Commissioned each year by the
Musée Pointe-A-Caillières, the
Symphonies Portuaires bring the frozen port area of Montréal to life: the composer can use the sirens of all ships "stranded" in the port by winter ice, the bells of the churches and many other sound sources to create half-an-hour of musical elation to a walk along the frozen river, on a Sunday afternoon.
In 2012, Sandeep Bhagwati has been commissioned to conceive and compose a new harbour symphony "Rives & Dérives" and he will collaborate with the Choeur Maha (led by Concordia teacher Kathy Kennedy) and with the mobile media lab (directed by Concordia professor Owen Chapman) to create an event that fuses the drones of Indian music and the ships of the Saint Lawrence.
When:
Sunday, February 26, at 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 4, 2012, at 1:30 p.m.
Where:
Musée Pointe-A-Callières,
The Old Port, Montreal
