Name: Russian Dolls
Start: 2025-01-23T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2025-01-26T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Salle Marguerite-Bourgeoys

Admin

Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal

Conductor

Louis Langrée

Orchestra

Instrumentalist

Cellist

Bryan Cheng

Cello

Russian Dolls

Montreal

Canada

Salle Marguerite-Bourgeoys

Église Sainte-Claire

Place des Arts

Maison Symphonique

Russian Dolls: Chant du ménestrel, op. 71 Glazunov, Alexander | Glazunov, A. K. (+2 More)

Public

Concert

Chant du ménestrel, op. 71

Variations on a Rococo Theme

Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103

Saurav Kumar

Approved

In Glazunov’s composition, the cello—played by the up-and-coming internationally renowned soloist Bryan Cheng—sings like a melancholic minstrel of courtly romance in the Middle Ages. Then, with Rococo Variations, the instrument becomes a chameleon, changing its voice with utmost virtuosity to develop Tchaikovsky’s theme, inspired by 18th-century music. 

Then it’s time for Shostakovich to take us back in time with Symphony No. 11, a piece led by one of the most important conductors of his generation, Louis Langrée. The composer tells the story of Bloody Sunday in 1905, when tsarist soldiers violently repressed an initial attempt at a revolution by firing upon a hungry crowd gathered outside the Winter Palace.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Instrumentation

Ensemble