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Les oiseaux exotiques
In Montreal and Toronto
Montreal, February 23, 2005 - On March 7, 2005, at 7 pm, at Pierre-Mercure Hall of the Centre Pierre-Péladeau, the Ensemble contemporain de Montréal (ECM), conducted by Véronique Lacroix, the Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan, Louise Bessette (piano), Éric Lagacé (double bass) and Bill Parsons (guitar) will be presenting a concert within the framework of Montréal/New Music Festival. This concert, entitled Les oiseaux exotiques will, of course feature composer Olivier Messiaen's work of the same name, in addition to works by other composers paraphrasing Messiaen's endearing bird theme: L'échappée d'ailes by Linda Bouchard, Éveil aux oiseaux by Chan Ka Nin, Projet by André Ristic, as well as 3 Thoughts and For There and Then by Bill Parsons.
Dedicated to Yvonne Loriod, Les Oiseaux exotiques was composed at the request of Pierre Boulez for his Domaine Musical concerts at the Petit Théâtre Marigny, and premiered in Paris on March 10th, 1956. Messiaen wrote a considerably important part for the solo piano, performed here by Louise Bessette. In fact, this work could almost be considered a piano concerto, replete with three short, and two longer cadenzas.
This concert is a production of the ECM in collaboration with MNM. It will be recorded by the radio of Radio-Canada and will air on Espace musique (100,7 FM in Montréal) on Mario Paquet's program on Sundays at 10 pm.
Monday, March 7, 2005, 7 pm
Pierre-Mercure hall, Centre Pierre-Péladeau
Regular $25.00
50 YO + $12.50
Student $10.00
www.festivalmnm.ca
This concert will also be presented on Saturday, March 13, 2005, at 8:00 pm, at Toronto's Glenn Gould Studio.
Glenn Gould Studio
250 Front Street West, Toronto
Phone (416) 205-5555
http://glenngouldstudio.cbc.ca
Admission: $20, $10 seniors & students
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Other releases:
- Louise Bessette and l'Automne Messiaen at the gala for the Opus Awards
- Louise Bessette in Montreal, Toronto and Edmonton
- Louise Bessette's concerts in October 2009
- Louise Bessette's concerts in September and October 2008
- Welcome to Automne Messiaen!
- Wavre, Ottawa and Saint-Irénée
- Summer Concerts With Signs Of The Fall To Come
- Olivier Messiaen and a world premiere by Nicolas Gilbert
- Louise Bessette celebrates the centennial of Olivier Messiaen
- Louise Bessette and Les Oiseaux Exotiques
- Louise Bessette's fall activities
- Louise Bessette is going to China
- Music lovers are invited to renew the pleasure of hearing the formidable pianist Louise Bessette in two very different settings during the month of September 2007.
- Louise Bessette at the Maison Trestler and at Sainte-Pétronille
- New Recording Release – Gilles Tremblay - Louise Bessette - Ensemble Aventa
- Pianist Louise Bessette at the Salon Musicora in Paris, presented by the Conseil québécois de la Musique
- Louise Bessette and Esprit Orchestra
- Pianist Louise Bessette on CBC Radio Two and Espace Musique
- World Premiere by Serge Arcuri - Louise Bessette and I Musici de Montréal
- 49th Annual Piano Technician's Guild Convention and Technical Institute
- Louise Bessette and Aventa Ensemble
- Louise Bessette's Upcoming Activities
- Master class with pianist Louise Bessette / Concours International de piano XXe siècle d'Orléans
- Homage to Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988)
- Louise Bessette Appointed Officier of the Ordre National du Québec
- Louise Bessette at the CCA
- Les oiseaux exotiques. In Montreal and Toronto
- Radio-concert for Easter. Carillons éternels with Louise Bessette
- Duo Bessette-Daoust
- Summer in Concert! Louise Bessette, piano
- Tango Diablo!, a solo recital by the pianist Louise Bessette
- CBC Young Composers National Competition
- Louise Bessette and the Hartford Symphony Orchestra
- Louise Bessette plays Messiaen with the NACO
- Louise Bessette in concert: December 2002
- Louise Bessette in concert: October 2002
- Oliver Messiaen: Louise Bessette and Håkon Austbø, pianists
- Louise Bessette, member of the Order of Canada
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