An evening of intimate soundscapes unfolds in two portraits—one of a neighbourhood, the other of a sensibility.
In Minimal Mile End, pianist Isak Goldschneider offers a meditation on the sensations and seasons of Montreal’s iconic district. Through works by Linda Catlin Smith, Hugo Duguay, Hans Martin, and Philippe Lauzier, the piano becomes a diary of quiet streets, sudden blossoms, and winter dusk.
The second half features guitarist Steve Cowan in André Villeneuve’s Viscontian Pieces (2019–2023). These are soliloquies: hushed and crepuscular, unfolding like scenes from an interior film. Each piece stands alone yet forms part of a larger thread, evoking twilight, nostalgia, and the fragile beauty of decay. Villeneuve draws inspiration from the cinema of Luchino Visconti, where memory and fatalism shimmer at the edge of silence.
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A co-presentation with the Centre de musique canadienne au Québec.
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We would like to thank the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Conseil des arts de Montréal, and the SOCAN Foundation for their support.
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