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Les fêtes champêtres
Le Camillois, 157, rue Miquelon, Saint-Camille
At the rendezvous: Couperin, Forqueray, Marin Marais and Rameau with Margaret Little on viola da gamba and Christophe Gauthier on harpsichord.
General admission 33$
RDV Classiques – André Laplante
Arquemuse, 151A, Saint-François E.
The Great Romantics
This concert will be a historic moment with André Laplante and his wonderful interpretation of Liszt’s sonata in B minor!
Quebec pianist André Laplante is rightly considered one of today’s great romantic virtuosos. In the wake of his silver medal at the prestigious Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow, he performed on stages around the world with the most renowned orchestras. As a guest soloist, he has toured extensively in Europe and across North America. André Laplante has several albums to his credit, devoted in particular to the music of Ravel (nomination, Juno Award, 1992), Liszt (Félix Prize, 1995), Brahms (Félix Prize, 1996) and Rachmaninov. More recently, he recorded a masterful performance of Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto with the Orchestre symphonique de Québec.
General admission 30$
Carnet de voyage – Benefit concert
La Belle Chapelle, 500 rue Murray
Noémie Raymond-Friset, cello & Chloé Dumoulin, piano
Works by Rachmaninov, De Falla and Poulenc presented in the form of a cello and piano duet.
General admission 45$
Série Musique au salon: Quatuor Cobalt
Église Emmanuel, 203 rue Principale
A Hollywood celebration: when film music meets chamber music
Quatuor Cobalt presents a unique program of cult film scores and musical comedy themes. From black & white to color, from pantomime to major Hollywood productions, let yourself be enveloped by the sound images of mythical themes revisited for string quartet. Between passion, nostalgia, wonder and imaginary journeys, let yourself be charmed by the discovery of a vibrant sound universe where music will help you relive the most beautiful moments of cinema. Thrills guaranteed!
Violins: Guillaume Villeneuve and Diane Bayard • Viola: Clément Bufferne • Cello: François Leclerc
General admission 25$
Ciné-Concert & organ: Chaplin and The Gold Rush
Centre Saint-Romuald, 500, rue Saint-Hilaire
In this great silent film classic, which celebrates its centenary in 2025, Charlie Chaplin plays a vagabond taking part in an expedition to the north in hopes of making a fortune. The blizzard will overcome its illusions, unless a glimmer of hope awaits somewhere…
Ciné-concert with live improvisation accompaniment to the organ by Guillaume Martineau.
General admission 15$ | Free for 12 years and under
Buzz Cuivre – The Planets by Holst
Le Vitrail, 1254 rue Ste-Marthe
The musicians of Buzz Cuivres and the organist Maria Budacova illustrate their interpretation of The Planets with a projection of breathtaking images around the seven planets evoked by the sublime work of Gustav Holst. This immersive show explores the confines of the universe through seven fascinating music videos. The symbiosis between music and images is enriched by the narration of a surprise guest!
General admission 42$
Autour de Lili Boulanger
Espace culturel Saint-Gilles, 562, Rte des Outaouais, Brownsburg-Chatam
Uliana Drugova, violon • Michel-Alexandre Broekaert, piano
With a program for piano and violin, this concert explores the universe of the French composer Lili Boulanger (1893-1918). The performance of the pieces alternates with commentaries highlighting the close links that have been forged between Lili Boulanger and composers such as Debussy, Fauré, Bacewicz and Piazzolla. By bringing together all these artists in one musical moment, we are reimagining a 20th century French salon, where women have their place as much as men. How far would his fate have taken her if the disease had not taken Lili Boulanger at the age of twenty-four?
General admission 40,24$ | Member FADOQ or ECSG 36,22$ | Member FADOQ & ECSG 32,19$ | Students 11 years old and more 17,25$
Matinée musicale – croissants and organs
Centre Saint-Romuald, 500, rue Saint-Hilaire
The musical matinees are suitable for everyone, from preschool to the golden age through the prime of the year, at a meeting time around a croissant coffee to the sound of the organ. An invitation to relax, meditate or discuss and marvel.
Entry possible at any time between 10:00 and 11:30.
Complimentary hot and cold drinks on site.
Performance on organ and piano by Karine Bétournay
Free 0-4 ans | 5-11 years 5$ | 12 years and over 10$
Once in may by Jingjing Xu, mezzo-soprano & Christopher Knopp, piano
Théâtre du Lac-Brome, 9, Chemin du Mont-Écho, Knowlton
This recital for voice and piano presents works from the 18th and 19th century repertoire, including: Mahler, Schubert, and Schumann. As well as older tunes by Randolph, Phillip, Greene, to conclude on some 20th century compositions.
Jingjing Xu, mezzo-soprano:
Hailed as «An artist to follow», Jingjing Xu is a Chinese mezzo-soprano with a diverse and multifaceted repertoire. After graduating from McGill University in 2023, she won the 2024 edition of the prestigious Mirjam Helin Competition as the youngest participant. She also won the Wirth Vocal Prize in 2022, McGill’s premier singing competition, which offers the largest singing award from a Canadian university. The 2023-2024 season also marked his professional debut in oratorio and recital, with performances at the Organ and Aria Festival in Espoo, Finland, with the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto, as well as with the Société d’Art Vocal de Montréal. Jingjing made her opera debut in 2022, playing the title role of Orlando with McGill Opera. She also played the roles of Angelina in Rossini’s Cenerentola and Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro. Jingjing is known for its ability to make poetry alive and accurate for its audience. She and her duo partner, Christopher Knopp, participated in the 2023 edition of the Franz Schubert Institute, working closely with Elly Ameling, Robert Holl and Roger Vignoles.
Christopher Knopp, piano:
Praised for his engaging piano playing, sensitive touch and professional technique, Christopher Knopp has earned a reputation as an exceptional collaborative pianist. As a member of the first edition of the University of Montreal and McGill Vocal Accompaniment Residency, he had the opportunity to study with some of the world’s most prominent pianists in the vocal music field, including Graham Johnson, James Vaughan, Jeff Cohen and John Churchwell. After his residency, Christopher worked as a vocal coach and accompanist at McGill University, performing and playing for auditions, competitions and other concerts in Montreal, New York and Vancouver. He and his duo partner, Jingjing Xu, have successfully participated in the Neue Stimmen and Mirjam Helin competitions, and have given recitals in Montreal, Vancouver, Vienna and Helsinki. Christopher will start working as a member of the Accademia del Teatro del Maggio in Florence in November 2024.
Preceded by the lecture Lied and melody with Marie-Noëlle Lavoie at 2pm.
An incursion into the German lied and the French melody, two genres where poetry, voice and piano meet with refinement. Marie-Noëlle Lavoie offers some listening tracks for the recital Once in May.
General admission 50$ | Member 43$
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Les amis de l’orgue de l’Estrie
Kévin Paradis, organ
Église Saint-François-Xavier, 181 rue de l’Église
Works by Buxtehude, Stanley, Mendelssohn, Bédard, Paradis
Born in Romania, Kévin Paradis is the holder of the organs of the parishes of St-Théodore d’Acton (2014), Ste-Bibiane de Richmond (2021) and most recently at the church of Saint-André d’Acton (2024). He is often called to accompany several soloists in various places in the greater Montreal area, offering concerts including at the cathedral of Saint-Hyacinthe in 2022.
In addition, Kévin became interested and involved in organ building in several churches in Quebec. All mentored by Jean-Félix Bellavance and Jean-Sébastien Dufour of the Ateliers Bellavance.
For this concert Hors-Série des Amis de l’orgue de l’Estrie, Kévin Paradis will play on the Mitchell & Forté 1863 organ, the oldest two-keyboard mechanical traction organ still in operation in Canada.
General Admission 20$ | Student 10$
Divine Nature
Le Camillois, 157, rue Miquelon, Saint-Camille
Ensemble La Gaillarde with Marie Magistry, soprano; Joanna Marsden, baroque flute; Guillaume Villeneuve, baroque violin; Amanda Keesmaat, cello and Sylvain Bergeron, lute, in works by Bach and Handel.
General admission 33$
Didem Basar, kanun & Patrick Graham, percussion
Espace culturel Saint-Gilles, 562, Rte des Outaouais, Brownsburg-Chatham
Didem Basar
Born into a family steeped in music, kanun (Turkish cithare) performer and composer Didem Basar began her studies in music at the State Conservatory of Turkish Music at the Technical University of Istanbul at the age of eleven. After completing the Conservatory program in kanun, she continues her education at the same institution and obtains an undergraduate degree in composition. Her interest in studying the effects of music on society led her to pursue a master’s degree in mevlevi music analysis at Marmara University. She taught Turkish music and kanun playing techniques at the Haliç University Conservatory and the Istanbul State Conservatory from 2001 until her arrival in Canada in 2007. Moving to Montreal then gave him the opportunity to reinterpret his own music in a new environment whose liveliness results from the convergence of multiple cultures from different regions of the world.
After fifteen years dedicated to the composition and accompaniment of numerous artists and ensembles, Didem Basar now devotes himself to a more personal project, combining classical Turkish and Western musical influences. Following this musical journey, was born his new album Levantine Rhapsody in February 2020. On a sound canvas linking East and West, the musician and composer created a dialogue between kanun and instruments from Western music (flutes, percussions, violin and cello). To this combination is added the integration of Turkish makams (modes), rhythmic cycles as well as improvisation, on compositions with a resolutely impressionist approach.
Patrick Graham
Patrick Graham is an accomplished percussionist, improviser, composer and instructor based in Montreal. His fascination with percussion has taken him on a journey around the world, sometimes to study contemporary Western percussion, the Middle Eastern drum tradition or the rhythms of South India and taiko in Japan. He re-imagines these cosmopolitan influences and creates a vast palette of colors through a range of instruments. Graham has been the co-creator of many music, dance and multidisciplinary projects that have won numerous awards. It appears on dozens of discs and film original tapes.
His first solo album, Rheō, was on CBC Radio 2’s 2009 The Signal list. In 2020, he released Lumina, his new solo album made entirely of improvised percussion, and Unnatural, a collaboration with electronic music producer John Sellekaers. For the past few years, Patrick Graham has been touring internationally with the renowned ensemble Constantinople.
General admission 40,24$ | Member FADOQ or ECSG 36,22$ | Member FADOQ & ECSG 32,19$ | Students 11 years and more 17,25$
Chansons espagnoles et latino-américaines des 18e et 19e siècles
Chapelle Saint-Cyriac, 5618 rue de la Chapelle
Philippe Gagné, tenor & David Jacques, guitar
General admission 35$
Série Musique au salon: Whilem Magner, alto
Église Emmanuel, 203 rue Principale à Cowansville
Whilem Magner, alto
General admission 25$
Noémie Raymond-Friset & Philip Chiu
Église de Sainte-Pétronille, 27 Chemin de l’Église, Sainte-Pétronille, Île d’Orléans
This is the year that cellist Noémie Raymond-Friset makes her debut at Carnegie Hall in New York, but also her debut at Musique de chambre à Sainte-Pétronille! She will open our 2025 season by making the songs of her cello dialogue with the shimmering colors of the remarkable piano play of her accomplice Philip Chiu.
General admission 59,79$
Marianne Lambert & Valérie Milot: Canzone Di Notte
Théâtre de Lac-Brome, 9, Chemin du Mont-Écho, Knowlton
Discover the soprano Marianne Lambert, whose «diamond voice with shimmering colors» and captivating stage presence charms all audiences. Marianne’s warmth, sensitivity and sparkling personality make every performance unforgettable.
In Canzone di Notte, join Marianne and the talented harpist Valérie Milot for a magical musical evening that transports you into a world of dreams. Together, they present a selection of the finest music by Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, Mozart and Schubert – all inspired by the mystery and charm of night. This concert promises to delight your senses and make you dream long after the last note…
General admission 56,00$ | Member 50,85$
Réservez vos billetsLe concert spirituel
Le Camillois, 157, rue Miquelon, Saint-Camille
Ensemble Les Boréades with Jacqueline Woodley, soprano; Francis Colpron, flute; Olivier Brault, violin; Anne Thivierge, flute; Luc Beauséjour, harpsichord; Jessica Korotkin, cello, in works by Campra, Delalande, Clérambault, Blavet and Boismortier.
General admission 33$
Concert apéro – Flûte alors!
Parc des Braves, 85, avenue du Parc, Cookshire-Eaton (Trinity United Church in case of rain)
For the first concert of the season, the quartet Flûte Alors! will give the audience a unique and refreshing experience while promoting this beautiful, surprisingly modern and expressive instrument that is the recorder.
Combining classical music and conviviality, the Concerts Apéro allows you to discover talented artists in a summer atmosphere, while enjoying an aperitif. A unique moment of relaxation and musical discovery!
Free
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Les amis de l’orgue de l’Estrie
Boléro de concert et autres fantaisies
Basilique-cathédrale St-Michel, 130 rue de la Cathédrale, Sherbrooke
Enter the colorful world of Marie-Hélène Greffard, organist from Montmagny. She will present works by Ennio Morricone, Scott Joplin, Lefébure-Wély’s Boléro de concert and variations on God save the King.
Suggested voluntary contribution: 20$
Élisabeth Pion
Église de Sainte-Pétronille, 27 Chemin de l’Église, Sainte-Pétronille, Île d’Orléans
Révélation Radio-Canada 2024-2025, the pianist Élisabeth Pion touches and seduces with each of her performances. Fervent interpreter of the composers of history, she will play in Sainte-Pétronille a program giving a place to these women, these legends, in a spectacular apotheosis of timbres and colors.
General admission 66,69$
Concert Orford sur la route
Trinity United Church, 190 rue Principale Ouest, Cookshire-Eaton
Combining classical music and conviviality, this concert reveals the virtuosity of young emerging talents from all over the world and allows the public to be lulled by classical music.
Free
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Les amis de l’orgue de l’Estrie
Variations sérieuses & Ragtime
Basilique-cathédrale St-Michel, 130 rue de la Cathédrale, Sherbrooke
Nicholas Cappozzoli, winner of the third prize at the 2017 Canadian International Organ Competition, offers a colourful programme including an arrangement of Félix Mendelssohn’s Serious Variations and Charles-Marie Widor’s Final of the Sixth Symphony.
Suggested voluntary contribution: 20$
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Les amis de l’orgue de l’Estrie
Superstar et autres classiques pour 4 mains
Basilique-cathédrale St-Michel, 130 rue de la Cathédrale, Sherbrooke
Come and hear six organists from Estrie, Cécile L’Écuyer, Maryse Simard, Dorothée Lacasse, Chantal Boulanger, Louis Brouillette and Marc O’Reilly will present a new repertoire for four hands on the organ including arrangements of Jesus Christ Superstar written especially for this concert.
Suggested voluntary contribution: 20$
Ensemble Mirabilia
Église de Sainte-Pétronille, 27 Chemin de l’Église, Sainte-Pétronille, Île d’Orléans
It will be a real enchantment to hear the baroque ensemble Mirabilia in a program around the love passion sung for 400 years. The flute of Grégoire Jeay and the harpsichord of Christophe Gauthier are the ideal partners to support the wonderful voice of the soprano Myriam Leblanc.
General admission 66,69$
Meslanges, vocal ensemble
Église de Sainte-Pétronille, 27 Chemin de l’Église, Sainte-Pétronille, Île d’Orléans
True cohesion of the voices, the vocal ensemble Meslanges never ceases to surprise with its unique sound and the arrangement of flawless timbres. You will be seduced and surely conquered by this quartet that presents a program of French music a capella in the unique setting of the acoustics of the church of Sainte-Pétronille.
General admission 66,69$
Concert apéro – Quintette de Vito
Parc des Braves, 85, avenue du Parc, Cookshire-Eaton (Trinity United Church in case of rain)
Combining classical music and conviviality, the Apéro Concerts allow you to discover talented artists in a summer atmosphere, while enjoying an aperitif. A unique moment of relaxation and musical discovery!
The Quintette De Vito has become a must over the years, drawing audiences into a classical and contemporary repertoire for brass instruments.
Free
À la cour de Varsovie
Le Camillois, 157, rue Miquelon, Saint-Camille
Ensemble Space Time Continuo: Amanda Keesmaat, cello; Maximilien Brisson, baroque trombone; Ellis Ryes Montes, bassoonist and Christophe Gauthier, keyboardist, in works by Valentini, Merula, Jarzebski, Rognoni and Carolo.
General admission 33$
Les Vêpres à la Vierge by Claudio Monteverdi
Abbaye de Saint-Benoît-du-Lac, 1 rue Principale, Saint-Benoît-du-Lac
L’Harmonie des saisons, vocal and instrumental ensemble, presents this true masterpiece of the early baroque period, Vespro della beata Vergine, 1610. This great musical fresco testifies to the glory of Venice the magnificent! Rarely presented in public, Vespers to the Virgin are both intimate and grandiose, pious and dramatic, spiritual and passionate.
Monteverdi is recognized as one of the great geniuses in music history. In addition to having contributed greatly to the birth of western opera, he has left us a corpus of lyrical works of exceptional beauty. His Vespers dedicated to the Virgin Mary are among his greatest achievements.
General admission 45,99$
Chloé Dumoulin
Église de Sainte-Pétronille, 27 Chemin de l’Église, Sainte-Pétronille, Île d’Orléans
One of the most exceptional up-and-coming pianists in Quebec, Chloé Dumoulin is a star wherever she plays. Sensitive musician with a technique and a temperament of fire, she offers us this summer an extraordinary recital that will keep us in suspense until the last note in a program from Schubert to Schumann to Scriabine and Bartók.
General admission 59,79$
Concert apéro – Quatuor Cobalt
Parc des Braves, 85, avenue du Parc, Cookshire-Eaton (Trinity United Church in case of rain)
For the last concert of the season, the Quatuor Cobalt will transport the public through the centuries, combining knowledge and research in music with appropriate instruments with gut strings and vintage bows, just as they push the quartet’s sonic boundaries with the exploration of extended techniques and electronic music.
Combining classical music and conviviality, the Apéro Concerts allow you to discover talented artists in a summer atmosphere, while enjoying an aperitif. A unique moment of relaxation and musical discovery!
Free
Duo Alteris
Église de Sainte-Pétronille, 27 Chemin de l’Église, Sainte-Pétronille, Île d’Orléans
Versatile and colorful musician, the pianist Bruce Gaulin, a regular in our concert series, will be this year with his accomplice Mélissa Tremblay on oboe, in a dazzling duo, witness to their sometimes boiling characters and united by music, in a lyrical and virtuoso program around opera music.
General admission 59,79$
De Mozart à aujourd’hui
Le Camillois, 157, rue Miquelon, Saint-Camille
Carmen Picard and Tristan Longval-Gagné on piano in works by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Schubert and Corrigiano.
General admission 33$
Tête-à-tête aux chandelles avec Bach
Le Camillois, 157, rue Miquelon, Saint-Camille
Dorothéa Ventura on the harpsichord and Vincent Lauzer on the recorder will present you dances by the great Jean-Sébastien Bach taken from his suites for solo instrument but entirely revisited for recorder and harpsichord.
General admission 33$
Concert – Dialogues
Trinity United Church, 190 rue Principale Ouest
Noémie Raymon-Friset, cello • Zhenni Li-Cohen, piano
This concert explores the duality of two titanic masterpieces for cello and piano, from the pen of a woman and a man born thirteen years apart, both virtuoso instrumentalists but with surprisingly distinct musical voices. Centered on works dear to the musicians, it is a bridge between two worlds, a conversation between two instruments and two composers, a dialogue between artists and the public.
Dialogues is a true musical conversation, connecting two eras, two artistic visions, and two talented artists. The musicians add “a dialogue between you and us”.
General admission $23 pre-sale | $25 at the door | Free 12 years and under
Élisabeth St-Gelais, soprano & Louise Pelletier, piano
Théâtre du Lac-Brome, 9, Chemin du Mont-Écho, Knowlton
In this concert entitled Les amours et la vie d’une femme, Elisabeth St-Gelais, accompanied by the pianist Louise Pelletier, will interpret works including Schumann.
Innue from the community of Pessamit, Elisabeth attaches great importance to sharing her culture through her mission as an artist. Elisabeth St-Gelais is the grand winner of McGill University’s prestigious Wirth Vocal Prize in March 2022, of the Grand Prix 19-30 years at the Canimex Canada Music Competition in June 2022 and she is named the same year in the prestigious #CBC30under30 list 2022 where she stands out as a prominent indigenous lyric artist under the 30-year bar. She is the winner of the First Prize 26-30 years at the Classival Festival in April 2023. Elisabeth St-Gelais wins the Prix d’Europe 2023 on 11 June of that year at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal and is the winner of the First Prize and the Public’s Choice in the annual competition of the Canadian Opera Company, CentreStage Competition edition 2023.
In November 2023 she is the winner of the District Western Canada as well as NORTHWEST Regionals Encouragement Award Winner in the MET OPERA LAFFONT COMPETITION. Also involved in her Montreal musical community, the soprano has been appointed to the board of directors of the Conseil Québécois de la Musique since April 2023. The soprano will perform throughout Canada with invitations from the Canadian Opera Company, the Agora Orchestra and the Orchestre symphonique des Jeunes de Montréal, the I MUSICI orchestra, the Orchestre symphonique de Québec, the Orchestre Symphonique de la Côte-d’IvoireNord, the Orchestre Classique de Montréal, the Toronto Summer Music Festival, Cecilia Concerts, the Festival d’opéra de Québec and more. Elisabeth is an Indigenous artist committed to the reconciliation of Canada’s Indigenous peoples and is a proud representative of the nation.
General admission 50$ | Member 45,45$
Buy your ticketsChristmas Concert
Trinity United Church, 190 rue Principale Ouest
This concert is a tradition that has been going on for several years now, and it allows the community in Cookshire-Eaton to come together and celebrate the beginning of the holiday season with family and music. In keeping with our cultural mediation, about half of the program includes classical works, while the other half consists of traditional Christmas songs.
General admission $23 pre-sale | $25 at the door | Free 12 years and under
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