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Vivaldi comes to the Laval Symphony Orchestra

Violonist Mark Fewer joins the OSL in concert

par Benoit LeBlanc
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Conductor and soloist Mark Fewer believes that in 2008 the high level of musician of the third millennium can be seen throughout an orchestra. Gone are the days when a tyrannical conductor could impose his own vision on a piece of music to be played by the orchestra. (Photo: Courtesy of Mark Fewer)

Vivaldi comes to the Laval Symphony Orchestra

Violonist Mark Fewer joins the OSL in concert

Few have been the classical works played more frequently than Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons. It's through these very familiar sounds that the Laval Symphony Orchestra will try to lift the pall of November or the post-election blues, if you wish, this coming Wednesday, November 5.

The renowned symphonic poem of the Italian composer will be played in its entirety. "Vivaldi was a joyous and happy man. His music is lively and spontaneous, full of joy, sentiments which can come in handy in the cynical age in which we live," says Mark Fewer, guest conductor and soloist of this great celebration of baroque.

A well-known interpreter of chamber music who was up to just recently solo violinist with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Mark Fewer believes that in 2008, Vivaldi deserves to have his music played as it was in 1716.

"Today's audiences love this type of direct non abstract communication that is expressed in The Four Seasons. For me, every time I play it with a new orchestra I discover new nuances in it."

Bach and Marcello

German baroque music will need not envy the Italian variety during the course of concert, with Johann Sebastien Bach's Third Brandenburg Concerto in G Major on the program. The work was composed in the traditional framework of Italian concertos. allegro-andante-allegro (fast-slow-fast).

The audience will also hear the music of little-known composer Alessandro Marcello, although classical music fans will certainly know of his brother Benedetto. Devoting his life to mathematics, painting and philosophy, Alessandro Marcello also created a concerto for woodwind and strings in D Minor that the OSL will play in its original key.

Lise Beauchamp

Throughout the concert, the woodwind of soloist Lise Beauchamp will be center-stage.

The OSL's woodwind soloist since 1985, Beauchamp has played with the best of Quebec's ensembles: The Greater Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra, les Violons du Roy, I Musici de Montréal , and the Montreal Baroque Orchestra. She was soloist for the Mexican Philharmonic Orchestra in 1988 and represented Canada with the Orchestre Mondial des Jeunesses Musicales on three occasions. She presently teaches at the Faculty of Music of the University of Montreal and at the Music Conservatory of Montreal.

"She's our captain of woodwinds. Lise has a generosity of music which makes her an important and major figure in our current Quebec culture," confides Alain Trudel, the OSL Maestro.

Conducting in the third millennium

Conductor and soloist Mark Fewer believes that in 2008 the high level of musician of the third millennium can be seen throughout an orchestra. It's no longer a question of the tyrannical conductor who would impose his vision on a work to be played.

"A conductor these days has to quickly earn the confidence of the orchestra's members. Each musician has to experience a sense of accomplishment within the orchestra."

"I wanted our current season to be shaped by conjunctions and premieres. This will be the first time that Mark will be a soloist with a Quebec orchestra, as well as a conductor," notes Alain Trudel, in conclusion.

The Laval Symphony Orchestra welcomes guest conductor and soloist Mark Fewer to its "Great Baroque Celebration", this coming Wednesday, November 5, starting at 8:00 pm, at Salle André-Mathieu (475 de l'Avenir Blvd.). Information: (450) 667-2040.

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