Conductor Alain Trudel swung by our studios Monday morning.

Alain is in town to conduct the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra for their concert Tuesday night (Jan 12), but he dropped by our studios first for a chat with host Michael Wolch.

Tuesday night's program will include one of Bach's most well-known works--- his double violin concerto performed by MCO Con­cert­mas­ter Karl Stobbe and viol­in­ist Kerry DuWors. Patri­cia Evans and Ken Mac­Don­ald will play a double horn con­certo by Leo­pold Moz­art, father and teacher of the more fam­ous M., plus new music!

The con­cert begins with per­cus­sion­ist Vic­toria Sparks and the premiere of a new con­certo by com­poser Sid Robinovitch. Also inter­est­ing will be the Lyric Suite, writ­ten by Alban Berg around 1925 using meth­ods derived from Schoenberg’s twelve-tone system.

 

 

Praised by La Presse for his “immense talent as conductor, musician and performer”, Canadian conductor Alain Trudel is Music Director of l’orchestre symphonique de Laval and principal youth and family Conductor of the National Arts Centre Orchestra. He is also Principal Guest conductor of the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra, was Principal Guest Conductor of the Victoria Symphony Orchestra and guest musical advisor for the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra. Trudel was also the CBC Radio Orchestra conductor, taking the orchestra to new heights of artistic quality, as well as public and critical acclaim.

A frequent guest of the major orchestras in Canada, Trudel also appeared at the helm of orchestras in the UK, the USA, Sweden, Italy, Russia, Japan, Hong-Kong, Kuala Lumpur and in Latin America. Highly appreciated for his collaborative spirit, he has worked with many world-famous artists including Ben Heppner, Anton Kuerti, Measha Brueggergosman, Herbie Hancock, Branford Marsalis, Alain Lefèvre and Pinchas Zukerman.

First known to the public as a trombone soloist “The Jascha Heifetz of the trombone. Le Monde de la musique”, Alain Trudel made his solo debut at the age of 18, with Charles Dutoit with l’Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal.

Tuesday night's MCO con­cert begins at 7:30 pm in West­min­ster United Church, 745 West­min­ster at Mary­land.

Tick­ets are $32 for adults, $30 for seni­ors and $10 for stu­dents, includ­ing GST, at McNally Robin­son, the West End Cul­tural Centre (586 Ellice at Sherbrook), Organic Planet (877 West­min­ster Ave) or MCO’s Tick­et­line (204.783.7377).