By glorifying the land and peasantry, and exploiting a feeling of having been left behind, the far right has been able to establish itself in rural areas. But its language should not obscure the root causes of farmers' anger and the devastation of the countryside.
For its second concert of the season, the Orchestre Philharmonique et Choeur des Mélomanes (OPCM) and its young conductor Francis Choinière have called on pianist Alain Lefèvre. Together, they will present André Mathieu's Concerto No 3 opus 25, also named Concerto de Québec for the film La Forteresse, shot in the National Capital in 1947.