We're coming to you LIVE from Montreal, Canada, for a special concert hosted by the Montreal Chamber Music Festival. In anticipation for this year's 29th season,The Violin Channel will stream multiple concerts from the 2023 Montreal Chamber Music Festival from April through June.

Cellists Stéphane Tétreault, Vincent Bergeron, Marie-Ève Bock, Pierre-Alain Bouvrette, Chloé Dominguez, Benoit Loiselle, Noémie Raymond-Friset, Bruno Tobon and bandoneon player Denis Plante will perform a program of works that celebrate the unique voice of the cello. Highlights of the program include tangos by Piazzolla, as well as his masterpiece, Cuatro Estaciones.

This year, the Montreal Chamber Music Festival will return for their 29th season from June 13 to 23, 2024. The Festival presents eight main programs and five free noon-hour concerts in the beautiful Salle Bourgie, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. The closing concert, on June 23rd, will take place at Maison Symphonique, Place des Arts. You can find out more about this year's program here.

Program

J.S. Bach (1685-1750)/C. Gounod (1818-1893)

Ave Maria (arr. Denis Plante)

Stéphane Tétreault, cello
Denis Plante, bandoneon

Denis Plante (1972- )

Suite No. 1, Argentina

I. Preludio
II. Silbando
III. Tango

Suite No. 3, Noche de Tango

II. Soledad
III. Apache

Stéphane Tétreault, cello
Denis Plante, bandoneon

Carlos Gardel (1890-1935)

Por Una Cabeza (arr. Denis Plante)

Stéphane Tétreault, cello
Denis Plante, bandoneon

Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)

Oblivion (arr. Denis Plante)

Adios Nonino

Stéphane Tétreault, cello
Denis Plante, bandoneon

Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)

Cuatro estaciones (arr. for 8 cellos by James Barralet)

I. Verano Porteño
II. Invierno Porteño
III. Primavera Porteña
IV. Otoño Porteño

Stéphane Tétreault, Vincent Bergeron, Mariève Bock,
Chloé Dominguez, Benoît Loiselle, Évelyne Méthot,
Noémie Raymond-Friset, Bruno Tobon, cellos