Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Tuesday 17, Yokohama, Japan
Wednesday 18, Tokyo, Japan, Suntory Hall
Friday 20 and Saturday 21, Shanghai, China, Oriental Arts Center
Monday 23, Beijing, China, National Grand Theatre
Wednesday 25, Séoul, South Korea, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts
Friday 27, Taipei, Taiwan, Taipei National Concert Hall

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Yundi Li, piano

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Ketting: de Ankomst
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G
Shostakovitch: Symphony No. 5

July 2008

Wednesday, July 2 2008, 7:30 PM

Les Concerts populaires de Montréal

Centre Pierre-Charbonneau
Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal
Jean-Sébastien Roy, violin

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven :
Wellington Sieg (The Wellington Battle), op. 83
Symphony No.3 ‘Eroïca’
Romance No. 1
Romance No. 2

July 2008
Friday 4 and Saturday 5, 8 PM

Festival de Lanaudière

Amphithéâtre de Joliette
Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal
Valentina Lisitsa, piano
Frédéric Antoun, tenor
Erin Wall, soprano
James Westman, baritone
Choir of the Orchestre Métropolitain
Choir of Lanaudière

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Hétu : Fanfare for Lanaudière
Prokofiev: Concerto No2 in G minor op.6
Messiaen : Les Offrandes oubliées
Orff : Carmina Burana

August 2008

August 2, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 19, 22 and 25

Salzburg Festival

Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus
Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor

Bartlett Sher, Stage director
Michael Yeargan, Sets
Catherine Zuber, Costumes
Jennifer Tipton, Lighting
Nino Machaidze, Juliette
Anna Netrebko (August 2, 6, 9, 12, 15, 19, 22, 25), Juliette
Ailyn Pérez (August 18, 22), Juliette
Rolando Villazón, Roméo
John Osborn (August 19), Roméo
Mikhail Petrenko, Frère Laurent
Russell Braun, Mercutio
Cora Burggraaf, Stéphano
Falk Struckmann, Le Comte Capulet
In-Sung Sim (August 6, 18, 19, 22), Le Comte Capulet
Juan Francisco Gatell, Tybalt
Susanne Resmark, Gertrude
Christian Van Horn, Le Duc de Véronne
Mathias Hausmann, Le Comte Paris
Jean-Luc Ballestra, Grégorio
Robert Murray, Benvolio

New production
In French, with German and English surtitles

Program

Charles Gounod (1818-1893) : ROMÉO ET JULIETTE
Opera in five acts

New production
In French, with German and English surtitles

Sunday August 3, 7:30 PM

Théâtre de Verdure- Parc La Fontaine
Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal

Program

An evening with Beethoven

Tuesday, August 21, 8 PM

Salzburg Festival

St-Peter's Abbey, Salzbourg
Ingela Bohlin, Soprano
Marie-Claude Chappuis, Soprano
Jeremy Ovenden, Tenor
Markus Werba, Bass

Salzburg Bach Choir
Alois Glassner, Chorus Master

Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor

Program

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Mass in C minor, K. 427 (417a)

Rreconstructed and completed by Helmut Ed

Season 2008-2009

September 2008

Wednesday, September 10, 2008, 8:15PM

Gergiev Festival

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Laura Claycomb, soprano
Cora Burggraaf, mezzo-soprano
Werner Güra, tenor
Christopher Maltman, baritone
Choir Tsjechisch Filharmonisch Koor Brno

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Beethoven : Missa Solemnis, op.123

Sunday, September 14 2008, 11PM

Weimar Festival

Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg
Tabea Zimmermann, viola

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Gala Europa

Program

Berlioz : Hungarian March
Haydn : Symphony No. 83 in G minor «The Hen»
Bartok : Viola Concerto Stravinsky : The Firebird (Suite)

Sunday, September 21 2008, 11 AM
Monday 22 and Tuesday 23, 8 PM

Staatskapelle Dresden
Julian Rachlin, violin
Misha Maisky, cello

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Brahms : Double concerto for Violin and Cello
Bruckner : Symphony n°3

September 26 to October 3, 2008

Tour around Montreal

Festival Orgue et couleurs

Friday, September 26, 8 PM, Saint-Nom-de-Jésus Church
Sunday, September 28, 4 PM, Wilfrid-Pelletier Hall, PdA
Tuesday, September 30, 7:30 PM, St-Laurent, Saint-Sixte Church
Friday, October 3, 8 PM, Pierrefonds, Comprehensive School Auditorium

Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal

Marianne Fiset, soprano
Julie Boulianne, mezzo-soprano

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Ravel : La Valse
Berlioz : Les Nuits d’été
Rachmaninov : Nié poïkrasavitsa pri mnié (melody)
Moussorgski (orch. by Ravel) : Pictures from an Exhibition

October 2008

Friday, October 10, 2008, 7:30 PM

Royal Festival Hall, London
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Christian Lindberg, trombone

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Ravel : La Valse
Leopold Mozart : Concerto for trombone
Jan Sandström : Cantos del la Mancha (London premiere)
Moussorgski (orch. by Ravel) : Pictures from an Exhibition

October 13 to 18, 2008

SpanishTour

Monday 13, Valladolid, Concert Hall
Tuesday 14, Pampelune, Concert Hall
Wednesday 15, Bilbao, Concert Hall
Thursday 16, Madrid, National Concert Hall
Saturday 18, Castille, Concert Hall

Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Janine Jansen, violin

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Beethoven: Concerto for violin
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Ferrara (Italy)

Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Gregory Ahss, violin
Konstantin Pfiz, Cello

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Ravel : Le Tombeau de Couperin
Ravel : Pavane pour une infante défunte
Saint-Saëns : La Muse et le Poète op. 132
Ravel : Ma Mère l’Oye

October 2008
Wednesday 29 and Thursday 30, 7:30 PM

Konserthuset, Stockholm
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

Program

Berwald : Sinfonie singulière
Berlioz : Symphonie fantastique

November 2008

November 3 and 4, 2008

Tour around Montreal

Monday 3, 7:30 PM, Wilfrid-Pelletier Hall, PdA
Tuesday 4, 7:30 PM, Ahuntsic, First Armenian Church

Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal
Measha Brueggergosman, soprano
Lauren Segal, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Kaiser, tenor
Jonathan Lemalu, bass
The Choir of the Orchestre Métropolitain

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Mendelssohn : Elijah
(sung in English)

November 2008
Thursday 13, Friday 14, Saturday 15, 8:15 PM

De Doelen, Rotterdam
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Andreas Scholl, counter-tenor

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Händel : Music for the Royal Fireworks
Händel : Arias from Giulio Cesare, from Giustino and from Rodelinda
Stavinski: Fireworks
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Dortmund Konzerthaus, Duitsland
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Andreas Scholl, counter-tenor

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Händel : Music for the Royal Fireworks
Händel : Arias from Giulio Cesare, from Giustino and from Rodelinda
Stavinski: Fireworks
Beethoven: Symphony N°. 7

Friday, November 21, 2008, 8 PM

Berliner Philharmoniker, Groβer Saal
Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin
Lisa Batiashvili, violin

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Tchaïkovsky : Francesca da Rimini
Prokofiev : Concerto in G minor for violin
Debussy : Jeux
Ravel : Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2

November 2008
Friday 28 and Saturday 29, 8:15 PM
Sunday 30, 2:15 PM

De Doelen, Rotterdam
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Igor Gruppman, violin

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Messiaen : Les Offrandes oubliées
Prokofiev : Violin Concerto No. 2
Ravel : Ma Mère l’Oye

December 2008

Thursday, December 4 2008, 8 PM

Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris
Orchestre National de France
Boris Berezhovsky, piano

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Programme

Bizet : Symphony in C major
Ravel : Concerto for the left hand in D major
for piano and orchestra
Florent Schmitt : La Tragédie de Salomé

December 2008
Thursday 11, Friday 12, Saturday 13, 8 PM

Verizon Hall
The Philadelphia Orchestra
André Watts, piano

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Rachmaninov : Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaïkovski : Symphony No. 6 'Pathétique'

December 2008
Thursday 18 and Friday 19, 7:30 PM

Konzerthaus Grosser Saal
Wiener Symphoniker
Piotr Anderszewski, piano

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Programme

Ravel : The Waltz
Bartok : Concerto No. 3 for piano and orchestra
Ravel : Ma Mère l’Oye
Debussy : La Mer (“The Sea”)

January 2009

January 2009
Saturday 3, 8:15 PM
Sunday 4, 2:15 PM

De Doelen, Rotterdam
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Pieter Wispelwey, cello

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

R. Strauss : Don Juan
Haydn : Cello Concerto No. 1
Mozart : The Magic Flute (Overture)
Josef Strauss : Vélocipède-Schnell-Polka
Josef Strauss : Eislauf-Schnell-Polka
R. Strauss : Suite from Der Rosenkavalier

January 21 to 30, 2009

Scottish Tour

Wednesday 21, 7:30 PM, Inverness, Eden Court Theatre
Thursday 22, 7:30 PM, St-Andrews, Younger Hall
Friday 23, 7:30 PM, Glasgow, City Halls
Saturday 24, 7:30 PM, Edinburgh, Queen’s Hall

Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Nicolas Angelich, piano

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Schumann : Manfred Overture
Schumann : Piano Concerto
Mendelssohn : Symphony No. 5

Thursday 29, 7:30 PM, Edinburgh, Queen’s Hall
Friday 30, 7:30 PM, Glasgow, City Halls

Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Lucy Crowe, soprano
Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano
Mark Padmore, tenor
Jonathan Lemalu, bass-baritone

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Mendelssohn : Elijah

February 2009

February 2009

Thursday 5, Friday 6 and Saturday 7, 8:15 PM
Sunday 8, 2 :15 PM

De Doelen, Rotterdam
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Anna Caterina Antonacci, soprano

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Beethoven : Symphony No. 4
Berlioz : La Mort de Cléopâtre
Berlioz : Symphonie fantastique

Wednesday, February 11 2009, 7:15 PM

Royal Festival Hall
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Truls Mork, cello

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7

Friday, February 13 2009, 8 PM

Montreal, Wilfrid-Pelletier Hall, Place des Arts
Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal
Gianna Corbisiero, soprano
Marc Hervieux, tenor
Choir of the Orchestre Métropolitain

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Cancer Institute in concert
(forthcoming program)

February 16 to 22 2009

Tour around Montreal

Monday 16, 8 PM, Sylvain-Lelièvre Hall, Maisonneuve College
Thursday 19, 8 PM, Désilets Hall, Marie-Victorin College
Sunday 22, 4 PM, Wilfrid-Pelletier Hall, Place des Arts

Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal
Christianne Stotijn, mezzo-soprano (Feb. 16 and 22)
Geneviève Lévesque, mezzo-soprano (Feb. 19)
John Mac Master, tenor

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Haydn : Symphony No. 100 “Military”
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde - The Song of the Earth

February 2009

Wednesday 25, 7:30 PM; Thursday 26, 8 PM
Friday 27, 1:30 PM; Saturday 28, 8 PM

Symphony Hall
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Ravel : Valses nobles et sentimentales
Liszt : Piano Concerto No. 2
Dvorak : Symphony No. 6

March 2009

March 2009

Thursday 5, Friday 6 and Saturday 7, 8:15 PM
Sunday 8, 2:15 PM

De Doelen, Rotterdam
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Stephen Kovacevich, piano

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

“Mozart and Schubert”
Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in C
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 'The Great'

March 2009
Thursday 12 and Friday 13, 8 PM
Saturday 14 and Sunday 15, 2 PM

Walt Disney Concert Hall
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Martha Argerich, piano

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Ravel : The Waltz
Ravel : Piano Concerto in G
Shostakovich : Symphony No. 5

Thursday, March 19 2009, 8 PM

Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Orchestre Philharmonique de Rotterdam
Viktoria Mullova, violin

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Verbey: Conciso
Brahms: Concerto for violin
Bartok: Concerto for orchestra

Friday, March 20 2009, 8 :15 PM

De Doelen, Rotterdam
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Viktoria Mullova, violin

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Verbey: Conciso
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Bartok: Concerto for orchestra

March 2009

Wednesday 25, 6:30 PM
Thursday 26, 8 PM
Saturday 28, 7:30 PM

Roy Thomson Hall
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Louis Lortie, piano

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Ravel : Alborada del gracioso (26 and 28 only)
Ravel : Piano Concerto in G (26 and 28 only)
Ravel : Piano Concerto for the left hand(25 and 26 only)
Prokofiev : Symphony No. 5

April 2009

Friday, April 3 2009, 8:15 PM

De Doelen, Rotterdam
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Janine Jansen, violin
Ron Ephrat, viola

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Nas: To Hell
Dvorak: Violin Concerto
Mahler: Symphony No. 5

Saturday April 4, 7:30 PM

Royal Festival Hall
London Philharmonic orchestra
Roberto Prosseda, piano
Barbara Bonney, soprano
Teddy Tahu Rhodes, baritone
The Choir of the London Philharmonic Orchestra

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto in E minor
(completed by Marcello Bufalini)
Brahms: Ein Deutches Requiem

April 6 to 9 2009

Tour around Montreal

Monday 6, 7 :30 PM, Maisonneuve Theatre, Place des Arts
Tuesday 7, 7 :30 PM, Saint-Laurent, Saint-Sixte Church
Wednesday 8, 7 :30 PM, Verdun, N.-D.-des-Sept-Douleurs Church
Thursday 9, 7:30 PM, Outremont Theatre

Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal
Hong Xu, piano

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Haydn: Symphony No. 94 'Surprise'
Bartok: Piano Concerto No. 3
Canadian creation ordered by the Orchestre Métropolitain
Dvorăk : Symphony No. 7

Wednesday and Thursday 22 and 23 April 2009, 7:30 PM

Konserthuset, Stockholm
Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Stockholm
Joakim Svenheden, violin

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Ravel : Valses nobles et sentimentales
Bruch : Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Franck : Symphony in D minor

May 2009

Friday, May 8 2009, 8:15 PM

Amsterdam Concertgebouw

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Program

Ravel : Ma Mère l’Oye
Mozart : Concerto for piano No. 24
Berlioz : Symphonie fantastique

May 18, 21, 25 and 28; June 3, 9 and 12, 8 PM
May 31 and June 7, 1:30 PM

Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam
De Nederlandse Opera

Ivo van Hove, production
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Choir of the Nederlandse Opera

Cheryl Barker, Raymond Very, Guy de Mey, Marisca Mulder, Dale Duesing,
Andrew Tortise, François Le Roux, Tom Haenen, Annett Andriesen, Graham Clark

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Janacek : The Makropoulos Case

Wednesday, May 27 7:30 PM

Royal Festival Hall
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Aldo Ciccolini, piano

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Mendelssohn: 'Italian' Symphony No. 4
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Dvorăk: Symphony No. 7

June 2009

June 15 to 22 2009

Tour around Montreal

Monday 15, 7:30 PM, Wilfrid-Pelletier Hall, Place des Arts
Wednesday 17, 7 :30 PM, Verdun, N.-D.-des-Sept-Douleurs Church
Thursday 18, 8 PM, Désilets Hall, Marie-Victorin College
Monday 22, 8 PM, Saint-Nom-de-Jésus Church

Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal

Program

Bruckner : Symphony No. 8

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