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McGill Symphony Orchestra: An Evening of Berlioz

Saturday, November 23, 2019 19:30to21:30
Strathcona Music Building Pollack Hall, 555 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3A 1E3, CA
Price: 
$20 / $15
A close up of the French Horn section

Alexis Hauser, Artistic Director and Conductor

With Laura Fishman and Dominique Labelle, sopranos; Hayley Meth, mezzo-soprano; Gustave Richard, tenor; Raphaël Laden-Guindon, bass-baritone.

HECTOR BERLIOZ Marche Hongroise (Marche de Rákóczi), La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24
HECTOR BERLIOZ Les Nuits d'été, Op. 7
HECTOR BERLIOZ Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17 (orchestral movements)

with participation of Schulich voice area students

In this all-Berlioz program, the McGill Symphony Orchestra performs the Marche Hongroise from La Damnation de Faust and orchestral movements from Roméo et Juliette, the composer’s large-scale dramatic symphony written as an homage to two of his greatest influences: Beethoven and Shakespeare. The ensemble will also join forces with students of the Schulich School of Music Voice area to bring to life Berlioz’s song cycle Les Nuits d’été, set to the poems of Théophile Gauthier.

This concert will be webcast.

Box Office: Tickets are available online or through our Box Office (in person or by phone: 514-398-4547) between 12:00pm and 6:00pm (555 Sherbrooke Street West). Applicable taxes included, service fees apply to the purchase of tickets online.

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