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Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Funeral of Philippe II de Gaspé Beaubien To Be Held Saturday, May 31, at Mary Queen of the World Cathedral - The Ceremony Will Be Open to the Public
MONTREAL, May 20, 2025 /CNW/ - The family of Philippe II de Gaspé Beaubien — beloved family man, entrepreneur, and philanthropist — announces that his funeral will be held on Saturday, May 31, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. at Mary Queen of the World Cathedral, in a ceremony presided over by Archbishop Christian Lépine of Montreal. All those who wish to honour the life and legacy of Philippe II de Gaspé Beaubien are warmly invited to attend this heartfelt tribute. Due to limited seating, advance registration is required through Eventbrite. A confirmation #email will follow. Guests are asked to arrive beginning at 9:00 a.m. A commemorative program will be distributed at the entrance. During the ceremony, attendees will hear tributes from his children, grandchildren, and view a recorded message from Philippe II himself. The musical direction will be led by Alain Duguay, with Jean-Sébastien Allaire conducting and performances by organist Jean-Michel Grondin, a string quartet, 16 choristers, and soloists Sarah Dufresne (soprano) and Éric Thériault (tenor). Pianist Jerome de los Santos will accompany several of the selections. The program will include: "Pie Jesu" (G. Fauré's Requiem), "Sanctus" (J.S. Bach), "Panis Angelicus" (C. Franck), "Lacrimosa" (W.A. Mozart's Requiem), and Schubert's "Ave Maria". Two additional songs will be performed: "Parlez-moi d'amour" by Sarah Dufresne and "Perhaps Love" by Éric Thériault. For over 50 years, Philippe II de Gaspé Beaubien helped shape the cultural and economic fabric of Montreal, Quebec, and Canada. As Director of Operations for Expo 67, Montreal's World Fair, he played a visionary role in one of the most celebrated international events of the 20th century. To learn more about his legacy: In lieu of flowers, the family invites donations in his memory to AquaAction, a charitable organization he championed, devoted to protecting freshwater — a cause close to his heart. To share a message or memory, please visit the online tribute book: Media representatives - will be able to attend the ceremony if they have pre-registered by sending their identification details to (media@ Video and still photography will not be permitted inside the cathedral during the ceremony, but photos will be available to journalists on the Foundation's website from the afternoon of May 31. Seating will be reserved for the media. About the de Gaspé Beaubien Foundation Founded in 1990 by Philippe II de Gaspé Beaubien and his wife Nan-b, the de Gaspé Beaubien Foundation is dedicated to sharing time, resources, and knowledge with the community. Its mission is to support innovation for the common good, with a primary focus on funding lasting solutions to the freshwater crisis in North America. Now engaging three generations, the Foundation remains deeply committed to protecting the planet, ecosystems, and future generations through collective action. SOURCE de Gaspé Beaubien Foundation View original content: Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Cision Canada
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Cision Canada
Funeral of Philippe II de Gaspé Beaubien To Be Held Saturday, May 31, at Mary Queen of the World Cathedral - The Ceremony Will Be Open to the Public
MONTREAL, May 20, 2025 /CNW/ - The family of Philippe II de Gaspé Beaubien — beloved family man, entrepreneur, and philanthropist — announces that his funeral will be held on Saturday, May 31, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. at Mary Queen of the World Cathedral, in a ceremony presided over by Archbishop Christian Lépine of Montreal. All those who wish to honour the life and legacy of Philippe II de Gaspé Beaubien are warmly invited to attend this heartfelt tribute. Due to limited seating, advance registration is required through Eventbrite. A confirmation #email will follow. Guests are asked to arrive beginning at 9:00 a.m. A commemorative program will be distributed at the entrance. During the ceremony, attendees will hear tributes from his children, grandchildren, and view a recorded message from Philippe II himself. The musical direction will be led by Alain Duguay, with Jean-Sébastien Allaire conducting and performances by organist Jean-Michel Grondin, a string quartet, 16 choristers, and soloists Sarah Dufresne (soprano) and Éric Thériault (tenor). Pianist Jerome de los Santos will accompany several of the selections. The program will include: "Pie Jesu" (G. Fauré's Requiem), "Sanctus" (J.S. Bach), "Panis Angelicus" (C. Franck), "Lacrimosa" (W.A. Mozart's Requiem), and Schubert's "Ave Maria". Two additional songs will be performed: "Parlez-moi d'amour" by Sarah Dufresne and "Perhaps Love" by Éric Thériault. For over 50 years, Philippe II de Gaspé Beaubien helped shape the cultural and economic fabric of Montreal, Quebec, and Canada. As Director of Operations for Expo 67, Montreal's World Fair, he played a visionary role in one of the most celebrated international events of the 20th century. To learn more about his legacy: In lieu of flowers, the family invites donations in his memory to AquaAction, a charitable organization he championed, devoted to protecting freshwater — a cause close to his heart. To share a message or memory, please visit the online tribute book: Media representatives - will be able to attend the ceremony if they have pre-registered by sending their identification details to ([email protected]). Video and still photography will not be permitted inside the cathedral during the ceremony, but photos will be available to journalists on the Foundation's website from the afternoon of May 31. Seating will be reserved for the media. About the de Gaspé Beaubien Foundation Founded in 1990 by Philippe II de Gaspé Beaubien and his wife Nan-b, the de Gaspé Beaubien Foundation is dedicated to sharing time, resources, and knowledge with the community. Its mission is to support innovation for the common good, with a primary focus on funding lasting solutions to the freshwater crisis in North America. Now engaging three generations, the Foundation remains deeply committed to protecting the planet, ecosystems, and future generations through collective action.
The Herald Scotland
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
RSNO Hahn at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall review: 'remarkable eloquence'
On paper it looked an odd programme, teaming mid-20th century masterpiece Berg's Violin Concerto with Mozart's Requiem, but, as RSNO Principal Guest Conductor Patrick Hahn explained, preceding both with Beethoven's rarely heard late choral miniature Elegischer Gesang created a sequence of works that all shared a memorial purpose. More than that, however, all three were never heard by their composers, because Mozart and Berg had themselves died before the first performances and Beethoven was deaf. So it was especially appropriate that the concert was signed by the remarkable BSL performer Paul Whittaker. It is not necessary to be reliant on his interpretation of the music to appreciate its remarkable eloquence. Earlier in the week, the RSNO, Hahn and soloist Carolin Widmann had been recording the concerto for a new disc that will pair it with the Violin Concert of Benjamin Britten, who was one of those who recognised its stature at the first performance. Berg's champions are still fighting their corner, and Widmann and Hahn made their case with a performance that relished the range of orchestral colour as much as the virtuosity required of the soloist, particularly in the second movement. Read more reviews from Keith Bruce: With alto sax joining bass clarinet and contrabassoon in the winds, that section's exchanges with Widmann were wonderfully expressive, the whole work framed by sections in which they were joined by the harp of Eluned Pierce. If Hahn was meticulous, precise, but understated in the first half, we saw his more expansive side after the interval as he guided the RSNO Chorus, prepared by director Stephen Doughty, through the Mozart. This was quite a brisk Requiem, a pace that only seemed to catch the large choir out at the end of the Sanctus, and the conductor integrated the choir, players and quartet of soloists in a way that brought out the operatic elements of the score. That front line – Scots soprano Mhairi Lawson and tenor Jamie MacDougall, mezzo Hanna Hipp and baritone Laurent Naouri – were especially good in ensemble in that regard and the might of the full choir was perfectly matched by the crisp playing of the RSNO's trombones in the concluding Lux Aeterna.
The Guardian
11-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Missa Solemnis review – glorious and memorable Beethoven
Beethoven believed his Missa Solemnis to be his best work, a labour of love and faith. Conceived on a symphonic scale, the huge demands this great and weightiest of choral masterpieces makes on his voices, treating them as instruments, are a deterrent to any but the finest choruses. Here, under the baton of Andrew Manze, the fearless and very fine BBC National Chorus of Wales – schooled by chorus director Adrian Partington – acquitted themselves admirably. They tackled the high tessitura, notably the sopranos, and the tricky fugal writing with impunity and remarkable stamina. In the context of Llandaff Cathedral, despite their slightly awkward placement in the choir stalls behind Jacob Epstein's Majestas, they maximised the resonance and, in the parts of the mass whose prevailing mood is not at all solemn, were joyful and exultant. Yet it was the exceptional quality of the solo quartet – treated by Beethoven as a micro-chorus, without any individual arias and set against the body of massed voices – that allowed the music's complex structure to emerge clearly. Soprano Carolyn Sampson, mezzo Sophie Harmsen, tenor Ed Lyon and bass Darren Jeffery were particularly well-matched in terms of vivid projection and richness of tone. In music as testing as any key operatic role, they nevertheless blended together, each ceding one to the other, in the manner of a string quartet, with Sampson soaring gloriously high in crowning passages. At the heart of the Sanctus section, the Benedictus is simply extraordinary. In it, these four voices realised a sublime expressive beauty, heightened by Beethoven's interpolation of an ethereal solo violin, weaving in and around the vocal lines, perhaps inspired by the example of Bach and wonderfully played here by leader Lesley Hatfield. Eloquent playing by principals in the BBC National Orchestra of Wales also marked this memorable evening. There may have been the odd quibble about the occasional loss of detail in the overall wealth of sound, but this was a performance whose broadcast on Radio 3 next week should not be missed. On BBC Radio 3 on Maundy Thursday, 17 April
