Poesiole - Hommage à Silvio Palmieri

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Program

Poesiole Notturne pour soprano et orchestre
Vers ce silence
Prélude IV (L'ultimo agone)*
Prélude XI : Elevazione (Disperate vibrazioni raschiano il silenzio)

The * indicates a premiere.

Artistic direction
Véronique Lacroix

Musicians

Sarah Albu
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soprano
Louise Bessette
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piano
Florence Bourget
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mezzo
Dion Mazerolle
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barytone

Description

Silvio Palmieri died before his time in 2018. He had for 25 years enjoyed a special relationship with the ECM+, which premiered a number of his works, including his sole opera, Elia, in 2004. His legacy includes an extensive body of brilliant works that were imbued with his profound love for the piano and the voice together with an innate sense of instrumental colour, the more powerful, the better! 

On the program, two piano Preludes– including a world premiere– but also Elia (excerpt, 2004), Poesiole Notturne (1996) and Vers ce silence (1995) performed by the ECM+, the Ensemble Paramirabo and pianist Louise Bessette, will reveal some of this composer’s mastery, from different angles and periods of his life.

Practical information

Salle Pierre Mercure

300, boulevard de Maisonneuve Est
Montréal QC H2X 3X6
Canada

Berri-UQÀM

Tickets

Free access

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