The OSM Carnival 2025-2026
In this one-of-a-kind concert, let’s learn about the orchestra and insects without fear! Discover The Carnival of the Insects, a recent work by Quebec composer Maxime Goulet. Each short movement highlights an insect and an orchestra instrument that will have the chance to be heard as a soloist. Ants, bees, beetles, and many other insects will be evoked by the timbres of the four instrument families of the orchestra. To complete the celebration, other bugs might just join in!
Artists
Julien Proulx, conductor
Martin Gougeon, writer and director
Jean-Willy Kunz, organist-in-residence
Christian Baril, actor
Anaïs Cadorette-Bonin, actor
Victor Choinière-Champigny, actor
Laurie Gagné, actor
Martin Laroche, actor
Mathieu Roy, lighting designer
Program
Camille Saint-Saëns, The Carnival of the Animals: XIV. Finale (solo organ) (2 min)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Scherzo (5 min)
Maurice Ravel, Ma mère l’Oye, M. 62: II. “Danse du rouet et scène” (4 min)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Suite, Op. 57: “Flight of the Bumblebee” (2 min)
Maxime Goulet, The Carnival of the Insects (20 min)
Camille Saint-Saëns, Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78 (“Organ”): Maestoso (8 min)
Jean-Willy Kunz
Organist-in-residence with the OSMJean-Willy Kunz is the organist-in-residence of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. A member of the OSM since 2013, he studied at the Conservatoires de musique in Grenoble, Lyon, and Montreal, as well as at McGill University. In 2011, he was awarded the Richard Bradshaw Audience Prize at the Canadian International Organ Competition. He has performed as a soloist with the Orchestre symphonique de Québec, Les Violons du Roy, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, and the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, and has premiered numerous works by notable composers.
In addition to his orchestral career, Jean-Willy is also an organ professor at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal and serves as Artistic Director of the Canadian International Organ Competition.
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