Arion Brings its 30th Season to a Glorious Close with the Concert Grandiose & Majestic Mozart!

Dutch cellist Jaap ter Linden will be conducting the more than 20 musicians of Arion. For the first time in Canada, the brilliant young Russian violinist Dmitry Sinkovsy will shine in Mozart’s Violin Concerto in A Major. He will also be heard alongside ter Linden, oboist Matthew Jennejohn, and bassoonist Anna Marsh in Haydn’s all too rarely heard Sinfonia Concertante.

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• Concert Program: Grandiose & Majestic Mozart!

• Sinfonia Concertante in B Flat Major, Hob. I:105 (1792) – Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

• Violin Concerto in A Major, K. 219 (1775) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

• Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551, “Jupiter” (1788)

• Guest Conductor: Jaap ter Linden, cello (Holland)

• Soloist: Dmitry Sinkovsky, violin (Russia)

• Thursday, May 12 and Friday, May 13 at 8 p.m.
• Sunday, May 15 at 2 p.m.
• Redpath Hall, McGill University, 3461 McTavish, Montreal
• A conference in French by the journalist Lucie Renault will be given 45 minutes before the concert.

“I naturally thought of Jaap ter Linden to conduct this concert,” says Artistic Director Claire Guimond. “He has a special love of Mozart and has already recorded his complete symphonies. To crown Arion’s 30th Season, the choice of the “Jupiter” Symphony seemed ideal to me, on account of its great beauty and grandeur.” Ticket prices range from $14 to $58. Advance seating reservations available at www.arionbaroque.com, or write to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call our customer service at 514.355.1825.

Jaap ter Linden

As one of the first early music specialists, Jaap ter Linden witnessed the very beginnings of many of the oldest and finest baroque ensembles as co-founder of Musica da Camera and principal cellist of Musica Antiqua Köln, The English Concert, and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. From these auspicious beginnings, he moved further into the spotlight, either playing solo concerts and intimate ensemble repertoire with the world’s finest interpreters or at the helm of an orchestra as conductor. He founded and directs the Mozart Akademie (with which he has recorded the complete Mozart symphonies) and is a regular guest director and soloist with the Arion Baroque Orchestra. He has led many period instrument orchestras such as the San Francisco Philharmonia Baroque, Portland Baroque, and Amsterdam Bach Soloists and has lent his expertise to modern ensembles such as the Amsterdam Sinfonietta and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie. His extensive discography as player and conductor boasts many award-winning recordings for labels such as Harmonia Mundi, Archiv, ECM, Deutsche Grammophon, and more recently Brilliant Classics. In 2006, Jaap released his second recording of the Bach Cello Suites. Most recently, Jaap has dived into the world of opera, conducting Purcell’s King Arthur and Gluck’s Iphigénie en Aulide.

Dmitry Sinkovsky

Dmitry attended the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, combining his studies with tours to Europe. He took lessons with early music pioneer Marie Leonhardt and attended masterclasses with Thomas Zehetmair, Sigiswald Kuijken, Ryo Terakado, Roger Norrington, and Andreas Staier. In 2003 Dmitry joined the ensemble Musica Petropolitana and co-founded Pratum Integrum, an ensemble specializing in early Russian music. Dmitry recorded a series of works by Georg Philipp Telemann, Anton Ferdinand Tietz, Antonio Rosetti, Johann Christian Bach, and quartets by Joseph Woefl. Many of his recordings have been enthusiastically received by music journals such as Diapason, Revista Musica, Prelude, and Toccata. Dmitry leads several European ensembles, including Il Complesso barocco (Alan Curtis, Italy). Dmitry is a laureate of various international competitions: Musica Antiqua Brugge in Belgium and H.I.F von Biber Wettbewerb in Austria. Dmitry Sinkovsky’s repertoire encompasses a wide range of musical periods, from Italian composers of the 16th and 17th centuries and Biber’s Mystery sonatas to the great 18th-century works from Bach to Mozart, and to numerous later works including the violin concertos of Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and Brahms. Since 2005 Dmitry has been teaching violin in the Early Music Department of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. Dmitry plays on a violin by Francesco Ruggeri, Cremona 1680, kindly on loan from The Jumpstart Jr. Foundation.  

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About Arion Baroque Orchestra

Arion Baroque Orchestra, founded in 1981, is the only early music orchestra performing on period instruments in Quebec and one of the most renowned early music ensembles in North America. Led by the enlightened artistic vision of flutist Claire Guimond, and winner of several prestigious prizes, the orchestra offers some thirty concerts each year, at home and abroad, featuring more than twenty musicians and with the participation of internationally known guest conductors. The clarity and freshness of Arion’s interpretations have been remarked through concert tours in Japan, the United States, Europe, and Mexico. Arion also boasts some 26 remarkable recordings distributed worldwide.

Arion acknowledges the support of its private and public partners:

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

CBC Radio 2

CJPX Radio Classique

Espace musique

Espace Musique

Fraser Milner Casgrain

Gaz Métro

Hydro-Québec

Imprimerie Transcontinental

La Presse/ Cyberpresse

Métro

Power Corporation du Canada

Société Générale

Société Générale

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