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Divertissimo Concert Series

What could be more enjoyable than listening to lovely music while sipping a coffee on a Sunday morning!

• All of the concerts are presented at 11:00.
• Tickets are $5 per person, and may be purchased the Dorval Library or at the door before the show, as long as space is available.
• Concerts marked with a * have received financial support from the Conseil des Arts de Montréal en Tournée.

Ensemble Arion* October 17, 2010 11:00 Alla Tedesca: le baroque à tout vent! Telemann and Fasch both created wonderful works for wind instruments. These are the virtuoso pages that the Arion musicians invite you to discover.

Constantinople* November 28, 2010 11:00 Goûts étrangers, sur les routes du monde avec Marais et Cantemir. In this musical voyage, Constantinople revisits the music of Martin Marais and Dimitrius Cantemir, two great composers of the Baroque era.

Xavier Brossard-Ménard et quatuor à cordes January 23, 2011 11:00 A concert exclusively composed of chamber music masterpieces from the XVIII and XIX centuries, with clarinetist Xavier Brossard-Ménard.

L'Ensemble du carré St-Louis February 20, 2011 11:00 Cross-cultural Concert A concert where magnificent pieces of Chinese and Japanese origin, presented with a western touch, are fused with pieces from the classic and traditional Occidental repertory, presented with a distinctly Asian flavour. With the participation of Shen Qi on the Chinese violin.

Quatuor Claudel avec Valérie Milot* March 27, 2011  11:00 Les cordes célestes This concert will take you to the fantastic universe of Edgar Allan Poe on music by Caplet for quartet and harp, with narration in French by actor Guy Nadon.

Le Chêne Vert May 8, 2011 11:00  With unbridled enthusiasm, this ensemble presents an instrumental concert featuring traditional Celtic music from many European countries.

The shows have been selected to entertain and amaze both young and the young-at-heart. Stories, characters, dreams, a few tears and many laughs await! Tickets are $5 per person and may be purchased at the Dorval Library or at the door before the show, as long as space is available.

Story Wars

November 21, 2010
15:00
6-12 years
École secondaire Jean XXIII, 1301 Dawson Ave, Dorval
Geordie Productions
Sharing a room with your sibling is never easy, and the territorial struggle can get intense! The greatest gods, goddesses, titans and heroes from Greek mythology are called forth for an epic battle of wit, bravery and extreme storytelling.

Atchoumm au pays des glaces

February 13, 2011
11:00 (in French)
2-7 years old
SDCC
Dorval Winter Festival
Atchoumm, a little penguin orphaned from birth, desperately wants to find his mother. With the help of his new friends, Atchoumm will overcome his fear of water and come to accept that he is an underwater bird. An amusing, heart-warming tale filled with hope.

Histoire à Dormir debout

February 19, 2011
5:00 (in French)
6-12 years
École secondaire Jean XXIII, 1301 Dawson Avenue
L’Illusion, Théâtre de marionnettes
A mysterious artist lets us in on his new invention: a gigantic music box in which a fragile mechanical doll is hidden. Locked up in the box, she twirls and twirls and twirls…

Fiestango

March 3, 2011
13:30
6 to 12 years
École Jean XXIII, 1301 Dawson Avenue
Three mischievous cousins receive a large trunk in the mail. Inside, they find all manner of amazing objects, including…an old diary belonging to the young and mysterious Mercedes. Just for fun, they decide to act out the story of Mercedes, who spent her life travelling with this trunk in tow, filling it with souvenirs. Immersing themselves in the narrative, the three cousins rediscover and invent their own adventures that lead them to learn about the history of the tango, a style of music and dance they adore !