DIGITAL CONCERTS – ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
The OSM presents a series of digital concerts!
Each turnkey concert package comes with a digital educational guide available in French and in English, including pre-concert activities and post-concert exercises. Once the purchase is complete, you may watch the concert at your convenience and as many times as you wish for the entire 2022-2023 school year.
TOGETHER ON THE BEAT!
Streaming now!
Recommended for students in elementary cycles two and three
The TorQ Quartet percussionists have great things in mind! With the common vision that unites them, they aspire to grow and to create spectacular artistic experiences. Follow their adventures with the OSM in works by Brahms, Bernstein, and many others! Adam Johnson conducts this concert where friendship and playing together come first!
Bilingual
Duration : 55 minutes
ARTISTS
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
Adam Johnson, Conductor
TorQ, Percussion Quartet: Richard Burrows, Adam Campbell, Jamie Drake and Daniel Morphy
Manal Drissi, Host
Louis-François Grenier, Author and Stage Director
CONCERT PROGRAMME
Brahms, Hungarian Dance no. 5, excerpt
Ed Argenziano, Stinkin’ Garbage
Smetana, The Moldau, excerpt
Ken Shorley, The Bright Side, excerpt
Bernstein, West Side Story, act 1: ‘‘Mambo’’, excerpt
Shostakovich, Suite for Variety Orchestra, “Jazz Suite no. 2”: Waltz no. 2, excerpt
Monica Pearce, Whirly, for percussion quartet and orchestra
Arturo Márquez, Danzón no. 2
This OSM production received the Opus Award in the category “Production of the Year – Young Audiences” in 2018
The recording of this concert was made possible thanks to the support of the Azrieli Foundation.
THE LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
Streaming now!
Recommended for students in elementary cycles one and two.
Embark with us on the adventures of the Little Red Riding Hood, a courageous, yet rebellious young girl who recklessly sets out to visit her grandmother. This widely known fairy tale, accompanied by the Orchestra, sets musical background to the story… unless the Big Bad Wolf can stop it!
The concert itself will be presented in French. However, the educational guide will be available in French and in English.
Duration : 45 minutes
ARTISTS
Thomas Le Duc-Moreau, Conductor
Jean-Willy Kunz, OSM Organist-in-Residence
Elisabeth Sirois, Author
Charles Dauphinais, Stage Director
Alexandra Sicard, Actress, Little Red Riding Hood
Martine Francke, Actress, Mother
Dominique Côté, Baritone & Actor, Big Bad Wolf
Danièle Panneton, Actress, Grandma
Alexandre Leblanc et Marie-Maxime Ross, Dancers
CONCERT PROGRAMME
Ravel, Le tombeau de Couperin: Prelude
Prokofiev, Symphony no. 1: Finale
Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 4: I. Andante (excerpt)
Bizet, La jolie fille de Perth (The Fair Maid of Perth): Suite: “Quand la flamme de l’amour” (excerpt)
Bartók, Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta: III. Adagio (excerpt)
Gounod, Le Médecin malgré lui (The Mock Doctor): “Qu’ils sont doux” (excerpt)
Messiaen, L’Ascension (The Ascension): « Transports de joie » (excerpt)
Rimsky-Korsakov, Tale of Tsar Saltan, Suite, Op. 57: “Flight of the BumbleBee”
Beethoven, Symphony no. 4: 1st movement
An OSM Production
THE ORCHESTRA IN ALL ITS FORMS!
Streaming now!
Recommended for students in elementary cycles two and three.
Guided by our hosts Isabeau Blanche and Pierre-Louis Renaud, we will delve into the heart of the orchestra and get to know its four families of instruments, its history and some of its secrets! Under the baton of Thomas Le Duc-Moreau who conducts a selection of works by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and many others, we will learn how composers took inspiration from the world around them and conveyed their emotions through music. From the Classical symphony to film music, including modern music and program music, we will find out all about this, while having fun with The Orchestra in All Its Forms!
The concert itself will be presented in French. However, the educational guide will be available in French and in English.
Duration: 50 minutes
ARTISTS
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
Thomas Le Duc-Moreau, Conductor
Isabeau Blanche, Actress
Pierre-Louis Renaud, Actor
Martin Gougeon, Author and Stage Director
CONCERT PROGRAMME
Mozart, Symphony no. 25 in G minor: I. Allegro con brio (excerpt)
Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade: I. Largo e maestoso – Allegro non troppo (excerpts)
Haydn, Symphony no. 1 in D major: I. Presto (excerpt)
Haydn, Symphony no. 39 in G minor: III. Minuet
Beethoven, Symphony no. 3 in E-flat major, “Eroica”: III. Scherzo
Beethoven, Symphony no. 5 in C minor: IV. Allegro (excerpt)
Mendelssohn, Symphony no. 4 in A major, “Italian”: IV. Saltarello – Presto (excerpts)
Ravel, Ma mère l’Oye (Mother Goose): II. Le petit Poucet (Hop-o’-My-Thumb)
Morel, L’étoile noire (excerpt)
Williams, Star Wars Suite, Main theme
An OSM Production
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