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SMCQ offers you the
recital Visions cosmiques

This first recital will take place on Sunday, October 25 at 3 pm… And it’s free!

Accustomed to large ensembles, the Société de musique contemporaine (SMCQ) is adapting to the new health standards this season by exploring the form of the recital. Visions cosmiques, a webcast concert on October 25 at 3 p.m., will allow the public to hear works from the repertoire for two pianos, performed by Brigitte Poulin and Jean Marchand.

The Poulin-Marchand pianist duo places the infinite possibilities of the repertoire for two pianos at the service of a program in search of the infinite!

“Historically, the repertoire for two pianos was used, among other things, for the reduction of orchestral works or large works for rehearsals, and then the form developed at the request of pianists who appreciated the wide range of possibilities,” says Walter Boudreau, SMCQ Artistic Director.

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Brigitte Poulin

The Poulin-Marchand pianist duo places the infinite possibilities of the repertoire for two pianos at the service of a program in search of the infinite! Les Visions de l’Amen, Olivier Messiaen‘s monumental work, will be presented 50 years after the composer himself performed it in Montreal with his wife, pianist Yvonne Loriod, at the invitation of the SMCQ. Jean Marchand was in the hall at the time. “I have fond memories of it!“ he recalls.

Visions cosmiques will continue with Denis Gougeon‘s Schubertian-accented work Andante Sostenuto, created by the long-time duo in 2015. The critics were unanimous in their praise, and Lucie Renaud declared it to be “a piece of exquisite slowness and meditative orientation”, in her blog le Clavier Bien Tempéré.

Finally, Bechara El-Khoury‘s Sonate pour piano no. 3 will complete this poetic and universal recital, paying tribute to the victims of the recent explosion in Beirut. This webcast concert will allow the audience to experience a virtual, but nonetheless astronomical musical communion!

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Jean Marchand

Recital Visions cosmiques

Sunday, October 25, 2020, at 3 pm
Simultaneous live webcast on Youtube and Facebook live

FREE CONCERT
Works introduced with commentary by Georges Nicholson
The concert will be followed by a live Q & A with the artists

PROGRAMME
• Andante Sostenuto (2013) – Denis Gougeon
• Sonate pour piano no. 3, op 67 (2005)
(1st movement : Serene and meditative) – Bechara El-Khoury
• Visions de l’Amen (1943) – Olivier Messiaen (France, 1908-1992)

 

Upcoming recitals

October

The fantastic history of the SMCQ in 10 podcasts
Follow it online starting in October on our digital platforms

Youth Sector : Virtual Choirs
Online in October on smcqeducation.ca

November

Louise Bessette
Les Planètes by Walter Boudreau
Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven
Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy
At the Satosphère (Société des Arts Technologiques)

December

Sensors IV, by Alcides Lanza; a new creation by Matthew C. Lane
A thorn expands to a rose, by Farangis Nurulla-Khoja
ASAP for SATB, by Ana Sokolovic

Montreal/New Musics (MNM) International festival, 10th edition
February 18 to 28, 2021, details to come

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The Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ) has been at the core of music creation for over 50 years and is dedicated to promoting the work of composers. Throughout the years, the organization established itself on the cultural scene by the quality and the scope of its concerts and activities which stand out for their unifying aspect. smcq.qc.ca.

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