September 14, 4.30pm / 16h 30 - String Quartets / Quatuors à cordes

L'Oasis Musicale are delighted to be working in partnership with Chamber Music Without Borders (CMWB). Last Saturday 7 talented string players enchanted the large audience with their passionate and lyrical renditions of Dvořák  and Beethoven. We thought we would use this opportunity to tell you more about CMWB - and we look forward to welcoming them back to L'Oasis Musicale on Saturday 28th October. 

Chamber Music Without Borders is an outreach program that offers musical encounters to community institutions in the Montreal area. Initiated, directed by and featuring student musicians, the goal is to make music more accessible to everyone, particularly those who might not otherwise be able to attend high quality concerts. Facets of our program include regular performances at Drop-in centres for the homeless (St. James) and Seniors’ residences (le Manoir de L’age D’or, Place Kensington) and workshops with children (schools near Cote Vertu). CMWB is designed as a collaboration between McGill and the Montreal community: soloists and ensembles offer free, accessible performances in return for the opportunity to perform and experiment with music for appreciative and diverse audiences. Together both groups have the opportunity to broaden their horizons through music.


Musique de chambre sans frontières crée des liens entre les étudiants de l’école de musique Schulich de l’université McGill et la communauté montréalaise. Cette initiative étudiante, qui est secondée par l’administration de l’école de musique Schulich, cherche à rendre la musique classique accessible et vivante aux communauté montréalais. Par l’entremise de ce programme, les jeunes musiciens bénéficieront d’une opportunité de performance et acquerront de l’expérience dans le domaine de la production de concert. De son côté, la population montréalaise aura l’occasion de vivre l’expérience captivante du concert. Le binôme formé par les étudiants et la communauté récoltera alors les fruits de cette expérience hors pair: élargir ses horizons tout en développant une profonde compréhension des liens qui unissent les membres de la communauté montréalaise. Dirigé par les étudiants, ce programme offre des possibilités de performances publiques et une l’occasion de vivre l’esprit d’entreprise des contacts intergénérationnels avec la communauté et une place de choix dans le futur des arts et de la culture à Montréal.

samedi 14 septembre 2013 / Saturday 14th September 
16h 30 / 4.30 pm
Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal
Ste-Catherine / University. Metro McGill

Contribution volontaire  /  Freewill donation


Sonoro String Quartet  / Quatuor a cordes



Quatuors à Cordes
Sonoro & Clark String Quartets    


Terzetto in C major, op 74
                                Antonín Dvořák (1841 – 1904)
Members of The Clark Quartet
Sam Clark - violon / violin
Kate Maloney - violon / violin
Victor de Coninck - alto / viola


String Quartet / Quatuor in Bb major op 18, no. 6
                      Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)

The Sonoro Quartet

Ewald Cheung – violon / violin
Byungchan Lee – violon / violin
Ryan Davis – alto / viola
Eli Weinberger – violoncello / cello


September 7 4.30pm / 16h30. Montreal Consort, director John Wiens 'Gaude Gloriosa''

Concert Review
Thank you to John Weins director and the singers of the Montreal Consort for yesterday's feast of choral polyphonic music “Gaude Gloriosa- music for a queen” 

The Magnificent anthem “Gaude Gloriosa” by Tomas Tallis, written in honour of the Virgin Mary during the catholic reign of Mary Tudor, is a masterpiece of soaring melodies and rich harmonies. “Quomodo Cantabimus”, the words of psalm 137 set by William Byrd was superbly performed by the consort evoking the spirit of lament and penitence in the repeated falling phrases.

The striking work “Memento Mei” by Haraldur Vignir Sveinbjörnsson played with the acoustics of the cathedral in a dark and mysterious blend of voices and harmonies in an ethereal musical painting so similar to the music of Tallis with which we started, and yet, separated by 450 years, so very different.

samedi 7 septembre 2013 / Saturday 7th September 
16h 30 / 4.30 pm
Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal
Ste-Catherine / University. Metro McGill

Contribution volontaire  /  Freewill donation


Montreal Consort
conductor John Wiens presents






Byrd - Quomodo Cantabimus
Tallis - Gaude Gloriosa, Sancte Deus, In Ieiunio et Fletu
Sveinbjornsson - Memento Mei

August 31, 2013 16h30 / 4.30pm - L'Après-midi d'une flûte. Shayna Palevsky, flute

Concert Review
Thank you so much to Shayna Palevsky, flute, Linda Brady, piano Jolan Kovacs & Stephanie Stringer, violins and Sonia Carreau-Larivière, cello for a really enjoyable and varied L'Oasis Musicale concert yesterday. Shayna's melodious flute sound soared up into the rafters of the cathedral like a Sérénade aux Étoiles, the César Cui trio danced along jauntily and the Pergolesi Concerto featured lovely ensemble playing, especially in the haunting slow movement. A large audience enjoyed this lovely musical offering - thank you Shayna, Linda and friends!

31 août 2013 / Saturday 31st August 2013
16h 30 / 4.30 pm
Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal
Ste-Catherine / University. Metro McGill

Contribution volontaire  /  Freewill donation

L'Après-midi d'une flûte

Shayna Palevsky, flute
Linda Brady, piano
Jolan Kovacs and Stephanie Stringer, violins
Sonia Carreau-Larivière, cello
Photo credit: Russel Proulx

Sérénade aux Étoiles opus 142                                                    Cecile Chaminade 

Five Pieces                                                                                                    César Cui 
Badinage, Berceuse, Scherzino, Nocturne, Waltz

Concerto in Sol maggiore per flauto, archi e cembalo                   G.B. Pergolesi 
Spiritoso, Adagio, Allegro spiritoso

Suite Modale for flute and piano                                                            Ernest Bloch