Sandra Hunt , our Music Director and our Rev. Diane host an hour of conversation and music chosen from the wide world of classical music videos. Join us here: https://bit.ly/ucmtlmusicmidday

For this month we'll be entertained by the spectacular voice and personality of Greta Thunberg's mother, Malena Ernman.

Also this week is the final round of the Montreal International Piano Competition, with performances from all over the world. Here's the link to the daily schedule of finalists. You can vote for your favourite! https://www.concoursmontreal.ca/en/piano-2021

We will also watch excerpts from the Hamburg Musikfest 2021 which is now entirely online and FREE! The final three concerts, A Celebration of Black Music I, II and III are online June 2 - 6 only, at the end of the festival. Organized by the great American baritone Thomas Hampson, they will feature Black musicians and composers. The first concert will offer Langston Hughes' poetry, and particularly settings by various composers of the beautiful "In Time of Silver Rain"