berliner Momente I (Hommage à Berlin) (1988, 2006), 15:423 flutes (piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons (double bassoon), 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 2 harps, timpani, 3 percussions, violins I, violins II, violas, cellos and double basses
- Berliner Momente II (La Guerre Froide) (1991, 2006), 16:003 flutes (piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons (double bassoon), 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 2 harps, timpani, 3 percussions, violins I, violins II, violas, cellos and double basses
- Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116 / BB 123 (1943), 37:00orchestra
Coproduction École de musique Schulich / MNM