Friday, August 1, 2008
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7:30 pmUp to Your Ears Martin Tétreault + Philippe Lauzier + Pierre-Yves MartelConcert. Internationally-renowned turntablist Martin Tétreault joins avant-jazz saxophonist Philippe Lauzier and experimental bassist Pierre-Yves Martel for an exciting evening of improvisation.Cathédrale Christ ChurchCathédrale Christ Church
Saturday, August 2, 2008
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5:00 pmUp to Your Ears Pemi PaullConcert. Creative and multifaceted violist Pemi Paull offers an intimate recital of chamber music for one, including the incredible Sonata for Solo Viola by György Ligeti as well as music by Gérard Grisey and Nicolas Gilbert.Cathédrale Christ ChurchCathédrale Christ Church
Sunday, August 3, 2008
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7:30 pmUp to Your Ears Les Poules: concert + lancement du disque PhénixConcert. Les Poules is a trio of improvisers (Joane Hétu, saxophone and vocals; Diane Labrosse, samplers; and Danielle Palardy Roger, percussion) who create extrordinary sonic landscapes out of synthetic and acoustic sounds.Cathédrale Christ ChurchCathédrale Christ Church
Monday, August 4, 2008
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7:00 pmUp to Your Ears Patrick Wedd: pre-concert conferenceMeet. Patrick Wedd speaks about Olivier Messiaen.Cathédrale Christ ChurchCathédrale Christ Church
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7:30 pmUp to Your Ears Messiaen: The Complete Organ Works, 1Concert. Apparition de l’église éternelle; La Nativité du Seigneur.Cathédrale Christ ChurchCathédrale Christ Church
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
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7:30 pmUp to Your Ears Messiaen: The Complete Organ Works, 2Concert. Le Banquet céleste; Offrande au Saint-Sacrement; Les Corps glorieux.Cathédrale Christ ChurchCathédrale Christ Church
Thursday, August 7, 2008
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7:30 pmUp to Your Ears Millennium Chamber PlayersConcert. The Millenium Chamber Players is a young and passionate collective of chamber musicians from Chicago who specialize in new and unusual repertoire. Hear them perform works by Carmel Raz and Alexandre Berezowsky, as well as Peter Maxwell Davies’ Eight Songs for a Mad King.Cathédrale Christ ChurchCathédrale Christ Church
Friday, August 8, 2008
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7:30 pmUp to Your Ears Patrick Wedd — Banquet pour OConcert. An immersive, meditative sound installation by Scott Tresham realised by the Montreal Organ Consort in honour of Olivier Messiaen’s 100th anniversary, based on the composer’s own performance of his first published composition (Le Banquet céleste), time-stretched to 100 minutes. Patrick Wedd will also perform music by Claude Vivier (Les Communiantes) and Emily Hall (Phos)Cathédrale Christ ChurchCathédrale Christ Church
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8:08 pmUp to Your Ears Sound InstallationConcert. Montreal Organ Consort. Banquet pour O (catalogue de durées).Cathédrale Christ ChurchCathédrale Christ Church
Saturday, August 9, 2008
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5:00 pmUp to Your Ears D’Arcy GrayConcert. Experience the artistry of avant-garde percussionist D’Arcy Philip Gray performing music by John Cage, Franco Donatoni, and Nicolas Gilbert.Cathédrale Christ ChurchCathédrale Christ Church
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7:30 pmUp to Your Ears Messiaen: The Complete Organ Works, 3Concert. Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte TrinitéCathédrale Christ ChurchCathédrale Christ Church
Sunday, August 10, 2008
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10:00 amUp to Your Ears Missa — In memoriam Olivier MessiaenConcert. Patrick Wedd and Les Chanteurs JAO perform a special choral mass including Bengt Hambreaus’ Missa pro organo: in memoriam Olivier Messiaen and a specially-commissioned Missa Brevis by John Burge.Cathédrale Christ ChurchCathédrale Christ Church
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4:00 pmUp to Your Ears EvensongConcert. Patrick Wedd et Les Chanteurs JAO also perform a programme of contemporary choral music at Evensong.Cathédrale Christ ChurchCathédrale Christ Church
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7:30 pmUp to Your Ears Marie-Annick Béliveau + Mark SimonsConcert. A perfectly-paired duo: the voice of Marie-Annick Beliveau with the clarinet of Mark Simons, in a captivating progamme of music by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Shulamit Ran Marco, Pérez-Ramirez, and André Villeneuve.Cathédrale Christ ChurchCathédrale Christ Church
Monday, August 11, 2008
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7:30 pmUp to Your Ears Messiaen: The Complete Organ Works, 4Concert. Diptyque; Verset pour la Fête de la Dédicace; Monodie; Livre d’orgueCathédrale Christ ChurchCathédrale Christ Church
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
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7:30 pmUp to Your Ears Messiaen: The Complete Organ Works, 5Concert. Prélude; L’Ascension; Messe de la PentecôteCathédrale Christ ChurchCathédrale Christ Church
Thursday, August 14, 2008
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7:30 pmUp to Your Ears Isaiah Ceccarelli: Lieux-ditsConcert. Inspired by trips to the French Alps and the writings of Olivier Messiaen, composer and jazz drummer Isaiah Ceccarelli created Lieux-dits with Jean Derome and Francisco Lozano (saxophones/flutes), Steve Raegele (guitar) and Clinton Ryder (double bass).Cathédrale Christ ChurchCathédrale Christ Church
Friday, August 15, 2008
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7:00 pmUp to Your Ears Laura Barrett pre-concert talkMeet. Laura Barrett speaks about music for Kalimba.Cathédrale Christ ChurchCathédrale Christ Church
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7:30 pmUp to Your Ears Laura Barrett + Ajay MehraConcert. Singer and thumb-pianist Laura Barrett performs her own whimsical compositions about amorphous terror, planned obso-lescence, and mind-body dualism, with banjo/glockenspiel accompaniment by Ajay Mehra.Cathédrale Christ ChurchCathédrale Christ Church
Saturday, August 16, 2008
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5:00 pmUp to Your Ears Quatuor MolinariConcert. Celebrate Canadian composer R Murray Schaffer’s 75th Birthday year with a performance of his latest string quartet (No. 11) by the Molinari Quartet. Also on the programme: works by Sofia Gubaidulina and Alfred Schnittke.Cathédrale Christ ChurchCathédrale Christ Church
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7:30 pmUp to Your Ears Messiaen: The Complete Organ Works, 6Concert. Le Livre du Saint-SacrementCathédrale Christ ChurchCathédrale Christ Church
Sunday, August 17, 2008
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10:00 amUp to Your Ears MissaConcert. Patrick Wedd and Les Chanteurs JAO will perform a programme of contemporary choral music.Cathédrale Christ ChurchCathédrale Christ Church