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by RENÉE BANVILLE, MILAN BERNARD, JACQUELINE
VANASSE, MARIE-ASTRID COLIN
MONTREAL
CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS IN UNISON
The singers and musicians of the Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal
and their conductor Christopher Jackson will present a sumptuous
program on the 18 at 3 p.m., including Gabrieli’s pieces for choir
and brass—just perfect for the upcoming Christmas holidays. Saint-
Léon church, Westmount. www.smam-montreal.com
The great holiday musical
tradition will continue
at the Church of Saint Andrew
and Saint Paul. Particularly
of note are CBC
Radio’s annual Sing-In
(Sunday the 4, 3 p.m.) and
Carols by Candlelight
(Sunday the 18, 4:30 p.m.).
Musical director and organist:
Dr Jonathan Oldengarm.
Musicians and
singers under the direction of Jordan de Souza. www.standrewstpaul.com
During the solemn Nativity mass on December 24, the professional
choir of the Notre-Dame Basilica will sing Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s
famous Messe de Minuit under the direction of Béatrice Baillargeon.
With Pierre Grand-Maison on the organ. Soloists and times
to be confirmed. Tickets required. www.basiliquenddm.org
Directed by Miklόs Takaćs, the Montreal Philharmonic Society and
the singers and instrumentalists of the Université de Québec à Montréal
Choir will perform Noël des nations with arrangements by Miklόs Takaćs
in addition to Bach’s Quodlibet, BWV 524. Saturday the 10, 8 p.m.,
Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur. www.philharmontreal.com RB
CLASSIC CHRISTMAS FAVOURITES
CHRISTOPHER JACKSON
JORDAN DE SOUSA
PHOTO Emily Ding
On December 10, the Chœur Classique Vaudreuil-Soulanges gives a
Christmas concert at the Sainte-Rose de Lima Church in Île-Perrot,
under the baton of ADISQ-nominated Jean-Pascal Hamelin. The program
includes your Christmas favourites by Bach, Rameau, Berlioz,
Rachmaninov, André Mathieu and many more, sung in French, English,
Russian, German, and Latin. www.choeurclassiquevs.com JV
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des thèmes grégoriens. Seraphim chamber
choir; Amy Henderson, cond. info@seraphimsings.ca.
> 3pm. MBAM. FD. Christmas Concerts at the Museum.
Concerto Della Donna. 975-5907
> 3pm. UdM-MUS B-421. EL. Bach, Debussy, Handel,
Mozart. Classe de Yolande Parent, chant. 343-
6427
> 3:30pm. McGU(mc) POL. 15-35$. LMMC Concerts.
Schumann, Eisler, Mahler. Christianne Stotijn,
mezzo; Julius Drake, piano. 932-5796
> 4pm. St. John’s United Church, 98 Aurora, Pointe-Claire.
15$. Sounds Like Christmas, benefit concert for the St.
John’s United Roof Fund. Marina Krejcarova, soprano;
Jan Krejcar, piano; St. John’s United Church Choir. Handel,
Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Schumann, Puccini,
Bizet, etc. 697-6459, 504-7899
> 4:15pm. ÉSJB CSL. EL, CV. Les Dominicales. Sylvie
Ouellette, flûte; Yves G. Préfontaine, orgue.
(Précède le service de 17h) 402-0314
> 7:30pm. Église de la Nativité de la Ste-Vierge, 155
chemin St-Jean, Laprairie. 25-50$. Concert bénéfice de
la Fondation Jean-de-la-Mennais: Sur une note de solidarité.
Cantiques traditionnels de Noël. O.S. de
Longueuil; chorale des élèves du Collège
Jean-de-la-Mennais; Marc David, chef; Marie-
Josée Lord, soprano. 450-659-7657 x2339
> 7:30pm. SASP. CV. CBC Sing-Along. Cantiques traditionnels
de Noël. Choeur et orchestre de St. Andrew
and St. Paul; Jordan de Souza, chef;
Jonathan Oldengarm, orgue. (participation du
public lors des cantiques) 842-3431
> 7:30pm. UdM-MUS B-484. EL. Rodrigo, Sainz de la
Maza, Martin. Classe de Peter McCutcheon, guitare.
343-6427
> 8pm. McGU(mc) RED. FA. Class of David Martin,
trombone choir. 398-4547
> 8pm. McGU(mc) SCL. FA. Class of Winston Purdy,
voice. 398-4547
Monday 5
> 5pm. McGU(mc) POL. FA. Masters of Music. Benjamin
Henriques, saxophone. 398-4547
> 5pm. UdM-MUS B-421. EL. Classe de Maneli
Pirzadeh, piano. 343-6427
> 7pm. McGU(mc) SCL. FA. Class of Ilya Poletaev,
piano. 398-4547
> 7:30pm. McGU(mc) RED. 10$. McGill Baroque Orchestra;
Schulich School Singers; Matthias
Maute, cond. 398-4547
> 7:30pm. McGU(mc) TSH. 10$. McGill Jazz Orchestra
3; Domenic Rossi, cond. 398-4547
> 7:30pm. UdM-MUS B-421. EL. Chopin, Liszt, Albeniz,
Mozart. Classe de Jimmy Brière, piano. 343-6427
> 8pm. Salle André-
Mathieu, 475 boul. de l’Avenir,
Laval. 26-50$. Noël en choeur.
Tchaïkovsky: Casse-noisette, Valse
des fleurs; Bach: Wachet auf, ruft
und die Stimme, BWV 140; André Jutras: Suite folklorique;
Handel: Messiah, Hallelujah; L. Anderson:
Sleighride; airs traditionnels de saison. O.S. de
Laval; Alain Trudel, chef. 450-667-2040. (f 6)
> 8pm. UdM-MUS B-484. EL. Bach, Kabalevsky, Schubert,
Cassadó, Debussy, Britten, Beethoven. Classe de Johanne
Perron, violoncelle. 343-6427
Tuesday 6
> 1:30pm. Université de Montréal, campus Laval, 1700
Jacques-Tétreault (angle boul. de l’Avenir; métro
Montmorency), Laval. 12$. Matinées d’Opéramania
Laval. Tchaïkovski: Eugène Onéguine. Wojciech
Drabowicz, Elena Prokina, Martin Thompson,
Louise Winter, Frode Olsen; Andrew Davis,
chef. 790-1245, 343-6479. (f 13)
> 3:30pm. McGU(mc) SCL. FA. Class of Sara Laimon,
piano. 398-4547
> 7pm. McGU(mc) POL. FA. Lab Band Class; Debbie
Best, cond. 398-4547
> 7:30pm. CMM SC. 5$. Les Grands Ensembles. Bach,
Ortiz, Purcell, Frescobaldi. Ensembles de
musique baroque du Conservatoire; Luc
Beauséjour, Mireille Lagacé, chefs. 873-4031
> 7:30pm. Maison de la culture Rosemont-La-Petite-
Patrie, 6707 de Lorimier. EL. Chorale jazz; Ensemble
vocal jazz; Vincent Morel, dir.;
classes de Vincent Morel et Hélène Martel,
chant jazz. 343-6427, 872-1730
> 7:30pm. UdM-MUS B-484. EL. Desenclos, Tomasi,
Molinelli, Marin Marais, Théberge, Rossé. Classe de
Jean-François Guay, saxophone. 343-6427
> 7:30pm. UdM-MUS B-421. EL. Fauré, Franck, Ligeti,
Schumann. Classe de Yegor Dyachkov, violoncelle.
343-6427
> 8pm. McGU(mc) TSH. FA. Class of Garry Antonio,
guitar. 398-4547
> 8pm. PdA MSM. 40$. Les grands concerts du mardi
Homeocan. François Morel: Il faut inventer la terre;
Holst: Les Planètes; Colin Matthews: Pluto The Renewer.
O.S. de Montréal; Choeur de femmes de
l’OSM; Ludovic Morlot, chef. 842-9951
> 8pm. Salle André-
Mathieu, 475 boul. de l’Avenir,
Laval. 26-50$. O.S. Laval, Noël.
450-667-2040. (h 5)
Wednesday 7
> 1:30pm. Université de Montréal, campus Longueuil,
101 place Charles-Lemoyne, bureau 209 (face au
métro Longueuil), Longueuil. 12$. Matinées
d’Opéramania Longueuil. Handel: Tamerlano. Monica
Bacelli, Plácido Domingo, Ingela Bohlin,
Sara Mingardo, Jennifer Holloway; Paul Mc-
Creesh, chef. 790-1245, 343-6479. (f 14)
> 5pm. UdM-MUS B-421. EL. C.P.E. Bach, Mozart,
Poulenc, Pasculli, Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux.
Classe de Lise Beauchamp, hautbois.
343-6427
> 5pm. UdM-MUS B-484. EL. Schubert, Brahms, Dvorak,
Piazzolla, Tchaïkovski. Classe de Jutta Puchhammer,
musique de chambre. 343-6427
> 7pm. UdM-MUS SCC. EL. Lutoslawski, Mozart.
Justyna Gabzdyl, piano. 343-6427
> 7:30pm. Centre culturel et communautaire Henri-
Lemieux, Théâtre du Grand Sault, 7644 Edouard,
LaSalle. 12$. Ciné-concert. La ruée vers l’or (film
muet, É.U., 1925, 72 min., Charles Chaplin); Roman
Zavada: compositions originales. Roman Zavada,
piano. 367-5000
> 7:30pm. CMM SC. EL. Musique d’aujourd’hui. Stravinsky,
Ana Sokolovic, Émilie Girard-Charest, Alexis Aubin-
Marchand. Élèves du Conservatoire; Véronique
Lacroix, chef. 873-4031
> 7:30pm. MBAM SBou. 26-44$. Série Centre-ville.
Symphonies lumineuses. Beethoven: Symphonie #4,
op.60; Symphonie #7, op.92. I Musici de Montréal;
Jean-Marie Zeitouni, chef. 982-6038. (f
8)
> 7:30pm. UdM-MUS B-421. EL. Bach, Bartok, Denis
Gougeon, Liszt. Classe de Daniel Moran, piano.
343-6427
> 8pm. CHBP. 5-20$. Concert autour des cordes. Martin
Matalon: Trame XI; etc. Nouvel Ensemble Moderne;
Lorraine Vaillancourt, chef; Yannick
Chênevert, contrebasse. 343-5636
> 8pm. Christ Church Cathedral, 635 Ste-Catherine
Ouest. 10-20$. Les éléments de la saison. Concerto
Della Donna. 975-5907. (f 11)
> 8pm. ConcU OPCH. 0-5$. Concordia University, Department
of Music, student concerts. Class of Gregory
Chaverdian, chamber ensemble, piano.
848-4848
> 8pm. Église St-Hubert, 5310 chemin Chambly, St-
Hubert. 7-17$. Série Portée pédagogique de la
CSMV. Concert de Noël. Cantiques traditionnels de
Noël. O.S. de Longueuil; Chorale de l’école primaire
Les Petits-Explorateurs; Chorale de
l’école secondaire St-Edmond; Marc David,
chef. 450-463-7065
> 8pm. Maison de la culture Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie,
Studio 1, 6707 de Lorimier. LP. Noël remix. Stacey
Brown: No(t)well 2.0 or Looking for Christmas in all
the Wrong Places (création); Éric Champagne: La
nuit la plus longue (création); Benoît Côté: Renaissance
(création); Messiaen, George Crumb,
Tchaïkovski. Matthieu Fortin, piano. 872-1730
> 8pm. UdM-MUS B-484. EL. Schubert, Brahms, Dvorak,
Piazzolla, Tchaïkovski. Classe de Jutta Puchhammer,
musique de chambre. 343-6427
Thursday 8
> 12:30pm. McGU(mc) TSH. FA. Undergraduate Exam-
Recital. Mengje Xiong, piano. 398-4547
> 1:30pm. McGU(mc) TSH. FA. Undergraduate Exam-
Recital. Maya Rand, piano. 398-4547
> 2:30pm. McGU(mc) TSH. FA. Undergraduate Exam-
Recital. Jack Olszewski, piano. 398-4547
> 3:30pm. McGU(mc) TSH. FA. Undergraduate Exam-
Recital. Sarah Aleem, piano. 398-4547
> 4:30pm. McGU(mc) TSH. FA. Undergraduate Exam-
Recital. Lawrence Shirkie, baritone. 398-4547
> 7:30pm. CMM SC. 5$. Les Grands Ensembles. Mozart:
Sérénade pour vents, K.375; Dvorák: Suite tchèque.
Ensemble à vent du Conservatoire;
Véronique Lacroix, chef. 873-4031
> 7:30pm. MBAM SBou. 26-44$. Série Centre-ville. I
Musici, Beethoven 4&7. 982-6038. (h 7)
> 7:30pm. UdM-MUS B-484. EL. Classes de Vincent
Morel et Hélène Martel, chant jazz. 343-6427
> 7:30pm. UdM-MUS SCC. EL. Ives: Country Band
March; Philip Glass: Saxophone Quartet; Copland:
Quiet City; Revueltas: Sensemayá; Evelin Ramon: Accumulations
(création); Persichetti: Celebrations,
op.103. Les Grands Vents de Montréal; David
Martin, chef; Choeur de l’UdM; Raymond Perrin,
chef; Thierry Champs, trompette. 343-
6427
> 7:30pm. UdM-MUS B-421. EL. Bach, Haydn, Beethoven,
Brahms, Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Scriabine.
Classe de Jean Saulnier, piano. 343-6427
> 8pm. CHBP. LP. Ravel, Fauré, Debussy, Franck.
Olivier Thouin, violon; François Zeitouni,
piano. 872-5338
> 8pm. ConcU OPCH. 0-5$. Concordia University, Department
of Music, student concerts. Jazz. Ensemble
Eclectic (class of Gary Schwartz). 848-4848
> 8pm. ÉSJB. FA. Doctoral Recital. Julia Dokter,
organ. 398-4547
> 8pm. Maison de la culture Frontenac, 2550 Ontario
Est. LP. Colinda. Noëls médiévaux de Provence.
Strada. 872-7882
> 8pm. McGU(mc) RED. FA. Master’s Recital. Emilie
Brulé, baroque violin. 398-4547
Friday 9
> 10:30am. PdA MSM. 40$. Les matins symphoniques.
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Holst: Les Planètes.
O.S. de Montréal; Choeur de femmes de
l’OSM; Ludovic Morlot, chef; Simone Dinnerstein,
piano. 842-9951
> 4pm. McGU(mc) RED. FA. Undergraduate Exam-
Recital. Gwyneth Bergman, organ. 398-4547