Beethoven and Romanticism

Saturday, April 12, 7 p.m.

This special concert on the theme of Romanticism invites the audience members to discover two magnificent and historical spaces at the Morrin Centre as well as chamber music works composed by Beethoven, Schubert, and Ravel.

The evening program will be presented in three parts and will feature 16 musicians of the Orchestre symphonique de Québec who will take turns performing in different chamber music ensemble combinations.

While a string trio will play in the Library, a septet will play in the College Hall, thus dividing the audience in two. Two texts from Quebec and Canadian poets will be read by actor Maureen Roberge. After the first part, every artist and audience member will meet in the College Hall where the evening will continue with performances by an octet, quartet, and septet, and the reading of Beethoven’s touching Letter to the Immortal Beloved (Brief an die Unsterbliche Geliebte, 1812). To round off the evening, the audience will once again be divided between the two spaces to listen to the other of the two programs performed at the beginning: the trio in the Library or the septet in College Hall.

During the evening, music director Clemens Schuldt will address the audience and present the theme of romanticism in Beethoven’s works.

PLEASE NOTE: The audience will not be seated during the concert in the Library, and will need to stay standing during this part of the performance (20 minutes).

ARTISTS

Maureen Roberge, actor
Clemens Schuldt, music director
Catherine Dallaire, violin
Julie Tanguay, violin
Caroline Béchard, violin
Anne-Sophie Paquet, violin
Frank Perron, viola
Mary-Kathryn Stevens, viola
Étienne Chénard, viola
Blair Lofgren, cello
Ryan Molzan, cello
Carmen Bruno, cello
Jean Michon, double bass
Jacinthe Forand, flute
Stéphane Fontaine, clarinet
Marlène Ngalissamy, bassoon
Mikhailo Babiak, French horn
Thomas Zimmer, harp

PROGRAM

Beethoven: Serenade in D major for String Trio, Op.8, Marcia
Reading: Soir d’hiver by Nelligan (in French)
Beethoven: String Trio in E-flat major, Op.3, Adagio
Reading: After Rain by Lampman (in English)
Beethoven: Serenade in D major for String Trio, Op.8, Allegretto alla polacca
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Beethoven: Septet Op.20, Adagio et Scherzo
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Schubert: Octet in F major, D.803, Allegro Vivace – Trio
Reading: Letter to the Immortal Beloved by Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartet Op.59 No.1, Adagio molto e mesto
Ravel: Introduction et Allegro

To learn more about the Orchestre symphonique de Québec and the Festival Beethoven, click here.