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Le Vitrail – Espace culturel is located in Thetford Mines in Chaudière-Appalaches. Its mission is to present and provide access to a variety of forms of arts and culture. The organization offers access to a unique gathering place for the community. It also gives priority to emerging and/or local artists. The organization ensures the valorization of a distinctive building with a unique architecture.
Until the termination of religious celebrations in 2019, the former Sainte-Marthe Church, built in 1963, was a gathering place for the community. It was a space where people took a pause to experience a moment of recollection and replenishment. With its amphitheatre-like interior, Le Vitrail – Espace culturel unites the stage and the audience. The music-loving architect Paul-André Caouette studied volumes and materials in order to offer remarkable acoustics with its luminous stained-glass windows.
From the very first season in 2020, the richness of this unique acoustic was clearly displayed during the concert of harpist Valérie Milot and cellist Stéphane Tétreault. Since then, a program of Sunday afternoon classical music, as well as a variety of shows, are presented from September to June.
Espace culturel Le Vitrail wishes to promote the cultural and artistic diversity of its milieu and offer high quality concerts to the community and to visitors.
Stay tuned for the 2024-2025 concert season!
Plan Your Stay
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PROGRAMMING
Violin and Organ Concert
Le Vitrail – Espace culturel
Lydia Gasse & Chantal Boulanger
Buzz Cuivres’ Christmas
Le Vitrail – Espace culturel
Benefit concert – Musicians: Sylvain Lapointe (founder|trumpet), Frédéric Gagnon (principal trumpet), Pascal Lafrenière (horn), Jason de Carufel (trombone), Sylvain Arseneau (bass trombone)
Tango Suite
Le Vitrail – Espace culturel
Stéphane Tétreault, cello & Denis Plante, bandoneon
$37 | Tickets on sale at the venue
The Best of Prokofiev
Le Vitrail – Espace culturel
Ariane Brisson (flute), Louis-Philippe Marsolais (horn), Philip Chiu (piano)
General Admission: $37
Buy your ticketsMarcel Proust – The Music Recaptured
Le Vitrail – Espace culturel
Literature, piano, violin & cello
General Admission: $37
Buy your ticketsPax Luminosa
Le Vitrail – Espace culturel
Claudine Ledoux (mezzo-soprano) & Julien Girard (tenor & organ)
Two experienced musicians celebrate their shared passion for the refinement of mystical music, both secular and sacred. They perform Bach, Handel, Fauré and Verdi, in an approach accessible to all audiences. Their two voices, accompanied by the organ, touch on some of the most luminous musical pages from the Renaissance to the present day.
General Admission: $29
Buy your ticketsMozart’s Quartet for Flute and Strings
Le Vitrail – Espace culturel
Ariane Brisson (flute), Julie Triquet, Julie Trudeau & Lambert Chen (violins)
General Admission: $37
Buy your ticketsSacrées couleurs d’automne
Le Vitrail, 1254 rue Ste-Marthe, Thetford Mines
An opportunity to hear the Casavant 1908 organ that was installed by Lévesque and Roussin in 2005.
During this commented concert, the organist Marc D’Anjou and the soprano Jessica Latouche will perform some of the most beautiful tunes of sacred music (Agnus Dei of Bizet, Notre Père of Malotte, Prière de Guidi, etc.) as well as some extracts for organ alone (Buxtehude, Bédard, Vierne).
General admission 35$
Buy your ticketsFlore Laurentienne
Le Vitrail, 1254 rue Ste-Marthe, Thetford Mines
Mathieu David Gagnon has long worked in the shadow of remarkable projects as an arranger, orchestrator, musical director and director. While continuing to juggle the projects of others, he secretly followed a personal inspiration and, after several months of work, finally unveiled his work, Flore Laurentienne, Vol. 1. It is difficult to describe this project in a few words. This strangely natural marriage between the string orchestra and the synthesizers of the 60s and 70s is expressed in eight pieces, which transport us sometimes on the river road, sometimes in a memory. It is an awakening to beauty and above all, an invitation to contemplation.
General admission 35$
Buy your ticketsChristmas Concert with Ensemble Renouveau
Le Vitrail, 1254 rue Ste-Marthe, Thetford Mines
After a first visit in 2022, we are pleased to welcome for a second time the Ensemble Renouveau which will transport young and old this time in the magic of the holiday season. To the sweet nostalgia of the songs of the land join the virtuosity of baroque and classical tunes, the excitement caused by the music of films that remind us of our early childhood, the enchantment of a must-see Christmas ballet and the warmth of the Hawaiian sun! The two magnificent sopranos and their breathtaking instrumental trio are eager for you to relish the joys of Christmas in good company.
General admission 40$
Buy your ticketsÉlans romantiques
Le Vitrail, 1254 Ste-Marthe, Thetford Mines
Jean-Michel Dubé, piano
This commented concert features works by Shubert, Brahms, Liszt and Quebec composer André Mathieu. In addition, you will have the pleasure of hearing a work rarely performed, Blumenfeld’s Étude op. 36 pour la main gauche seule.
Here’s what they say: “this little-known Russian pianist composer combines the influence of Chopin and Tchaikovsky. Jean-Michel Dubé demonstrated a technical feat without measurement. He uses the full width of the piano and draws incredible colors from it with his only left hand. It is enough to impress the public and to test the technique of the interpreter. Hats off! It was remarkable.”
General admission 35$
Buy your ticketsLes cités invisibles
Le Vitrail, 1254 rue Ste-Marthe, Thetford Mines
The famous duo of Marina Thibeault and Janelle Fung delight international audiences with their captivating interpretations and engaging presence. They will perform a captivating programme for viola and piano covering the music of the London Edwardian era by female composers ranging from Rebecca Clarke to contemporary masterpieces by Charlotte Bray and Dobrinka Tabakova. Thanks to the enchanting power of these magnificent musical works, this program commemorates the remarkable progress made on the path of equality and deep respect for each individual. It also pays tribute to the enduring optimism that fuels our ongoing efforts to advance this noble goal.
General admission 40$
Buy your ticketsLuce & Ombra
Le Vitrail, 1254 Ste-Marthe, Thetford Mines
The Luce e Ombra project, «Lumière et Ombre», brings together opera excerpts, a cantata and instrumental pieces by the famous Venetian composer Antonio Vivaldi. These works of remarkable beauty are somewhat in his image, all in contrasts: chiaroscuro, sadness-cheerfulness, exuberant despair-joy, all sprinkled with the characteristic strangeness that pleasantly spice up his writing.
General admission 40$
Images oubliées
Le Vitrail, 1254 Ste-Marthe, Thetford Mines
Through a unique and thematic concert, cellist Stéphane Tétreault and pianist Olivier Hébert-Bouchard offer you a musical retrospective on the life of Claude Debussy!
By transforming the «soloist» aspect of these works into a conception for two instruments in dialogue, the language of Debussy’s sounds resonates differently, sometimes more intimate, sometimes more grandiose, but always with the intention of creating a strong link with the audience. The evocative power of these compositions is inevitably altered, since they now tell their story but also that of the two musicians who transmit them.
General admission 40$
Roman Zavada – Forêt pour deux pianos
Le Vitrail, 1254 rue Ste-Marthe, Thetford Mines
Roman Zavada sets up a real piano laboratory in the forest. Through the erosion of the seasons, the sounds metamorphose and inspire the essence of a new rich and atypical musical adventure. A link is woven between the past and the present, between nature and modernity. Using certain sampling technologies, Zavada reveals himself and plunges us directly into a fascinating universe, going back in time to the first cassette recordings of his childhood.
General admission 42$
Alex Nevsky – De la beauté même l’impossible fleurit
Le Vitrail, 1254 rue Ste-Marthe, Thetford Mines
Beauty is music to see better. A call to contemplation. A sincere intention to reconnect with all living things. In this show, we tried to offer you a break, gently and simply. I also revisit some of my favorite songs, accompanied by a quartet (French horn, flute, viola and cello). This desire for instrumental music has existed in me for a long time and living it with you is an immense privilege.
General admission 40$
Quatuor Cobalt – Célébrons Hollywood
Le Vitrail, 1254 rue Ste-Marthe, Thetford Mines
The Quatuor Cobalt presents a new program mixing music from cult films and themes of musicals. Ranging from black and white to colours and 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 journey, let yourself be charmed by the discovery of a vibrant sound universe where music will make you relive the most beautiful moments of cinema. Chills guaranteed!
General admission 42$
Viktor Lazarov – Le grand piano du 18e siècle à nos jours
Le Vitrail, 1254 rue Ste-Marthe, Thetford Mines
Discover the great works for piano from J.S. Bach and D. Scarlatti, through L. van Beethoven, F. Schubert, F. Chopin, to the young Quebec composer prodigy, Léo Purich. A musical epic that will take you on both sides of the Atlantic accompanied by the most beautiful pianistic sounds!
General admission 42$
Christopher Hall & Le quatuor comique
Le Vitrail, 1254 rue Ste-Marthe, Thetford Mines
Accompanied by a string quartet, comedian and clarinetist Christopher Hall fills you with beautiful music while making you laugh from time to time! This irresistible and warm group of musicians promises to fill your ears. Between the plays, Christopher Hall plays stand-up comedy and teases musicians at any time, to remind the general public that classical music is within everyone’s reach! The programme includes works by Mozart, Brahms and Weber.
General admission 42$
Buzz Cuivre – Les planètes de Holst
Le Vitrail, 1254 rue Ste-Marthe, Thetford Mines
The musicians of Buzz Brass 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$
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