“Music must not be the prerogative of the elite ; it belongs to
everyone.” These words by Telemann have been my motto for a very long
time. I like to think that music should be shared with as many people as
possible, and it was in this spirit that I developed the concert
program “One Last Time”, performed 33 times in Canada in the
fall of 2017 and then on tour in Latin America in the winter of 2018.
This album, recorded live at Quebec City’s Palais Montcalm in November
2017, features some of the most striking works that La Pietà has
performed during its 21 years of existence. All of the selected works
represent important moments I have experienced with my ensemble…
…
when I first founded the orchestra, made up entirely of women, inspired
by the young girls at the Ospedale de la Pietà, the Venice orphanage
where music reigned supreme under the directorship of its famous maestro di coro Antonio Vivaldi…
… or playing George Enescu’s Romanian Rhapsody No 1,
a work burgeoning with passion that reminds me of my studies in
Bucharest, where I discovered how to make my violin sing, dance, cry,
and speak.
… or more recently, a dozen years ago, when I created a
series of musical portraits of contemporary composers whose signature
styles engaged me so powerfully – artists such as Ludovico Einaudi,
Philip Glass, and Max Richter, whose works on this album are now part of
the modern music canon.
… or all the occasions when it has been
my great privilege to share the stage with exceptional musicians and
premiere new works. My precious partnerships with masters such as
Canadian composer Srul Irving Glick and Japanese pianist and composer
Joe Hisaishi – giants who have coloured my musical world – also appear
on this album.
Music has been a part of my life for as long as I
can remember. I have expressed myself through music, I have travelled
through music, and it sustains me to this day.
I gave my first
concert at the age of five, and 51 years later, I would like to say
“thank you,” because after all these years, what fills me with joy is
knowing that my music is there with you, both in your everyday life and
in the special moments.
Thank you for all of these experiences. Enjoy! (Angèle Dubeau)
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