Marie-Nicole Lemieux | Photo: Geneviève Lesieur

THE GREAT MARIE-NICOLE LEMIEUX

February 22
7:30 p.m.

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Conducted by
Jean-François Rivest
 
with
Marie-Nicole Lemieux,
contralto 
Dominic Guilbault,
violin (I Musici member)
Christophe Gauthier,
organ 
Elvira Misbakhova,
viola (I Musici member)
Thierry Lavoie-Ladouceur,
viola (I Musici member)
 
± 78 minutes of music
plus intermission

Treat yourself to an evening dedicated entirely to Bach with Marie-Nicole Lemieux, a renowned contralto who has graced the world’s biggest stages. Lemieux will delight you with her great sensitivity and extraordinary musicality. You will hear three cantatas for solo voice and orchestra, another installment of our complete violin concerto series, and one movement of Brandenburg’s Concerto No. 6. You will also hear three of our I Musici players taking on the role of soloist, as well as solos by our organist and harpsichord player. We’ll be breathing new life into music that has been around for centuries!

– Jean-François Rivest

Thursday, February 22
7:30 p.m.

Pierre-Mercure hall
of the Pierre-Péladeau Centre

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Program

Bach

Violin Concerto in E Major, BWV 1042
Duration: approx. 16 minutes

Cantata BWV 82, Ich habe genug
Duration: approx. 23 minutes

Cantata BWV 54, Widerstehe doch der Sünde
Duration: approx. 11 minutes

Brandenburg Concerto No. 6, Adagio ma non tanto
Duration: approx. 5 minutes

Cantata BWV 170, Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust
Duration: approx. 23 minutes


Marie-Nicole Lemieux | Photo: Geneviève Lesieur

Marie-Nicole Lemieux
Contralto

Biography

It is no wonder that Marie-Nicole Lemieux shines today in the world of singing: the singer like the woman radiates an aura that belongs only to the greatest.

The breadth of her voice, her magnificently held line combined with a flawless virtuosity allow her to triumph in various repertoires. Her early career was marked by Baroque music (Orphée et Eurydice, Giulio Cesare, Orlando Furioso…). Rapidly, the evolution of her voice allows her to approach the French repertoire of the 19th century (Les Troyens, Samson et Dalila, Carmen, Werther…), Rossini (Tancredi, L’Italiana in Algeri…), Verdi (Falstaff, Il Trovatore, Un Ballo in Maschera…).

Her international career brought her to the world’s greatest opera houses (New York, Milan, London, Paris, Salzburg, Zurich, Vienna, Madrid…) as well as to glorious concert halls where Marie-Nicole Lemieux has been invited to sing the great symphonic repertoire with the most prestigious orchestras and conductors.

The extent of her vocal range also makes her an outstanding recitalist, a recognized interpreter of French and Russian melodies and German Lieder.

Her rich and varied discography has won many awards and she is recording exclusively for Warner Classics.

Among her recent and future projects: Un Ballo in maschera (Ulrica) and Les Troyens (Cassandre) in Munich, Il Trovatore (Azucena) in Montreal, Falstaff (Mrs Quickly) at the Metropolitan Opera in New York and at the Paris Opera, Carmen (title role) at the Chorégies d’Orange. Der Ring des Nibelungen in Brussels and in Paris and in concert, Mahler’s 2nd Symphony with the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, Roméo et Juliette by Berlioz with the Orchestre de la Suisse romande, Le Poème de l’amour et de la mer avec l’Orchestre National de Bordeaux, Orlando Furioso with the Ensemble Matheus and various tours with, among other, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Les Violons du Roy, Les Siècles and Les Epopées.

Christophe Gauthier

Christophe Gauthier
Orgue

Biography

Bio to come…

Dominic Guilbault

Dominic Guilbault
Violin

Biography

Mr. Guilbault began his studies at the University of Montreal where he obtained a Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees as well as a Graduate Diploma under the tutelage of Mr. Claude Richard. He continued his studies in Austria in the postgraduate program at the Universität fur Musik und darstellende Kunst Wienwith Prof. Christian Altenburger. He has performed in masterclasses for many distinguished musicians in Canada and Europe such as Gérard Poulet, Taras Gabora, Laurence Kayaleh, Régis Pasquier, Erich Höbarth and Ivry Gitlis.
Mr. Guilbault is a laureate of many competitions in Québec and Canada: first price at Festival de Musique du Royaume in 2006, Guy Soucis award at Prix d’Europe 2009. He also won the Etoile Galaxie award as a member of the Trio Mont-Royal in 2007. He has been a recipient of the Scholarship of the Fondation de soutient aux arts de Laval seven times in a row and has received funding from the Conseil des Arts et des lettres du Québec.
As soloist he has been performed with L’Orchestre de l’Université de Montréal and with the National Arts Centre Orchestra. He was also a semi-finalist in the Vibrate competition in Paris in 2009.
Mr. Guilbault has worked with the Royal Northern Sinfonia in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in Glasgow. He is now based in Montréal and is a full time member of the Orchestre de chambre I Musici de Montréal.

Elvira Misbakhova

Elvira Misbakhova
Viola

Biography

Elvira Misbakhova obtained a doctorate in musical performance from the University of Montreal in 2005. She came to Canada in 1999 to study with Eleonora Turovsky and became a solo viola with the Orchestre symphonique de l’Université de Montréal. She continued to develop her orchestral experience as a solo Alto in various festivals and orchestras. Her ongoing career as a soloist has also led her to perform with the Orchestre Métropolitain, the Orchestre symphonique de Drummondville, and I Musici de Montréal. She has returned several times to Russia to perform with La Primavera and the Tatarstan State Symphony Orchestra and travels to give master classes and workshops. In 2019, Elvira Misbakhova recorded under the famous Chandos label. The recording received very high reviews from various newspapers, such as «The Strad», «Gramophone», «The MusicWeb» and others. Misbakhova is currently a solo viola of the Orchestre Métropolitain, a solo associate of the Orchestre de Trois-Rivières and the Orchestre de Longueuil. In 2000 she discovered her talent for improvisation, as well as a great passion for klezmer music. She is currently working on new chamber music projects and has been a regular member of the Orchestre I Musici de Montréal since June 2022.

 

Thierry Lavoie-Ladouceur

Thierry Lavoie-Ladouceur
Viola

Biography

Graduating with distinction at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal in 2020, Thierry Lavoie-Ladouceur developed as an violist with many orchestras, including the Orchestre Métropolitain, the Orchestre du Saguenay and the Orchestre symphonique de Sherbrooke. He has participated in several festivals as a chamber musician, including the Schubert deLachine Festival, the Domaine Forget summer camps and the National Youth Orchestra, and performed as soloist with orchestra as the winner of the Montreal Conservatoire demusique concerto competition in 2019. Also a member of Jeunes Virtuoses, a chamber orchestra reformed by Mr. Denis Brott in the fall of 2021, it is only natural that he will continue his tour near I Musici de Montréal, to which he joined in June 2022. His pleasure in improvising and composing led him to collaborate regularly with popular artists, whether on the show La Voix, or with Jonathan Roy or 2Frères. A committed artist, he is a volunteer musician with the Centre d’Action Bénévole of Bordeaux-Cartierville and has given several performances during his career in hospitals, schools and community settings to democratise access to classical music. 

 
Julie Triquet plays on a Giuseppe Odoardi 1726 violin, generously loaned by Mr. David B. Sela. 
Christian Prévost plays on a Rafelle and Antonio Gagliano violin, Naples (ca.18xx) and a Jean Joseph Martin bow (ca.1880), kindly lent by CANIMEX.
Amélie Benoit Bastien plays a Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume violin, Paris, ca. 1845, number 1672, Stradivarius model and a Eugène Sartory bow, Paris, ca. 1935, courtesy of CANIMEX.  
Annie Guénette plays on a Josef Gagliano 1768 violin and a Lamy bow, generously loaned by CANIMEX. 
Tim Halliday plays the 2014 Kolia cello by Mira Gruszow and Gideon Baumblatt, generously on loan from Mr. David B. Sela.

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