Amalgam Series
Chamber music
The Orchestre de l’Agora innovates and launches a brand-new Chamber Music Series, presented at Kin Experience, in the heart of Quartier des spectacles. Ensembles made up of musicians from the Orchestra will perform audacious programs for strings, piano, winds and brass. At the end of each concert, take the opportunity to meet and have a tea or a drink with the musicians in a relaxed and festive atmosphere. The first concert in this Series entitled Fire and Air, will take place on September 17th – concert details below.
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Bar service available on site ($)
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Complimentary Camellia Sinensis tea will be served
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Concerts presented without intermission (limited number of tickets)
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Vaccination passport, which takes the form of a QR code, will be required for each concert according to the law that came into effect in Quebec on September 1st, 2021.
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September 17th to October 15th, 2021
Kin Experience
397A Rue Sainte-Catherine O
Montréal, QC H3B 1A4
Complexe Desjardins underground parking
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Tickets (general admission)
Student : 20$
Regular: 25$
The health of our audience is important to us! The ventilation at Kin Experience is equipped with a High-Intensity Plasma Air Disinfection machine, for germ destruction & virus deactivation.
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Four concerts
First concert of the series
Fire and Air
This eclectic program invites us to dance from Eastern Europe to South America, with folk themes cross-breeding with classical composition techniques. From classical music to tango, passing by the foxtrot or the Renaissance dance. This program assembles the greatest hits there is for Wind Quintet.
Wind Quintet
Flute, Jeff Stonehouse
Oboe, Élise Poulin
Clarinet, Victor Alibert
Bassoon, Gabrièle Dostie-Poirier
French horn, Guillaume Roy
Program
Farkas, Lavottiana, Mouv. I – III – V
Cambini, Quintet in G minor
Farkas, Early Hungarian Dances, Mouv. I – III – V
Piazzolla, Libertango, Oblivion
Arie Malando, Olé Guapa
Paquito D’riviera, Aires Tropicales
Shostakovitch, Tahiti Trot, Waltz No2.
Second concert of the series
Unexpected Amalgams
Chamber music is often written for instruments whose sounds blend, like a String Quartet, which creates a wash of sound. This program features a collection of works against the grain. Unexpected Amalgams presents chamber works that exploit the heterogeneous qualities of eclectic instrumental combinations in unique ways.
Oboe, clarinet, french horn, violin, viola, contrabass, piano
Oboe, Élise Poulin
Clarinet, Pedro Molina
French horn, Guillaume Roy
Violin, Lise-Marie Riberdy
Viola, Marilou Lepge
Contrabass, Samuel-San Vachon
Piano, Gaspard Tanguay-Labrosse
Program
Rebecca Clarke – Prelude, Allegro and Pastorale (Duo)
Poulenc – Sonate for oboe and piano
Brahms – Trio pour cor mvt I & II
Prokofiev – Quintet in G minor, Op. 39
Third concert of the series
Folk and Classical Interwoven
From Brahms’ beloved Hungarian Dances to Bartók’s Rhapsodies, classical composers have always had a fascination with folk music. The works in this program all reflect this fascination in their own way. Some are direct transcriptions of folk tunes, such as the Danish String Quartet’s Sekstur from Vendsyssel/Peat Dance and Wu Man’s Silk and Bamboo. Others are original compositions that recall certain folk music techniques, like Inuit throat singing in Marcus Goddard’s Allaqi.
String quartet + La Traverse
Violin, Chloé Chabanole
Violin, Julien Patrice
Viola, Justin Almazan
Cello, Thomas Beard
Duo La Traverse
Nyckelharpa, Simon Alexandre
Hardanger fiddle, Lise-Marie Riberdy
Program
Sekstur from Vendsyssel / The Peat Dance (trad.)
Wu Man – Two Chinese Paintings
1.Ancient Echo
Rhiannon Giddens – At the purchaser’s option with variations
Marcus Goddard – Allaqi
Darius Milhaud – String Quartet No.1 op 5 Mouv. IV
Folk songs with Duo la Traverse
Fourth concert of the series
Phantoms
The flute, harp & double-bass join our String Quartet in a program of quintets filled with unique colours and textures. The images each piece prokes is one of mystery, illusions and phantoms. Such is the inspiration of André Caplet’s Conte fantastique, inspired by Edgar Allen Poe’s Mask of the Red Death. The program culminates with a staple of the chamber music repertoire, Antonin Dvořák’s String Quintet no.2 in G major, op.77 (B.48). Dvořák’s work were heavily influenced by folk music.
String quartet, flute, harp & contrabass
Violin, Chloé Chabanole
Violin, Julien Patrice
Viola, Cynthia Blanchon
Cello, Thomas Beard
Contrabass, Samuel-San Vachon
Flute, Noémie Caron-Marcotte
Harp, Alexandra Tibbitts
Program
Hétu – Serenade op.45
Caplet – Conte fantastique
Dvořák – String Quintet, Op. 77