Here are some suggestions for cultural activities to do this weekend.
40 years of the Orchester Métropolitain
The Orchester Métropolitain is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. A thirty-minute documentary, divided into three parts, is offered free of charge on the site of the Montreal ensemble. Directed by Jean-Nicolas Orhon, the web documentary recounts, through testimonials, the birth and beginnings of the Orchester Métropolitain, the arrival of conductor and musical director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, who breathed new life into this ensemble and the challenges and resilience that have emerged during the pandemic. You can find the documentary under the About tab.
► Where: Orchestremetropolitain.com
—Yves Leclerc
Jean Michel Blais
Building on his acclaimed orchestral album, Aubadeslaunched at the beginning of February, pianist Jean-Michel Blais is in the midst of a tour, interspersed with a series of concerts in Europe, which will take him all over Quebec in 2022. He will be in Saint -Jean-sur-Richelieu and Laval, over the next few days.
► Where: For dates near you: jeanmichelblais.com.
— Cedric Belanger
Love as a heartbreaking art form
There are some readings that are upsetting for a variety of reasons. With End Table of Love, Larry Tremblay transports us to a multiple love story that is far from banal, because it is strewn with heartbreaks, pains from the past intertwining with those of the present, reflections on art and celebrity, family wounds and extreme violence intertwined with carnal pleasures. A largely invented story featuring a character who really existed: the famous British painter Francis Bacon. “If the first half of the novel can be destabilizing, keep hope, the second has several scenes and various reflections of great beauty. »
► Where: End Table of Love by Larry Tremblay, La Peuplade, 220 pages
— Sarah-Emilie Nault
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