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Arion is moving to the Bourgie Hall of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Built between the walls of the old Erskine and American Church, the new Bourgie concert hall of the Musée des beaux-arts is an audacious project which will associate music and art. Connected to the museum through an underground gallery, the Bourgie concert hall is equiped to present concerts all year round. The hall, with its ideal acoustics for the baroque repertoire, will be hosting Arion Baroque Orchestra 2011-2012 season.
New season unveilling 2011-2012 at Arion Baroque Orchestra | From spark to flame
Arion is delighted to start the 31rst season with the announcement of its residency at the new Bourgie Concert Hall of the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal. A new hall with ideal acoustics to showcase our musicians and the impressive baroque repertoire, showing off music of high quality and renowned soloists and orchestras directors – most for whom this will be their 1rst time in Montréal. Who can resist?
Take a glimpse and discover in exclusivity the 5 concerts of our Montreal Series!
Take a glimpse and discover in exclusivity the 5 concerts of our Montreal Series!
Listen to the young harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani!
We welcome you to listen to a short video of Mahan Esfahani. The iranian born harpsichordist will be in Montreal for the concert The Full-blooded and the Melancholic on March 11, 12 and 13th.
Arion presents for a first time in Canada the harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani
Arion is very proud to present for a first time in Canada the harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani for the concert The Full-blooded and the Melancholic. The iranian born harpsichordist was named a BBC New Generation Artist.
Don't miss the upcoming concerts in our chamber music series: Intimate C.P.E. Bach
Arion presents the Happy Hour Concert at the Gallery and the Croque-Baroque Concert : Intimate C.P.E. Bach, which will take place Thursday, March 3 at 12:30 pm in Tudor Hall (Ogilvy) and Friday, March 4 at 6:30 pm in the McClure Gallery (Westmount).
Ticket Purchases for the Velvet concert
Dear friends of Arion,
We would like to inform you that ticket purchases through our Internet site for the Velvet concert will be deactivated 48 hours before the concert. It will still be possible to get tickets by phone or directly at Saint-Viateur Church, one hour before the start of the concert.
Pierre Castonguay talks about us and the Alla Tedesca concert on his blog
Last night at 7 :30, I went to listen to an excellent two and a half hour concert of early music: Alla Tedesca by the Arion Baroque Orchestra directed by Mathieu Lussier, at the Saint-Sixte Church at 1895 Church Street (at the corner of Marcel-Laurin), in Saint-Laurent, following an invitation from Charles Rollet.
C.P.E. Bach review
Ever since I bought the old L'oiseau-Lyre LP of CPE Bach's "quartets" (Christopher Hogwood and co., I think), I have been a great fan of his quirky music. This CD bustles along, full of Sturm und Drang edginess.
Montreal Tour
Beginning October 13, Arion opens its 30th season in style with a major tour throughout the island of Montreal, in collaboration with the Montreal Arts Council. Our team of musicians will take a tour of the island throughout the year to present the Alla Tedesca, Wind-Born Baroque concert in 10 different arrondissements.
Don't miss our upcoming Chamber Music Series Concerts: Piano Trios
Arion presents the Happy Hour Concert at the Gallery and the Croque-Baroque Concert: Piano Trios, which will take place Thursday, February 10 at 12:30 pm in Tudor Hall (Ogilvy) and Friday, February 11 at 6:30 pm at the McClure Gallery (Westmount).
An insight into our first "Alla Tedesca! Wind-borne baroque!" concert
The critic for La Presse, Claude Gingras, appreciated last night’s concert “whose success is due in large part to the musicians’ involvement and virtuosity and especially to Mathieu Lussier who, himself a great bassoon virtuoso, succeeds in indicating entrances and nuances to his colleagues without ceasing to play and in communicating to them, as well as the listener, the great pleasure he takes in doing so.”
Ticket Purchases for Alla Tedesca!
Dear friends of Arion,
We would like to inform you that the ticket purchases via our website will be deactivated 48 hours before the next concert (Alla Tedesca! Wind-borne Baroque!). It will be possible to get tickets by phone or directly at Redpath Hall, an hour before the concert.
Tickets & prices
Dear friends of Arion,
We would like to inform you that the QST tax fees will be changed on January 1st 2011. The tax charges will be increased from 7.5% to 8.5%. The tickets and subscriptions prices will be changed
Demonstration of Passion's greatness
When Johann Sebastian Bach applied for the job of cantor at St. Thomas in Leipzig, he wrote his St. John Passion as an audition piece. Given the enormous esteem which it enjoys today, it's surprising that the Most Noble and Most Wise City Council didn't hire him immediately.
A new website for Arion!
It is with great pleasure that our new web site will be on line just at the moment we will be celebrating our 30th anniversary! This new site will not only be a reflection of the dynamism and passion of our orchestra but it is also meant to create a link between you, our dear public, and Arion’s wonderful musicians.
Classical Concerts: A Passion crescendo
Classical Concerts - Une Passion crescendo
By Christophe Huss, Le Devoir, November 29, 2010, Music
Arion Baroque Orchestra opened its 30th season and the Bach Festival Friday and Saturday with St. John’s Passion. The work was already performed at an earlier festival with Kent Nagano in the impossible vessel of Wilfrid-Pelletier, with the improbable choice of Christpohe Prégardien as the Evangelist, in which, at the end of his voice, as if to break him more, he was asked to sing the tenor’s airs.
Welcome speech
Dear Arion subscribers,
After many months of preparation, the Orchestra is very excited to start this amazing 30th season with you. This season 2010-2011 is going to be awesome and thrilling! I prepared the programming with the intention of transporting you towards new universes, to allow you to discover or rediscover works, composers, interpreters and even musical instruments. You will travel through the world of J.S. Bach, Fasch, Telemann, Mozart, Haydn, C.P.E. Bach and many others, while listening to our talented musicians and world renowned soloists and guest conductors, such as, Suzie LeBlanc, Gary Cooper and Jaap ter Linden.
Classical Music: Arion's New Ambitions
Classical Music- Arion’s new ambitions
By Christophe Huss, Le Devoir, November 20, 2010
Next Friday and Saturday, at the Saint-Viateur Church, the Arion Baroque Orchestra will open Montreal’s Bach Festival with St. John’s Passion, directed by Alexander Weimann. This will also be the first performance of the ensemble’s 30th season, of which the flautist Claire Guimond serves as artistic director.
At the beginning, in 1981, Arion was a quartet made up of Claire Guimond (flute), Chantal Rémillard (violin), Betsy MacMillan (viola de gamba) and Hank Knox (harpsichord). Now, and for a dozen years, Arion is fully a baroque orchestra playing on period instruments.ets 514 581-8637.
Much to savour between the extremes of Bach performances
By Arthur Kaptainis, The GazetteNovember 20, 2010
He's Baaach. Perhaps not my best pun, but Johann Sebastian, never far from our hearts and always in the repertoire, has been a subject of special celebration since 2005, when the Montreal Bach Academy established the Montreal Bach Festival, an event mating our prodigious local cohort of Bach-minded talent with distinguished visitors from abroad.
Arion's Montreal tour continues!
More than 250 people, coming from Dorval, Côte Saint-Luc, and the Southwest district attended Arion’s Alla Tedesca concert.
Chamber music series
Arion reserves many surprises… A new concept for the 30e anniversary of the Orchestra ! The chamber music serie will take place in an intimate atmosphere that will allow you to appreciate the talent of a reduced group of musicians. Another opportunity to be blasted by the prettiest music, baroque music!
Arion's Treasurer Mr. François Mongrain is honored today in the Presse Affaires!
We would like to share with you an article that appeared in the Presse Affaires portraying our treasurer, Mr. François Mongrain.
The last concert of the season - Grandiose & majestic Mozart!
To crown its 30th season, Arion will be playing Mozart’s magnificent “Jupiter” Symphony no. 41! The Dutch cellist Jaap ter Linden, who you can watch playing his instrument by clicking this link, will be conducting more than twenty Arion musicians. In addition, for his first visit to Canada, the young Russian violinist Dmitry Sinkovsky will shine as soloist in what promises to be a scintillating rendition of Mozart’s Concerto in A major.
2011 Benefit Event: Arion Baroque Orchestra tops its goal and raises $240,000!
Arion is very proud to announce that its 2011 fundraising goal of $200,000 has been surpassed. “Thanks to the involvement of all of the members of the fundraising committee and to the leadership of this campaign's Honorary Chairman, Mr. Michael E. Roach (CGI), we have raised a record sum of $240,000”, announces Mr. Pierre Matuszewski, President of Société Générale (Canada) and Chairman of Arion's board of directors.
Saturday, June 25, 2011 | Arion Baroque Orchestra scheduled to perform in the 9th Montreal Baroque Festival June 23-June 26, 2011
Grand Concert Series
GALA DES GLOUTONS | ARION`S ANNIVERSARY
Tafelmusik of Handel and Telemann
Arion will be present for the 9th edition of the Montreal Baroque Festival Saturday, June 25 beginning at 7 :00 pm in the Salle de la Commune at the Marché Bonsecours.
30 years of music: Already !
Take a photographic journey through 30 years of music to discover Arion's evolution from the original quartet to today's orchestra!
Listen up! Telemann's Tafelmusik: a preview of the June 25th concert!
Come listen to an excerpt from the program to be played this Saturday as a part of the 2011 Montreal Baroque Festival, which will provide listeners the opportunity to hear Arion as it was in its quartet days, all the way to its present formation as an orchestra.
Arion Baroque Orchestra is proud to unveil its new campaign for the 2011-2012 season!
This year, Bos created a new campaign for our upcoming 2011-2012 season which we are proud to present to our audience. Browse through our online brochure!
Ouvertures pour l'ouverture: "un immense bonheur", selon le critique de la Presse!
Excellente critique de M. Claude Gingras de notre concert "Ouvertures pour l'ouverture" du 28 octobre! Consultez l'article sans plus tarder!
BACH - Desires of the Soul: Only a few places left for Saturday's performance!
We are already sold out for Friday, November 18th and Sunday, November 20's performance of BACH - Desires of the Soul!
Hurry and buy your tickets for Saturday's concert now while there are still available!
Arion Orchestre Baroque unveils its Croque-Baroque programmation!
At Ogilvy's: a musical break for a breath of energy!
The first concert of the Croque-Baroque Series : Winds of Madness will take place on Friday November 25 from 12 pm to 1 pm with Claire Guimond and Alexa Raine-Wright, baroque flutes and Hank Knox, harpsichord
Programme: W.F. Bach, J.M. Leclair and C.P.E. Bach
Ogilvy's Tudor Hall
1307, St-Catherine West, 5th floor
Metro: Peel et Guy-Concordia
Reserve your ticket now! $ 20, $ 30 with lunch
514.355.1825
Make it an Arion Christmas!
Christmas is almost upon us... and we have what you need!
From our sumptuous Montreal Series at the Bourgie concert hall, to our Croque-Baroque Series, exquisite lunch hour at Ogilvy's Tudor Hall, all music lovers will be happy!
You aren't sure what concert to give tickets for? Our gift certificates, embossed with Arion's seal, are available!
Call us: 514.355.1825.
Click here to see more Arion gift suggestions.
Arion starts off with a bang with "Journey through 17th century Italy" at Ogilvy's Tudor Hall!
Delve into the zestful sound-world of Italian composers such as T. Merula, G. Frescobaldi and A. Stradella with violonists Chloe Meyers and Tanya LaPerrière, cellist Amanda Keesmaat and harpsichordist Hank Knox.
Lunch and intimate concert in the majesty of the oldest concert hall in Montreal: Ogilvy's Tudor Hall, built in 1928!
Chloe Meyers et Tanya LaPerrière: baroque violins
Amanda Keesmaat: baroque cello
Hank Knox: harpsichord
Ogilvy's Tudor Hall
1307, St-Catherine West, Montreal, 5th floor
For information or tickets: 514.355.1825
A few words from the artistic director
We just received the sad news that, for medical reasons, Elizabeth Wallfisch will not be able to perform at the concert Commedia dell'arte taking place in the Bourgie concert hall on February 17, 18 and 19 of February 2012. We hope that she gets well soon.
We are however delighted that Dmitry Sinkovsky at the violoin and Jaap ter Linden as the guest conductor will be joining us for this concert during festivities of the Montreal High Lights Festival! Dmitry has an incredible energy on stage and Jaap is a true ray of sunshine.
I hope do see you soon for this festive and flamboyant concert!
Claire Guimond
Directrice artistique
Arion Orchestre Baroque
Vincent Lauzer: winner of a prize at the Opus Awards 2012!
The young and talented recorder, Vincent Lauzer, wins the title of Breakthrought Artist of the year at the Opus Awards 2012!
Come and discover this new upcoming talent during our next Croque-Baroque series concert, Baroque Celebration, at Ogilvy's Tudor Hall, on April 20th.
Buy your tickets online now!
100 years of cello duets: Kate Haynes talks about the baroque cello
On Friday February 10, the noble baroque cello will be showcased by soloists Jaap ter Linden and Kate Haynes during the concert 100 years of cello duets.
A little history!
At first confined to the role of accompaniement until the 18th century, the baroque cello took more importance thanks to certain composers, such as Vivaldi and Boccherini in Italy and Duport in France, who lay the groundwork for virtuosic playing. The concert 100 years of cello duets will honor such important composers for the cello: "This concert is a sort of grand voyage through the fascinating history of the baroque cello", declared Kate Haynes, cellist for the concert.
A little history!
At first confined to the role of accompaniement until the 18th century, the baroque cello took more importance thanks to certain composers, such as Vivaldi and Boccherini in Italy and Duport in France, who lay the groundwork for virtuosic playing. The concert 100 years of cello duets will honor such important composers for the cello: "This concert is a sort of grand voyage through the fascinating history of the baroque cello", declared Kate Haynes, cellist for the concert.
Commedia dell'arte: Arion and Harlequin finally meet!
With energy and enthusiasm, violinist Dmitry Sinkovsky and conductor Jaap ter Linden are firing up the stars of the Arion Baroque Orchestra on the 17, 18 and 19th of February!
Commedia dell'arte: inspired by theater!
These comical plays, born in the 15th century, always used the same stock characters to weave its narrative, characters that we still know and love: Harlequin, Pierrot, Colombine, Pantaloon, among others.
Fast-forward a few hundreds of years later: Arion Baroque Orchestra is getting inspired by the same characters to create a flamboyant concert!
