Andy Summers, Brazilian singer Bebel Gilberto, drummer Carl Palmer, the legendary Soft Machine, Stray Cats songs and the music of André Gagnon will be performing at the Palais Montcalm over the next few months.
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Former Police guitarist Andy Summers will be in Quebec City on October 7th with his solo material and some tracks by the famous English trio. In his spare time he is a photographer and his best shots are projected on a giant screen in the background during his performance. Summers will be alone on stage with the programming.
Carl Palmer, drummer for the progressive rock band Emerson Lake & Palmer, will reconnect with his deceased colleagues through technology during a concert that will take place on November 9, 2023.
The show “Welcome Back my Friends – The Return of Emerson Lake & Palmer” will consist of the great classics of the British trio, from the first album to the opus Brain Salad Surgery.
Carl Palmer is accompanied by audio and video contributions by Greg Lake and Keith Emerson recorded at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 1992. The drummer will also offer contributions with his trio.
“I was a bit skeptical at first, but it works,” noted program director Nicolas Houle, who was watching this show in 2022.
Legendary English progressive rock and jazz band Soft Machine, still active, will be at the Salle D’Youville in the Palais Montcalm on October 13th and 14th for an international tour.
The Canterbury group, led by guitarist John Etheridge, who will release a new work entitled Other Doors on June 30th, will offer two separate performances.
On the sidelines of their respective shows, Soft Machine and Carl Palmer will participate in free exchange meetings during the Words and Music series, moderated by program director Nicolas Houle.
Homage to André Gagnon
On October 20th, bassist Lee Rocker of the Stray Cats and his band will stop in the old capital to revisit the rockabilly trio’s songs, their songs and covers. Lee Rocker was voted the 2022 Best Bassist of All Time by Bass Player Magazine.
Surrounded by 24 musicians, pianist and arranger Stéphane Aubin will revisit André Gagnon’s music on December 7th with the show Les 4 saisons d’André Gagnon symphonique. Singer and actress Kathleen Fortin will be present to perform excerpts from the Nelligan opera and throw in some surprises.
Brazilian singer Bebel Gilberto will stop at the Palais Montcalm on September 9 for a performance in which she will recite the songs of her father, Joao Gilberto, who is considered one of the great names in bossa nova.
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On November 11th, the Django Festival Allstars, led by Dorado Schmitt and his sons, dive into the hot club era with gypsy jazz classics and never-before-seen content.
Dutch neoclassical pianist Joep Beving, who has over half a billion streams online, will make his first visit to Quebec City on October 21.
The full schedule for the summer-fall season is online at palaismontcalm.ca. Advance tickets are currently available for all of these concerts.
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