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Tuesday, June 16, 7:30 p.m.

Salle Bourgie
FMCM Ode a la joie x

Ode to Joy

World premiere arrangement! Works by Mendelssohn and Schubert culminating in a world-premiere experience – a new arrangement of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony finale, in Franz Liszt’s two-piano arrangement, with pianists Illia Ovcharenko and Philip Chiu, featuring exceptional singers Odile Portugais, Jeanne Ireland, Mathew Cairns, and Colin Mackay, the Barbican Quartet, and Hugues Tremblay, timpani.

Programme :

Mendelssohn, String Quartet Op. 13 in a minor (“Ist es wahr”)
I. Adagio – Allegro Vivace
II. Adagio non lento
III. Intermezzo. Allegretto con moto – Allegro di molto
IV. Presto – Adagio non lento

Beethoven String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
III. Adagio “Heiliger Dankgesang”

Intermission

Franz Schubert – Fantasia for piano 4 hands in F minor, D. 940
Allegro molto moderato – Largo – Allegro vivace – Tempo I

Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D- Op. 125 (arr. for 8 instruments & 4 voices by Francis Malka)
IV. Presto – Allegro assai (Ode to Joy)

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Artistes :

Mendelssohn, String Quartet Op. 13 in a minor (“Ist es wahr”)
Barbican Quartet
– Amarins Wierdsma, Kate Maloney, violins
– Christoph Vandory, viola (Goldmund Quartet)
– Yoanna Prodanova, cello

Franz Schubert – Fantasia for piano 4 hands in F minor, D. 940
Illia Ovcharenko & Philip Chiu, piano

Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D- Op. 125 (arr. for 8 instruments & 4 voices by Francis Malka)
Illia Ovcharenko & Philip Chiu pianos
Barbican String Quartet
Eric Chappell, double bass
Hugues Tremblay, tympani
Odile Portugais, soprano
Jeanne Ireland, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Cairns, tenor
Colin Mackey, baritone

An historic, cannot-miss performance. Beethoven’s Ode to Joy like you have never heard it!

This program is dedicated to the memory of Festival patron and friend, Reuben Croll.

This concert is made possible thanks to the generous support of Beryl and Peter Fraenkel.

Salle Bourgie, MBAM
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
1339 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, Quebec H3G 2C6

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