Concert 

 

American Seasons

 

Les Violons du Roy

Kerson Leong  |  Violon

Nicolas Ellis  I  Conductor

Dubbed “a true revelation” by Classica magazine, the young Canadian virtuoso Kerson Leong meets the prestigious ensemble Les Violons du Roy. Under the baton of conductor Nicolas Ellis, they perform a stunning concert pairing Philip Glass’ Violin Concerto No. 2, titled “The American Four Seasons” with Piazzolla’s sublime “Four Seasons of Buenos Aires” in the famous arrangement for string orchestra by Leonid Desyatnikov. Recorded on November 2021

“… a unique moment of exaltation” (Le Devoir)

REPERTOIRE

> Philip Glass – Concerto for Violin No.2The American Four Seasons”

> Astor Piazzolla – Las Cuatro Estaciones porteñas” (arr. L. Desyatnikov) (The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires)

> Eugène YsaÿeSonata No. 4 in E Minor

SPECIFICATIONS

■  Running time: 83′

■  Production year: 2022

■  Location: Salle Raoul-Jobin, Palais-Montcalm (Quebec, Canada)

Artists: Kerson Leong, violin; Les Violons du Roy; Nicolas Ellis, conductor

■  DirectorClaudine Gamache

■  Format: 4K

■  Signal: Stereo

■  Aspect ratio: 16:9

■  Cat. no.: C-106P