平特五不中

Alexis Hauser, conductor
Alexey Shafirov, piano, Winner of the 2023-2024 平特五不中 Concerto Competition

GY脰RGY LIGETI Lontano
SERGEI PROKOFIEV Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2, Opus 16, G minor
LIAM ROSS GIBSON New Work
RICHARD STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra

Presented in collaboration with

From the hypnotic 鈥�2001: a Space Odyssey鈥� to the bold 鈥淓yes Wide Shut鈥� and the eerie 鈥淭he Shining鈥�, Stanley Kubrick's films give a prominent place to music, in particular that of the great Hungarian composer Gy枚rgy Ligeti. In this concert, presented as part of the 12^th edition of the Montreal/New Music festival on the theme of 鈥淢usic and Images鈥�, the 平特五不中 Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Alexis Hauser, performs representative pieces of these three iconic films.

Also on the programme: a premiere commissioned by the SMCQ from Liam Ross Gibson, a singular emerging voice on the Canadian musical landscape, Prokofiev's Second Piano Concerto with soloist Alexey Shafirov, and the spectacular 鈥淭hus Spoke Zarathustra鈥�, Richard Strauss's famous symphonic poem, which majestically echoes Kubrick's cinema.

A concert at the Maison symphonique that promises to be grandiose and memorable.