Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Villa-Lobos Quartet in Montréal

James Darling, cellist from Le Quatuor Saint-Germain, sends information about an upcoming concert series on the Île de Montréal which features the great First Villa-Lobos String Quartet. Coincidentally, I've just flown back from Montréal to Red Deer. Would that I could have stuck around in one of my favourite cities until October!

The program of the concerts:

Adagio et Rondo, K 617........W.A. Mozart
Winds of Thera.........Andrew MacDonald
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Quatuor no. 1 en do majeur......Heitor Villa-Lobos
Five Tango Sensations........Astor Piazzolla
Le Quatuor Saint-Germain avec Joseph Petric, accordéon de concert

- October 9, 2009 20h Maison de la culture Villeray Saint-Michel (Montréal)
- October 11, 2009 20h Chapelle historique du Bon Pasteur (Montréal)
- October 14, 2009 20h Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (Montréal)
- October 16, 2009 20h Maison de la culture Rivière-des-Praries (Montréal)
- October 17, 2009 20h Maison de la culture Lasalle (Montréal)
- October 18, 2009 16h Théâtre Mirella et Lino Saputo, Maison de la culture Saint-Léonard (Montréal)

String Quartet #01 is becoming very popular; it couldn't happen to a better piece!

1 comment:

  1. thanks Dean ! - we're on our way to Montréal tomorrow and looking forward to playing this program a number of times - people fall in love
    with the Villa-Lobos every time...
    cheers, James Darling

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