November 2019
Les corps avalés
The Molinari Quartet joins the celebrated dance Compagnie Virginie Brunelle for an exciting event of dance and live music. The Quartet will perform works by Barber, Shostakovich, Glass and Górecki among others.Discover an intoxicating world where chaos and despair live side by side with beauty and poetry.Les corps avalés explores power relations, inequalities and social upheaval against a backdrop of resilience and hope. Mastering the delicate balance between expressiveness and vigorous physicality, Brunelle directs eight dancers in a portrayal of a vulnerable humanity in search of gentleness and community. On stage, the Molinari Quartet delivers a radiant performance of selected pieces from the classical repertoire.Founded in 2009, La compagnie Virginie Brunelle has been presented on local, national and international stages in more than 50 cities across the globe. Les corps avalés is Brunelle’s long-awaited new creation.
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The Molinari Quartet joins the celebrated dance Compagnie Virginie Brunelle for an exciting event of dance and live music. The Quartet will perform works by Barber, Shostakovich, Glass and Górecki among others. Discover an intoxicating world where chaos and despair live side by side with beauty and poetry. Les corps avalés explores power relations, inequalities and social upheaval against a backdrop of resilience and hope. Mastering the delicate balance between expressiveness and vigorous physicality, Brunelle directs eight dancers in a…
Find out more »December 2019
Dialogue on the Plateau : Music from the Balkans
This workshop enables the public to familiarize itself with the quartet repertoire by direct exchanges with the musicians. The Quartet plays excerpts, comments and analyses the works and gives historical and musical references. This Dialogue will discuss the works that will be performed on December 13 at the Conservatoire.Free admission.
Music from the Balkans
Ana Sokolovic : Commedia dell’arte
Snezana Nesic : Running Thoughts
R. Murray Schafer : Quartet no. 11
Music from the Balkans
Music from the Balkans
Ana Sokolovic : Commedia dell’arte
Snezana Nesic : Running Thoughts
R. Murray Schafer : Quartet no. 11
January 2020
Hommage to Elizabeth Sprague-Coolidge
The Molinari Quartet pays tribute to the great American arts patron Elizabeth Sprague-Coolidge who recognized and encouraged important composers of the beginning of the 20th century. Thanks to her vision and generosity, musical masterpieces were composed.
The Quartet will perform two works that she commissioned as well as R. Murray Schafer’s 12th string quartet. This work was commissioned to underline the 15th anniversary of the Molinari Quartet and was made possible thanks to the generosity of Quebec patron Phyllis Lambert.
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CAM Touring Program : Horror Music
This concert entitled “Horror Music” presents three works that will make the audience discover unprecedented musical sonorities produced by a string quartet!
Find out more »CAM Touring program : Horror Music
This concert entitled “Horror Music” presents three works that will make the audience discover unprecedented musical sonorities produced by a string quartet!
Find out more »CAM Touring Program : Horror Music
This concert entitled “Horror Music” presents three works that will make the audience discover unprecedented musical sonorities produced by a string quartet!
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