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The Montreal Chamber Orchestra will mark the first anniversary of Luciano Pavarotti's death with a concert entitled “Hommage à Pavarotti” that will take place on Thursday, July 17th at Parc Jean-Drapeau (Scène Loto-Québec) starting at 8 p.m.

 The concert forms part of a month-long program called “Les Weekends du monde” which celebrates Montreal’s diverse cultural heritage through a series of fun and colourful activities, all of which take place at the historic and beautiful Parc Jean-Drapeau in the middle of the St. Lawrence River. The concert provides the perfect opportunity to hear much loved opera arias on a summer evening in a splendid park-like setting.

For “Hommage à Pavarotti”, the Montreal Chamber Orchestra will be conducted by artistic director Maestra Wanda Kaluzny and the concert will be hosted by renowned tenor Manrico Tedeschi. Mr Tedeschi was a winner of the Pavarotti Voice Competition and alternated  with the great tenor at La Scala. He will animate the evening, recounting personal anecdotes about Pavarotti. Internationally acclaimed soprano Makiko Awazu and tenor Francesco Verrecchia will join Manrico Tedeschi to perform 11 well-known arias made familiar to the world by Luciano Pavarotti. They will close with the ever popular Nessun Dorma, which was the last piece that Pavarotti sang in concert.

With this concert, the Montreal Chamber Orchestra continues its tradition of making music accessible to Montrealers of all cultures and from all parts of the city. The Orchestra, which will celebrate its 35th anniversary next season, will do a repeat performance of this concert on August 9th at 7 p.m. in Parc Georges-St-Pierre in Notre Dame de Grace, marking the opening of Montreal’s Italian Week. Both concerts are free and open to the public and each holds the promise of a delightful summer evening filled with spectacular music.

For further information, please call 514-871-1224 or visit www.mco-ocm.qc.ca or www.weekendsdumonde.com/fr/programmation/jeudisclassiques.asp.

Chef d'orchestre, Wanda Kaluzny, Conductor

Programme

Dag Wirén

Serenade for Strings, op.11

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Concerto fo XClarinet and Orchestra in A Major, KV622

Jim McGrath

Suite for Clarinet and String Orchestra (World Premiere)

      Soliste: Marija Pavlovic

Franz Schubert

Symphonie no. 5 in B flat Major, D485

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Salle Claude – Champagne,

220 avenue Vincent d'Indy, Outremont (Métro Edouart Monpetit)

Shuttle bus service

8:00 p.m.

Information and free passes: 514-871-1224

www.mco.ocm.qc.ca

We wish you all a happy Easter.

Exposition de toiles originales présentées en duo par deux artistes
A Two Person Exhibition of Original Paintings
 
Vernissage: Wednesday, mercredi
March 19 mars ~ 17h30 – 20h30
Les artistes seront présents ~ The artists will be present
 
The MAA, 2070 rue Peel
Montréal  514.845.2233
 
L'exposition se poursuivra jusqu'au 31 mars.
The exhibition will continue until March 31st.
 
Exposition et vente en cours.
Advance preview and sale in progress.
 

Susan Pepler  514.933.0776  www.susanpepler.com
Mark Zimmerl  514.932.9631  www.mgz.ca
 
 

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According to a 2007 survey conducted in the United States by Inman News, an organization dedicated to the use of technology in real estate, 21% of American agents have a blog. In Québec, 6.4% of agents have one. These are the results of a recent study by the Centre d'études et de recherche en immobilier du Québec (CERIQ) for the QFREB.

Source: electronic bulletin of GMREB

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Set your clock ahead one hour at 2 AM on Sunday March 09 , 2008.

This is also a great time to change the batteries in your smoke detectors.

OTTAWA – January 23, 2008 – The Canadian housing market in 2007 set a number of MLS (r) sales records, and the re-sale housing market is expected to remain at near record sales levels in 2008, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association.

″The results in 2007 show the strength and the affordability of the Canadian residential market“, says CREA President Ann Bosley.

Three key economic ingredients will keep Canada's housing market on a different track from the United States. One is consumer confidence, the second is employment, and third is affordable interest rates. The Bank of Canada cuts interest rates on January 22nd because of weaker prospects for Canadian economic growth in 2008. The Bank of Canada is expected to cut its trend-setting rate again in March.

Source: The Canadian Real estate Association / L'association Canadienne de l'immeuble

Chœur des enfants de Montréal directed by Iwan Edwards
presents its Spring Concert – Adiemus – on March 30, 2008

Adiemus – Spring Concert
When:  Sunday, March 30 at 3 p.m.
Where: St. Viateur Church, 183 Bloomfield, Outremont (corner Laurier & Côte Ste-Catherine)
Who:  Iwan Edwards, conductor
Chœur des enfants de Montréal
Margaret Wada, piano
Tickets:  Adults $15; Seniors, Students & Children $10
Available at:  Members of the Choir
At the door

The first half of the programme consists of liturgical music appropriate to the location of the concert and its superb acoustics. The second half of the program adopts a 'lighter' note with strong emphasis on folk song arrangements and madrigals. The three choirs will combine at the end of both parts halves of the programme.

For information, please contact:
Andrea Cooper: 450-458-2746 or a.cooper@sympatico.ca
For group sales: 514-989-8925