Thursday, April 2, 2009 7:30 pm
Merrill Auditorium, Portland, Maine
Critical acclaim and public enthusiasm confirm I Musici de Montréal’s importance on the world’s musical stage. Performing in some of the greatest halls including Lincoln Center, Leipzig’s Gewandhaus, the Palais des Beaux-Arts, and the Conservatoire de Musique in Luxembourg, I Musici de Montréal – a chamber orchestra of fifteen musicians – commands a vast repertoire extending from the baroque to the contemporary, under the baton of its founder and conductor, cellist Yuri Turovsky. In their Portland appearance, I Musici will serenade us with works by Tchaikovsky, Elgar, and Dvořák.
Thursday, April 2, 2009 Details TBA
$600 fee for hosting organization
The world-renowned chamber orchestra leads this two-hour masterclass for one to three small-group ensembles working on a classical repertoire.
Thursday, April 2, 2009 6–7 pm
Merrill Auditorium Green Room
FREE
Maine composer and music professor Dr. Elliott Schwartz discusses the importance of folk music influences on the works of Dvořák, Bartók, Elgar, and Tchaikovsky, with emphasis on the program to be performed by “l’Orchestre de Chambre” I Musici de Montréal, a fifteen-member ensemble that will perform at 7:30 pm.
