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Get local news like this <\/strong>every morning<\/strong><\/em>. Subscribe free below.<\/strong><\/p>\n Orford Music Festival\u2019s sixth week will give audiences several ways to take in classical music, including three free or voluntary-contribution events in Orford and Saint-Denis-de-Brompton.<\/p>\n The week runs from July 13 to 19. Alongside three paid chamber music concerts at Salle Gilles-Lefebvre, Orford Musique is offering free programming designed to bring Academy musicians closer to the public.<\/p>\n The free events include an Orford Musique on the road concert in Saint-Denis-de-Brompton, a young-artist performance at Salle Gilles-Lefebvre, and an outdoor Friday evening event at Parc de la Rivi\u00e8re-aux-Cerises.<\/p>\n \u201cIn one week, the Orford public will experience three very different ways of approaching chamber music. It is this very diversity that makes our Festival rich, and that for 75 years has allowed us to broaden the horizon of classical music,\u201d said Wonny Song, director of artistic innovation and strategic initiatives at Orford Musique, in a July 7 release.<\/p>\n The first free stop is <\/span>Orford Musique sur la route<\/strong>, set for Wednesday, July 15, at 7:30 p.m., at \u00c9glise Saint-Denis-de-Brompton in Saint-Denis-de-Brompton.<\/span><\/p>\n The travelling series brings Academy musicians into the community with a guided recital in an intimate, accessible format.<\/p>\n On Thursday, July 16, at 4:30 p.m., the <\/span>Beaux concerts de la rel\u00e8ve<\/strong> series continues at Salle Gilles-Lefebvre at Orford Musique. A voluntary contribution is suggested.<\/span><\/p>\n The series highlights young Academy musicians on the main stage. Orford Musique noted that some of the performers could also be among the students joining collectif9 later that evening.<\/p>\n The week\u2019s third public event is <\/span>Vendredis musicaux d\u2019Orford<\/strong>, presented by the Municipality of Orford on Friday, July 17, at Parc de la Rivi\u00e8re-aux-Cerises.<\/span><\/p>\n Family activities begin at 5:30 p.m., followed by an outdoor concert by Academy artists in residence. The event is billed as a relaxed lead-in to the evening\u2019s paid piano recital at Orford Musique.<\/p>\n The festival week also includes three paid concerts from July 16 to 18, each focused on a different approach to chamber music.<\/p>\n On Thursday, July 16, at 7:30 p.m., Montreal string ensemble collectif9 will perform <\/span>De l\u2019Europe \u00e0 la mer Noire<\/strong> with Orford Academy students at Salle Gilles-Lefebvre.<\/span><\/p>\n The ensemble, a 2025 JUNO winner and 2025 Prix Opus performer of the year nominee, will present a program moving from Western Europe to beyond the Black Sea.<\/p>\n The first half includes works by George Bridgetower, Dobrinka Tabakova and Kinan Azmeh. In the second half, collectif9 expands into a chamber orchestra with Academy students for works by Leo\u0161 Jan\u00e1\u010dek and Faz\u0131l Say, along with an arrangement of Beethoven\u2019s Kreutzer Sonata.<\/p>\n Tickets are $25, plus taxes and fees.<\/p>\n British pianist Martin James Bartlett returns to Orford on Friday, July 17, at 7:30 p.m., after a previous appearance in 2024.<\/p>\n Bartlett was the first recipient of the Serdang Prize in 2022, an award created by pianist Rudolf Buchbinder to support young virtuosos internationally. He is also an exclusive Warner Classics artist.<\/p>\n According to Orford Musique, Bartlett\u2019s recent season included debuts at the Lucerne and Moritzburg festivals, a return to Amsterdam\u2019s Concertgebouw, and two recitals at Hamburg\u2019s Elbphilharmonie.<\/p>\n His Orford recital will place classical works in dialogue with French romanticism, in a program meant to show the piano\u2019s full emotional range.<\/p>\n Tickets are $59, plus taxes and fees.<\/p>\n On Saturday, July 18, at 4 p.m., flutist Robert Langevin and pianist Mariane Patenaude will perform <\/span>Langevin et Patenaude : la belle \u00e9poque<\/strong> at Salle Gilles-Lefebvre.<\/span><\/p>\n Langevin has been principal flute of the New York Philharmonic since September 2000 and has been connected to the Orford Musique Academy for more than 30 years.<\/p>\n Patenaude, a professor at the Conservatoire de musique de Montr\u00e9al and winner of the Prix d\u2019Europe, has worked with the Academy for more than 20 years. She is also a member of Orford Six Pianos, which opened the festival in June.<\/p>\n Their program includes Francis Poulenc\u2019s Sonata, Maurice Ravel\u2019s Sonatine in an arrangement for flute and piano, and a sonata by French composer Mel Bonis, arranged by Langevin.<\/p>\n Tickets are $59, plus taxes and fees.<\/p>\n Reservations for paid concerts can be made through orford.mu or by calling 819-843-3981, option 1.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t miss the next story that affects your community.<\/strong><\/p>\n Join thousands of readers getting The Pulse every morning\u2014plus breaking news alerts when it matters most.<\/strong><\/p>\n If you value this kind of local journalism, consider supporting it.<\/strong><\/p>\n Subscribe, share and like!<\/strong><\/p>\n