After months of forced hiatus, the celebrated Quebec ensemble Les Violons du Roy takes the stage with a festive season-opening concert featuring glorious works by Mozart and Mendelssohn, under the direction of Quebec conductor Jean-François Rivest.

On this occasion, the chamber orchestra – an undisputed specialist in 17th & 18th century music – revisits the Overture and excerpts from Idomeneo, Mozart’s masterpiece in the operia seria genre, followed by Mozart’s exquisite Piano Concerto No.23 performed by Charles Richard-Hamelin, winner of the Silver Medal of the Chopin Competition 2015. Mendelssohn’s beloved Italian symphony completes this spellbinding program, elaborated to “nourrish our inner strenghts”.

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SPECIFICATIONS:

■  Runtime: 75′

■  Production year: 2020

■  Date: September 25, 2020

■  Venue: Palais Montcalm, Québec (Canada)

■  Production: ProdCan

■  Director: Claudine Gamache

■  Format: Full HD

■  Audio signal: Stereo

■  Cat. no.: C-105P