The Calgary Phil goes Baroque (and classical) at the beautiful Bella Concert Hall! Conductor and bassoonist Mathieu Lussier leads the Orchestra in a varied and witty program of music by Johann Christian Bach and an overture by Sophie Gail (famous in her day as a composer of opéra comique), plus Haydn's Symphony No. 98, a profound tribute to his dear friend Mozart.

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Baroque at Bella with Mathieu Lussier

Mount Royal University

Sophie Gail, one of the rare female composers of her time, opens the concert with the overture to The Two Jealous Ones , a lively and theatrical work, in the spirit of the comic operas of her time. Étienne-Nicolas Méhul achieved great success with the comic opera Stratonice , oscillating between gravity and lyricism. Then, Beethoven, whose Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 distils a gentle melancholy, suspends time before deploying his creative energy in the overture to The Creatures of Prometheus . As for Mozart, he breathes into this concert the sparkling youth of his Symphony No. 29 , all lightness and clarity.

Montpellier Occitanie National Orchestra

Bridges Theatre

Three composers and one female composer each explore in their own way the play of contrasts, reflections, and flashes. Sophie Gail, one of the rare female composers of her time, opens the concert with the overture to The Two Jealous , a lively and theatrical work, in the spirit of the comic operas of his time. Étienne-Nicolas Méhul achieved great success with the comic opera Stratonice , oscillating between gravity and lyricism. Then, Beethoven, whose Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 exudes a gentle melancholy, suspends time before deploying his creative energy in the overture to The Creatures of Prometheus . As for Mozart, he breathes into this concert the sparkling youth of his Symphony No. 29 , all lightness and clarity.

Sophie Gail

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Montpellier Occitanie National Orchestra · Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier

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Nov 6, 2025

Baroque at Bella with Mathieu Lussier · Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra

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