Concerts-Montreal

The Molinari Quartet continues its tradition of playing full cycles of string quartets by one same composer. This concert will feature the six string quartets by Viennese composer Anton Webern.

Follow the fascinating path of this incredible master of the Second Viennese School.

A conference on Webern and his work will by given by Jean Portugais at 6:30 pm, an hour before the concert.

The Molinari Quartet proposes a concert of works rich in colours! The music passes from Polish folklore to the orientalizing colors of Ali-Zadeh and from the Russian torment of Shostakovich to the French refinement of Debussy

Mezzo-soprano Stéphanie Pothier is accompanied by the Molinari Quartet is an innovative multimedia creation combining music and immersive video scenography, inspired by the work and destiny of Camille Claudel, an exceptional French sculptor.

Here‘s a musical journey into the very heart of the sculptures and paintings of women artists that have been ignored for too long!
Works by Debussy, Tailleferre and Heggie.

The Molinari Quartet is pleased to present its second concert of the season of the series «Music to See» held at the Molinari Foundation, 3290 Ste. Catherine street East, Montréal.

The programme of this concert will feature short works for string quartet as well as the last two movements of Arnold Schoenberg's String Quartet No.2 which demands a soprano soloist. The young emerging artist Odile Portugais will join the musicians for this work.

An innovative multimedia creation combining music and immersive video scenography, inspired by the work and destiny of Camille Claudel, an exceptional French sculptor.
Here ‘s a musical journey into the very heart of the sculptures and paintings of women artists that have been ignored for too long!
Works by Debussy, Heggie and Taillferre.

This concert brings to life the folklores of Quebec and France using song to recount the experiences of Marie Hubert, one of Filles du Roy - the King's daughters -  intended to help populate New France.

Soprano Karina Gauvin is accompanied by arrangements for strings, winds, harp and piano by Claude Lapalme played by the Molinari Quartet,  Pentaèdre, Pierre McLean (piano), Kyra Charlton (harp), and Étienne Lafrance (double bass).

The Winners' Concert presents the four winning works of the Molinari Quartet's 9th International Composition Competition.

The Molinari Quartet marks the 20th anniversary of Guido Molinari's death, performing works inspired by his paintings. Also featured is the final quartet of Anton Webern, Molinari’s favourite composer. Screenings of the great Quebec painter’s works will accompany the concert.

In collaboration with the Guido Molinari Foundation

Surrounded by beautiful works by renowned Canadian artist Nadia Myre, the Molinari Quartet will perform the complete string quartets by Luciano Berio.

The second concert of the Twentieth and Beyond series by the Molinari Quartet is entitled Notturno.

Nocturnes or night music are presented in different forms; usually they are soft and calm, but they can also take on a more troubled character.

The two short works by Kurtág, Aus der Ferne, music from afar, are delicate, transparent and breath holding. Luciano Berio’s Notturno brings us into the turmoil but always resolves in calm moments. To close the concert, the Molinari’s will play Béla Bartók’s last quartet, No.6. A work of profound solitude and sorrow, the principal theme heard all through the work is a gentle and sad lullaby.

Programme : 

György Kurtág : Aus der ferne III et V

Luciano Berio : Notturno

Béla Bartók : Quartet no. 6