Maison symphonique de Montréal (2013)

[mtlurb]

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Pierre sur la facade ouest

 

Cooooolll! J'ai hâte de voir l'ensemble du bâtiment avec ce revêtement!

Ça change du béton préfabriqué!!

[Memphis 22]

Je l'ai vu et ce sera très élégant, il y aura de quoi être fiers

[Habsfan]

Yes, ça me rassure énormément. Cela aurait été une catastrophe si ils avaient décidés de recouvrir cet immeuble avec des panneaux pré-Fab.

[IluvMTL]

By Wah Keung Chan, Special to THE GAZETTE April 1, 2011 10:07 PM

 

The Casavant Frères organ is expected to be installed by the 2013-2014 season.

Photograph by: La SCENAMONTREAL -

 

Internationally renowned Quebec organ builder Casavant Frères has won the contract to build the organ in Adresse symphonique, the new hall of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.

 

A committee consisting of organists John Grew, Patrick Wedd, Jacques Boucher and French virtuoso Olivier Latry, former McGill music dean Don McLean, philanthropist and organ enthusiast Noël Spinelli and maestro Kent Nagano made the decision in January.

 

The organ will cost $3.5 million, said MSO general director Madeleine Careau, who also indicated that it will be installed by the 2013-2014 season, although the exact schedule is still up in the air. Another half million will be spent to create a replica of the organ in its eventual location above the choir loft, for aesthetic purposes, before the organ is installed.

 

The organ project was not part of the current concert hall construction funded by the Quebec government. Consequently, according to Careau, the MSO will pay for the organ through its fundraising. “It’s going well,” she said.

 

Although there was little news about the organ during the MSO’s season announcement three weeks ago, the design of the new organ (apparently personally chosen by Nagano) was included in the MSO’s season brochure without mention or fanfare.

 

Known for its organs built since 1879, including the grand organ at the Notre Dame Basilica (four manuals, 82 stops), Casavant Frères is a world leader in modern mechanical organ building. One of its current projects is the four-manual, 79-stop, 102-rank organ for the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City. The Montreal organ will have 83 stops, 116 ranks and 6,437 pipes.

 

Under the MSO’s administration, the organ is planned as an instrument of the orchestra. As Nagano has said in the past, when the organ is installed, Montrealers will finally experience the rich concert repertoire for organ and orchestra.

 

The concert hall seems to be quite bare-bones compared to other modern halls, like the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, which has robotic cameras for webcasts. Careau noted that cables have been installed for possible cameras, but it would be up to the MSO to pay the $1 million cost. “We are still looking into the viability of webcasts.”

 

© Copyright © The Montreal Gazette

 

Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Symphony+hall+organ+will+Casavant/4546330/story.html#ixzz1IKV3HC64

[Rusty]

01 Apr 2011

 

They are installing frames for the glass coverings

 

 

I remember someone else on this forum talking about the quality of the marble on the side and I agree it looks very nice and of high quality

the photo does not show it but in person its amazing

 

enjoy ;-)

[joaobruno]

wow very nice, thanks Rusty!

[caribb]

Quelques photos de 3 avril 2011 / Pictures from April 3 2011

 

MSO Concert Hall by caribb, on Flickr

 

Salle de l'OSM by caribb, on Flickr

 

OSM Hall by caribb, on Flickr

Modifié 4 avril 2011 par caribb

[Alexcaban]

 

I remember someone else on this forum talking about the quality of the marble on the side and I agree it looks very nice and of high quality

the photo does not show it but in person its amazing

 

Imagine how it would look with the marble from the museum des beaux-arts.

[MtlMan]

By Wah Keung Chan, Special to THE GAZETTE April 1, 2011 10:07 PM

 

The Casavant Frères organ is expected to be installed by the 2013-2014 season.

Photograph by: La SCENAMONTREAL -

 

Internationally renowned Quebec organ builder Casavant Frères has won the contract to build the organ in Adresse symphonique, the new hall of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.

 

A committee consisting of organists John Grew, Patrick Wedd, Jacques Boucher and French virtuoso Olivier Latry, former McGill music dean Don McLean, philanthropist and organ enthusiast Noël Spinelli and maestro Kent Nagano made the decision in January.

 

The organ will cost $3.5 million, said MSO general director Madeleine Careau, who also indicated that it will be installed by the 2013-2014 season, although the exact schedule is still up in the air. Another half million will be spent to create a replica of the organ in its eventual location above the choir loft, for aesthetic purposes, before the organ is installed.

 

The organ project was not part of the current concert hall construction funded by the Quebec government. Consequently, according to Careau, the MSO will pay for the organ through its fundraising. “It’s going well,” she said.

 

Although there was little news about the organ during the MSO’s season announcement three weeks ago, the design of the new organ (apparently personally chosen by Nagano) was included in the MSO’s season brochure without mention or fanfare.

 

Known for its organs built since 1879, including the grand organ at the Notre Dame Basilica (four manuals, 82 stops), Casavant Frères is a world leader in modern mechanical organ building. One of its current projects is the four-manual, 79-stop, 102-rank organ for the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City. The Montreal organ will have 83 stops, 116 ranks and 6,437 pipes.

 

Under the MSO’s administration, the organ is planned as an instrument of the orchestra. As Nagano has said in the past, when the organ is installed, Montrealers will finally experience the rich concert repertoire for organ and orchestra.

 

The concert hall seems to be quite bare-bones compared to other modern halls, like the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, which has robotic cameras for webcasts. Careau noted that cables have been installed for possible cameras, but it would be up to the MSO to pay the $1 million cost. “We are still looking into the viability of webcasts.”

 

© Copyright © The Montreal Gazette

 

Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Symphony+hall+organ+will+Casavant/4546330/story.html#ixzz1IKV3HC64

 

Excellente nouvelle! Ça rehaussera grandement le look intérieur, et surtout la possibilité d'entendre des oeuvres décoiffantes avec orgue (entre autres la Symphonie no.3 avec orgue de Camille Saint-Saëns. Voir lien plus bas). Je suis fier de l'OSM: ils ne bénéficient pas d'une industrie multi-millionnaire (et même milliardaire) comme le sport professionnel, mais ils réussissent à faire construire une salle en PPP, et s'acheter un orgue seulement evec des donations.

 

C'est quand même pas mal plus épatant qu'un amphithéâtre de hockey payé à 100% par les contribuables comme à Qc! Et en plus, le hockey, c'est supposé être très vendeur! Au contraire de la musique symphonique.....

 

Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphonie no.3 (avec Orgue). Remarquez vers 1:18, et à la toute fin, la masse sonore de la chose. Impressive. Et tripatif en concert.

 

 

Pis la Salle de l'OSM devrait avoir un super bon son, avec moins d'écho, pas mal plus "direct", mais quand même assez réverbérant.

Modifié 4 avril 2011 par MtlMan

[Rocco]

De quoi être fier! :-)