I give it a name, imagining that this will be sufficient to claim it as mine… These sounds slip through my fingers to form a coherent suite without - it seems - my participation. But memories are so vivid in me that sometimes I doubt myself. I also integrate here and there, moments for which I pretend to be the author. I then proceed to use my electroacoustic instruments to reinvent the ritual. I had certainly forgotten this, but the images progressively return. … vives (Vivid) - These works are all part of me it is me, in a way, who composed them, in a different time and place. You will recognize their traces throughout the piece, as a form of homage to these individuals whom I don’t know but who talk to me through their music. I have taken a path from the Gregorian Mass of the Dead, Ockeghem, de Lassus, Cererols, Mozart and Berlioz to arrive at Fauré, Ligeti and Chion. The subject itself is demanding and composers have often offered the best of themselves for it. Not so much for the text - to which I do not subscribe - but for a certain spirit, a kind of depth. 14.Mémoires… (memories) - The fascination with requiems. 10, and will be available for purchase at post offices starting on Nov. The stamp and collectibles are available for pre-order at canadapost.ca starting today, Nov. Serviced with a cancellation from Montréal, the issue includes a booklet of six Permanent domestic-rate stamps, a pane of six stamps and an official first-day cover. Toronto’s Colour Innovations printed the stamp, which was designed by Underline Studio. The new stamp features an illustration by Oriana Fenwich based on a photograph of Monique Mercure taken in 1963 by Henri Paul and provided by Radio-Canada Archives. Mercure joins several peers from the performing community also honoured by Canada Post-including Fay Wray, Mary Pickford and Christopher Plummer. Mercure was also named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a Grand Officer of the Ordre national du Québec. She was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1979 and promoted to Companion in 1993. Throughout her career, Mercure received several top awards and honours, including two Genie Awards, two Prix Gémeaux, the Prix Denise-Pelletier, the Prix Gascon-Roux from the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde and a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement. She also appeared as a regular in the popular French-language TV series Providence (2005-11) and Mémoires vives (2013-16). Martin photographe (1977), which earned Mercure Canada’s first Festival de Cannes award for best actress, Naked Lunch (1991) and The Red Violin (1998). Some of her most popular films were Mon oncle Antoine (1971), J.A. This kicked off a six-decade career in which she became a household name in Québec while performing in more than 100 classical and contemporary plays across North America and Europe plus more than 80 films and TV productions. Mercure began her acting career in the early 1960s at the theatre and made her film debut in 1963 in Claude Jutra’s À tout prendre. She helped promote Quebec cinema beyond our borders and her legacy will live on through her work.” “Monique Mercure has had a profound impact on generations of Canadians. “We’ve lost a great Canadian actress,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted following Mercure’s death. Known for her fiery spirit, versatility and powerful performances, Mercure was one of Canada’s most beloved and acclaimed actresses. Quebec’s ‘grande dame’ of stage and screen appeared in more than 80 films, TV productionsĬanada Post today issued a commemorative stamp celebrating Monique Mercure, Quebec’s grande dame of stage and screen.
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