Les Violons du Roy, perhaps the best early-music ensemble in North America, will perform for the Coast Recital Society this Sunday, Nov. 16 at 2:30 p.m.
There will be a pre-concert chat at 1:30, all at the Raven’s Cry Theatre.
The concert, featuring the celebrated Quebec horn virtuoso Louis-Philippe Marsolais as soloist, will be conducted by Les Violons du Roy associate conductor Mathieu Lussier.
Les Violons du Roy takes their name from the renowned string orchestra of the court of the French kings. The group, which has a core membership of 15 players, was brought together in 1984 by founding conductor Bernard Labadie and specializes in the vast repertoire of music for chamber orchestra, performed in the stylistic manner most appropriate to each era.
The ensemble is acclaimed internationally for the laser-like precision and style of their performances. Since their debut in Washington, DC in 1995, Les Violons du Roy have extended their performance network in the U.S. and now make regular stops in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.
The orchestra’s recent European tour included highly acclaimed concerts in Versailles, Paris, Frankfurt and Ljubliana. Their 29 recordings have been lauded by critics and earned many distinctions and awards at the national and international levels.
This CRS concert, À l’Aube du Romantisme - At the Dawn of Romanticism, will feature music by Haydn, Mendelssohn, Schumann and Schubert.
For information, call the CRS office at 604-885-0991 or see www.coastrecitalsociety.ca
