illustration du NEM par Cathy Beauvallet

Faire face à la musique

Tuesday
25
October 2022
7:30 pm

Salle Bourgie

Presented by Salle Bourgie and the NEM, in partnership with Terres en Vues.

Due to exceptional circumstances, Deantha Edmunds will not be able to join the NEM for the concert. We are pleased to welcome soprano Nathalie Paulin for the performance of Uiesh by Tim Brady.

Facing the Music… This is the title of a collection, but also a poem by Paul Auster. Written in an extremely original style, it is quite dark, sometimes even harsh, where every word is carefully weighed and carries weight. In the presence of such poetry, we confront the music of the contemporary soul, faced with its vertigo, anxieties, and existential sadness. Yet, within all darkness, there lies a luminous whiteness.
— Simon Bertrand, composer

The poetry of Joséphine Bacon is both simple and complex. Precise words and succinct phrases. A perfect balance between powerful images, gentle emotions, and the resonance of the human voice — and path. Poetry that seems written for music; a gift for any composer as well as the audience.
— Tim Brady, composer

Conductor

Lorraine Vaillancourt

Soloists
Nathalie Paulin
,
soprano
Guest Artists
Joséphine Bacon
,
narrator
Rudy Barichello
,
narrator

"Our soul cannot die.
Freedom never dies."

— Taras Shevchenko (1814-1861), Ukrainian painter and poet, symbol of resistance to oppression

Program

Valentin Silvestrov (
1937
,

Kyiv
Kyiv city
Ukraine

), String Quartet, no. 1 (excerpt) (
1974
),
for string quartet
Valentin Silvestrov (
1937
,

Kyiv
Kyiv city
Ukraine

), String Quartet, no. 1 (excerpt) (
1974
),
for string quartet
Valentin Silvestrov (
1937
,

Kyiv
Kyiv city
Ukraine

), String Quartet, no. 1 (excerpt) (
1974
),
for string quartet
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String Quartet, no. 1 (excerpt)

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String Quartet, no. 1 (excerpt)

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Tim Brady (
1956
,

QC
Canada

), Uiesh (
2019
),
for voice and 14 instruments, based on poems in Innu‐aimun by the poet Joséphine Bacon, taken from the collection Uiesh - quelque part (Mémoire d'encrier, 2018)
Tim Brady (
1956
,

QC
Canada

), Uiesh (
2019
),
for voice and 14 instruments, based on poems in Innu‐aimun by the poet Joséphine Bacon, taken from the collection Uiesh - quelque part (Mémoire d'encrier, 2018)
Tim Brady (
1956
,

QC
Canada

), Uiesh (
2019
),
for voice and 14 instruments, based on poems in Innu‐aimun by the poet Joséphine Bacon, taken from the collection Uiesh - quelque part (Mémoire d'encrier, 2018)
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Uiesh

Performed by the NEM
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Uiesh

Performed by the NEM
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Simon Bertrand (
1969
,

QC
Canada

), Facing the Music (
2022
),
for 15 instruments and narrator, after poems by Paul Auster
Simon Bertrand (
1969
,

QC
Canada

), Facing the Music (
2022
),
for 15 instruments and narrator, after poems by Paul Auster
Simon Bertrand (
1969
,

QC
Canada

), Facing the Music (
2022
),
for 15 instruments and narrator, after poems by Paul Auster
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Facing the Music

for 15 instruments and narrator, after poems by Paul Auster
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Facing the Music

for 15 instruments and narrator, after poems by Paul Auster
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Date and place

Tuesday
25
October 2022
7:30 pm

Salle Bourgie

1339, rue Sherbrooke Ouest
Montreal QC H3G 1G2
Canada

Prices

General
44$
Museum members
38$
34 and less
23$

Tickets

Online:
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Taxes included. 

Thank you to our partners

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