Sunday, September 23, 2007

Talks at the Château, 2

• Régis Rousseau, conférencier

To allow concert-goers to better appreciate the Noon-hour recitals, organist Régis Rousseau will present the aesthetics and particularities of each organ in the series. A musical journey through time and across five nations.

• Musée du Château Dufresne
• Free Admission

Organ Dances!

• Olivier Vernet, orgue

A whirlwind of dance to greet the fall! That is what French organist Olivier Vernet has in store for us with this lively program. Bolero, rumba, waltz and tango set the king of instruments swaying with some admittedly irreverent yet irresistible rhythms.

• Heaps, Norlin, Swinging Bach (Toccata et fugue en ré mineur), BWV 565 (1965)
• Elmore (1913-1985), Pavane
• Elmore (1913-1985), Rhumba
• Bovet (1942), Le Boléro du divin Mozart
• Laprida (1959), Florinda pour orgue
• Piazzolla (1921-1992), Coral
• Cholley (1962), Tango sur DSCH
  • Signature de Dimitri Schostakovitch
• Cholley (1962), Paso-doble sur DSCH
• Cholley (1962), Rumba sur les grands jeux
• Bret (1974), La ronde des lutins
• Bret (1974), La valse des anges
• Willscher (1955), Mein Beethoven — concert rag
• Willscher (1955), Toccata alla Rumba

• Église Saint-Nom-de-Jésus
• $22 (general) / $19 (seniors) / $19 (students) / $10 (children)