Singer

Handel wrote this masterpiece in just 24 days to safeguard his livelihood at a time when expensive operas were becoming less popular and more difficult to produce. In keeping with the Christmas spirit, Handel supported charitable causes in Dublin with its first three performances, and they were a runaway success from the start.

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Handel’s Messiah

National Arts Centre

Karina Gauvin and Marie-Nicole Lemieux hold a special place in our music community, and even more so at Les Violons du Roy! Since the very beginning of their respective careers, they have both ranked among the favourite guest artists of the public and the orchestra. It’s a real privilege to bring them together with Jonathan Cohen and our musicians to celebrate our 40th anniversary with a truly exceptional concert!

Gauvin, Lemieux : divin Handel

Palais Montcalm

Music Director Peter Oundjian continues his tradition of ending the season with glorious music by Mahler. The composer built his Fourth Symphony around his own song “The Heavenly Life,” which borrows text from a Bavarian folk poem. “The angelic voices gladden our senses,” the poem proclaims, “so that everything awakens for joy.” Mahler’s sunniest symphony invokes bells, harp, and woodwinds; in keeping with the lightness of the work, Mahler insisted the soprano perform “with childlike, cheerful expression;” soprano Karina Gauvin joins the Festival in this role. This final concert of the season includes Ravel’s colorful twist on the Shéhérazade tales — again featuring Gauvin’s “glowing, flexible tone” (Opera News) — and the overture to Strauss’ most famous and farcical operetta, Die Fledermaus.

Mahler 4 & Ravel’s Shéhérazade

Chautauqua Auditorium

Celebrate 40 years of the world-renowned Colorado Symphony Chorus with a renewal of Vaughan Williams' A Sea Symphony, utilizing text from Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass, and employing a chorus throughout the entirety of the work in groundbreaking fashion. Over a hundred years earlier, Beethoven's symphonic debut started the genre established by Mozart and Haydn on a journey that would eventually evolve into Vaughan Williams' vivid, chorus-driven masterpiece.

Karina Gauvin

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Events

Upcoming events

Oct 21, 2024 - Mar 21, 2025

Gauvin, Lemieux : divin Handel · Les Violons du Roy

18 - 19 Dec, 2024

Handel’s Messiah · National Arts Centre Orchestra

Past events

18 - 19 Dec, 2024

Handel’s Messiah · National Arts Centre Orchestra

Oct 21, 2024 - Mar 21, 2025

Gauvin, Lemieux : divin Handel · Les Violons du Roy

Future and recently performed repertoire

Singer in Messiah by Handel

National Arts Centre Orchestra

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