Winner of the “Musical Event of the Year 2022” Opus Award, l’Orchestre de l’Agora is back for its next edition of the Gala of the Earth. A magnificent concert, it serves as a fundraiser for environmental organizations that have an impact here in Quebec. The supported organizations for the upcoming edition are the Group for Research and Education on Marine Mammals (GREMM) and the Sierra Club Canada. For this occasion, the Agora brings together musicians from various Quebec orchestral institutions to represent the province’s musical ecosystem, as environmental protection is a true societal issue that spares no one.

Film and documentary composer Claudie Bertounesque will create a work for orchestra and electro-acoustic elements, using, among other things, beluga whale calls collected by GREMM. This creation will literally immerse you in the sonic universe of the St. Lawrence River! The Agora is proud to welcome back for the second time this season the Innu soprano and Radio-Canada Revelation 2023-2024, Elisabeth St-Gelais, performing Wagner’s magnificent Wesendonck Lieder.

As the centerpiece, the Agora will present Richard Strauss’ Alpine Symphony. A true journey into the Alps, the Alpine Symphony is also a metaphor for the cycle of life. It is a moving and larger-than-life work that reminds us of the finiteness of our existence and the fragility of our planet.