Experience an incredible, energizing sound and visual experience featuring 100 electric guitars, six percussionists and two symphony orchestras.
To close the Montréal/New Musics Festival in style, the musical ensembles Instruments of Happiness — 100 guitares électriques, Sixtrum, Orchestre symphonique des jeunes de la Montérégie and Orchestre symphonique des jeunes du West Island come together for the world premiere of La grande accélération: Symphonie no 12, an immersive work, by composer and celebrated guitarist Tim Brady.
Attend this masterful concert surrounded by the phenomenal acoustics of Saint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal. Amateur and professional musicians combine their talents for this spectacular performance, promising to transform your afternoon into a moment of sheer musical intensity!
A must-see!
Participants
Instruments of Happiness, 100 guitares électriques
Sixtrum
Orchestre symphonique des jeunes de la Montérégie (OSJM)
Orchestre symphonique des jeunes du West Island (OSJWI)
Georges-Étienne d’Entremont, conductor
Charles-Eric Fontaine, conductor
Cristian Gort, conductor
Pascal Germain-Berardi, conductor
Véronique Lussier, conductor
Hubert Tanguay-Labrosse, conductor
Designers
Tim Brady, composition, artistic direction
Sylvain Marotte, visual design
Morris Apelbaum, sound and technical management
Concert in coproduction with the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ) and Saint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal
Basilica, 3:30 p.m.
Free admission
