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Musique de chambre à Sainte-Pétronille
21, Église Sainte-Pétronille Road, Island of Orleans
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Now an unmissable summer tradition on the Island of Orlaans, Musique de chambre à Sainte-Pétronille began its adventure in 1983 in the beautiful little stone church of the village of the same name. With a seating capacity of just over 300, it has proven to be an ideal venue for the presentation of intimate concerts.
Poetically hidden in the green valleys of the western tip of the island, its 1871 bell tower has become the emblem of our summer concerts. The lush nature that surrounds it, its bright interior and its remarkable acoustics combine the pleasure of the eye with that of the ear. The singing of the crickets and birds, which can be heard when the doors and windows are open on a sunny evening, adds to the charm and uniqueness of the experience.
PROGRAMMING
40th Anniversary Concert
Église Sainte-Pétronille, Island of Orleans
Marc Roussel, Anne-Marie Bernard and Maxim Bernard, piano
Jérôme Ducharme, guitar and Guylaine Girard, soprano
Founded in 1983, Musique de chambre à Sainte-Pétronille celebrates its 40th anniversary this year! What better way to celebrate four decades of great music in an enchanting place than to present a concert bringing together local talent? Like its founder who surrounded himself with the best musicians of the time, it is under the sign of friendship and pleasure to play that these artists specially chosen for the occasion gather around our artistic director, pianist Marc Roussel, to offer you a very special and emotional event. A great anniversary evening in the company of timeless masterpieces by Schubert and Schumann, as well as amazing discoveries. Join us!
General Admission 53,38$ | 30 years and under 27,27$
Buy your ticketsMichel Franck, piano
Sainte-Pétronille Church, Island of Orleans
Grand winner of the Prix d’Europe in 1977, graduate of the famous Julliard School in New York where he studied with the legendary Adèle Marcus, pianist Michel Franck is certainly one of the most appreciated musicians here. After a long career as an educator, he now devotes himself to his vocation as an interpreter. For several years, each of his recital performances has been a real event for musicians and music lovers, and it is an immense honour to receive him this year in Sainte-Pétronille as a soloist.
General Admission 48,16$ | 30 years and under 24,65$
Buy your ticketsJean-Michel Dubé & Rosemarie Laplante-Duval
Sainte-Pétronille Church, Island of Orleans
Duettistes on stage and in life, pianists Jean-Michel Dubé and Rosemarie Duval-Laplante will take us on an intimate journey through the very different worlds of two composers who have greatly influenced each other, Maurice Ravel and Georges Gershwin. Graduates of the Conservatoire de musique de Québec, our loving pianists have been playing together since 2017 and have since charmed a wide audience in this group, across Canada and France. They also recently made a first recording dedicated to the music of Fauré and Debussy.
General Admission 48,16$ | 30 years and under 24,65$
Buy your ticketsTrio Hochelaga
Sainte-Pétronille Church, Island of Orleans
Anne Robert, violin, Dominique Beauséjour-Ostiguy, cello and Dantonio Pisano, piano
One of the jewels of chamber music in Quebec, the Trio Hochelaga has distinguished itself on the international stage since its creation in 2000 by violinist Anne Robert. Ensemble in residence of the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, this group has played more than 500 concerts since its inception. It is in a spirit of constant evolution that the pianist Dantonio Pisano and the cellist Dominique Beauséjour-Ostiguy recently joined this exceptional trio that offers us in Sainte-Pétronille a concert that brings together Beethoven, Novak and Mendelssohn.
General Admission 53,38$ | 30 years and under 27,27$
Buy your ticketsEnsemble Renouveau
Sainte-Pétronille Church, Island of Orleans
Simon Desbiens, cello, Bruce Gaulin, piano, Evelyne Larochelle and Carole-Anne Roussel, sopranos, Jessy Dubé, violin
It is for a warm and friendly evening that we invite our audience to hear the Ensemble Renouveau. Through a very wide repertoire, which ranges from chamber music to folk music and opera, this group of five musicians offers us a personal vision, around the sublime arrangements made by its cellist Simon Desbiens. With the two extraordinary sopranos Carole-Anne Roussel and Evelyne Larochelle, the most beautiful melodies are in the spotlight, brilliantly supported by three talented instrumentalists.
General Admission 48,16$ | 30 years and under 24,65$
Buy your ticketsCameron Crozman, cello and Meagan Milatz, piano
Sainte-Pétronille Church, Island of Orleans
It is impossible to resist the personality and panache of the cellist Cameron Crozman. Among the stars of his instrument in Canada, he garnered rave reviews wherever he performed, in Canada or Europe. With the partner of the fabulous pianist Meagan Milatz, who made a great impression in Sainte-Pétronille last year during a quick replacement, these two artists offer us a varied and contrasting musical journey to end this anniversary season.
General Admission 48,16$ | 30 years and under 24,65$
Buy your ticketsElinor Frey
Église de Sainte-Pétronille, 27 Chemin de l’Église, Sainte-Pétronille, Île d’Orléans
It was necessary to trust the extraordinary talent of the cellist Elinor Frey, the harpsichordist Mélisande McNabney and the harpist Antoine Malette-Chénier, to make the music of Jean Baur, French composer and harpist of the eighteenth century, a memorable and unmissable proposal. Their recent album devoted to his works is praised by music lovers and critics around the world, winning the Opus Prize «Album of the year – Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque music». It will be a special occasion to hear this unusual combination of instruments in the intimate atmosphere of Sainte-Petronille’s church.
General admission 50$
Elvira Misbakhova et Meagan Milatz
Église de Sainte-Pétronille, 27 Chemin de l’Église, Sainte-Pétronille, Île d’Orléans
Originally from Tatarstan, a distant republic of Russia, violist Elvira Misbakhova came to Canada in 1999 to study with Eleonora Turovsky. Since then, she has moved here to quickly become one of the most prominent artists of her instrument in the country. She has played everywhere as a soloist and chamber musician, as well as being an accomplished orchestral musician as a solo viola of the Orchestre Métropolitain. The pianist Meagan Milatz, recently crowned «Discovery of the Year» at the Prix Opus, has become a regular at Sainte-MariePetronille, and it is for our greatest pleasure that she will join our 2024 season to make our church vibrate again with its immense talent.
General admission 45$
Quartom
Église de Sainte-Pétronille, 27 Chemin de l’Église, Sainte-Pétronille, Île d’Orléans
Quartom for «quatuor d’hommes»! The reputation of this vocal quartet, which has five albums to its credit, is certainly well established. This ensemble combines mastery and sensitivity, in extremely varied programs that range from medieval polyphonic songs to popular music, including opera. It’s a colorful evening that awaits you with the baritones Julien Patenaude and Benoit Le Blanc, the tenor Kerry Bursey and the baritone-bass Philippe Martel. Guaranteed fun!
General admission 50$
Richard Raymond
Église de Sainte-Pétronille, 27 Chemin de l’Église, Sainte-Pétronille, Île d’Orléans
Pianist Richard Raymond is certainly one of the most important Canadian pianists of his generation. Propelled onto the international scene in the early 1990s after winning a multitude of awards in prestigious competitions, he has become a key figure of the piano in Quebec. In addition to being a recognized soloist and chamber musician, he is also a sought-after educator who trained, to name but a few, Charles Richard-Hamelin and Bruce Liu! It is an honour to receive him for the first time at Musique de chambre in Sainte-Pétronille.
General admission 45$
Quatuor Andara
Église de Sainte-Pétronille, 27 Chemin de l’Église, Sainte-Pétronille, Île d’Orléans
The string quartet is perhaps the most emblematic formation of chamber music and this year we welcome the Quatuor Andara, composed of young musicians who honor this repertoire in an exceptional way. Their concerts, as well as their albums, have conquered the general public and informed music lovers. They present the program «De mille feux» around one of the great masterpieces of Mendelssohn, his 6th String Quartet in F minor.
General admission 45$
Mehdi Ghazi
Église de Sainte-Pétronille, 27 Chemin de l’Église, Sainte-Pétronille, Île d’Orléans
One cannot imagine a more natural gift for his instrument than the Algerian-born pianist Mehdi Ghazi. Since his arrival in Canada in 2006, he has continued to fascinate with his virtuosity and sensitivity. In 2010, he was selected by the Glenn Gould Foundation as part of a tribute to the great Canadian pianist, leaving a very strong impression on nothing less than filmmaker Bruno Monsaingeon. We will have the chance to hear it in a beautiful and colorful program with, among others, Liszt’s Transcendent Performance Studies and Ravel’s Mirrors.
General admission 45$
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