Home   Français

 

     News

     Biography

     Discography

     Concerts

     Press

     Gallery

     Information

 
Season 2009-2010
 
Monthly concerts calendar   
 
September 2009
 

Saturday September 5, 2009, 8:15 PM

Nieuwe Luxor Theater

Gergiev Festival, Rotterdam

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Bram Van Sambeek, bass
Twyla Robinson, soprano
Roman Trekel, baritone

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Goebaidoelina : Concerto for bassoon and strings

Netherlands Music Prize ceremony

Zemlinsky : Lyric Symphony


Monday, September 14 2009, 7:30 PM

Wilfrid-Pelletier Hall, PdA, Montreal

Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal
Bonney, Nézet-Séguin, Strauss: rencontre au sommet !

Barbara Bonney, soprano
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Richard STRAUSS : Don Juan
Richard STRAUSS: Lieder :
Die heiligen drei Könige aus Morgenland ;
Ich wollt’ ein Strässlein binden; Mein Auge;
Ruhe meine Seele; Cäcilie; Morgen;
Richard Strauss :
Ein Heldenleben

September 16 to 19, 2009

Tour around Montreal Island

Wednesday September 16, 7:30 PM, N.-D. des Sept-Douleurs Church, Verdun
Thursday September 17, 8 PM, Désilets Hall, Marie-Victorin College
Friday September 18, 8 PM, St-Joachim Church, Pointe-Claire
Saturday September 19, 8 PM, Très-St-Nom-de-Jésus Church, Montreal

(Also Monday November 9, 7:30 PM, Wilfrid-Pelletier Hall, PdA)

Orchestre Métropolitain of Montreal
« Yannick et les solistes du Métropolitain »

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Soloists : Flute, oboe, trumpet, violin from the Orchestre Métropolitain

Program

Bach : Brandenburg Concerto N°. 2
Haydn : Symphony N°. 103 « drum roll »

September 23 to 27, 2009

Wednesday September 23, 12:45 PM, De Doelen Hall, Rotterdam
Thursday September 24, 8 PM, Bruges, Belgium
Friday September 25, 8:15 PM, De Doelen Hall, Rotterdam
Saturday September 26, 8:15 PM, De Doelen Hall, Rotterdam
Sunday September 27, 2:15 PM, De Doelen Hall, Rotterdam

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Martin van de Merwe, cor

Program

Richard Strauss : Concerto N°. 2 for horn
Mahler : Neuvième symphonie Symphony N°. 9 (not on 23rd)

 
 
 
October 2009
 

October 1st to 4, 2009

Thursday October 1st, 8 :15 PM
Friday October 2nd, 8:15 PM
Saturday October 3, 8:15 PM
Sunday October 4, 2:15 PM

De Doelen Hall, Rotterdam

Monday October 5, 8:00 pm
St-Baaf’s Cathedral, Ghent

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Berlin Rundfunkchor

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Indra Thomas, soprano
Mihoko Fujimura, mezzo-soprano
Jorma Silvasti, tenor
Mikhail Petrenko, bass

Program

Beethoven : Overture Die Weihe des Hauses
(The inauguration of the house)

Kurtag : Songs of Despair and Sorrow
Beethoven: Symphony N°.9


Thursday October 8 2009, 8:30 PM, Barcelona, Spain
Friday Octobre 9 2009, 8:30 PM, Murcia, Spain

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Piotr Anderzewski, piano
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Beethoven, Piano Concerto N°.1
Mahler, Symphony N°.9


Thursday, October 15 2009, 7 PM
Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Center, London

Sunday October 18 2009, 8:00 pm
Kölner Philharmonie, Cologne

Tuesday October 20 2009, 7:30 pm
St-George’s Bristol, UK

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightment
Radical. Genius. Entertainer. Haydn, Haydn. The Artists Choice

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
David Blackadder, trumpet

Program

Thursday, October 15 2009, 7 PM

Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Center, London

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightment
Radical. Genius. Entertainer. Haydn, Haydn. The Artists Choice

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
David Blackadder, trumpet

Program

Haydn: Symphony N°.94 in G « Surprise »
Haydn: Symphony N°.100 in G  «  Military »
Haydn: Concerto in E flat for trumpet
Haydn: Symphony N°.104 in D  « London »


Saturday, October 24 2009, 7:30 PM

Royal Festival Hall, London

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Colin Currie, percussion

Program

Rautavaara : Incantations (World Première)
Bruckner : Symphony N°.8


Tuesday October 27 2009, 8:00 pm
Halle aux grains, Toulouse

and

Wednesday October 28 2009
Stadtcasino Basel, Bâle

Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Lisa Batiashvilli, violin

Program

Haydn : Symphony in D No. 104
Beethoven : Concerto for violin in D, op. 61
Mendelssohn : Symphony in Dé No. 5, op. 107

 
 
 
November 2009
 

Friday and Saturday, November 6 and 7 2009, 8:15 PM

De Doelen Hall, Rotterdam

 Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Concert Choir of Netherlands

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Simone Lamsma, violin

Program

Berlioz :  Ouverture Le Corsaire
Falla :  Eerste suite uit El sombrero de tres picos
Ravel :  Tzigane
Massenet :  Méditation
Fauré :  Pavane
 Ravel :  Boléro

Monday, November 9 2009, 7:30 pm

Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, PdA, Montreal

Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal
Yannick et les solistes du Métropolitain

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Solistes : Flûte, hautbois, trompette, violon de l’Orchestre Métropolitain

Program

Bach : Concerto Brandebourgeois N°.2
Haydn : Symphony N°.103 « drum roll »


Sunday, November 22, 4:00 pm

Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, PdA, Montreal

Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal
La France Fantaisiste

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Angela Cheng, piano

Program

Poulenc : Concerto pour piano
Schmitt : Tragédie de Salomé (suite)
Ravel : Ma Mère l’Oye (ballet complet)

 
 
 
December 2009
 

December 3 to 5 2009

Thursday December 3, 8 PM
Friday December 4, 2 PM
Saturday December 5, 8 PM

Verizon Hall, Philadelphia

Philadelphia Orchestra

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Nicholas Angelich, piano

Program

Vivier : Orion
Brahms : Piano Concerto N°.1
Franck : Symphony in D minor

 
 
 
January 2010
 

December 31, 2009 to January 21, 2010

Thursday, December 31, 6:30 PM
Tuesday, January 5, 8 PM
Friday, January 8, 8 PM
Tuesday, January 12, 8 PM
Saturday, January 16, 1 PM
Thursday, January 21, 8 PM

Metropolitan Opera

Richard Eyre, production

Elīna Garanča, mezzo-soprano
Barbara Frittoli , soprano
Roberto Alagna , tenor
Mariusz Kwiecien , baritone

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (Debuts with the Metropolitan Opera)

Program

Bizet: Carmen


January 11 to 14, 2010

Tour around Montreal Island

Monday January 11, 7:30 PM, Wilfrid-Pelletier Hall, PdA
Wednesday January 13, 7:30 PM, St-Sixte Church, Town of St-Laurent
Thursday January 14, 8 PM, Désilets Hall, Marie-Victorin College
*

Orchestre Métropolitain of Montréal
« Brahms, Bruckner, Angelich »

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Nicholas Angelich, piano

Program

Brahms :  Piano Concerto N°.1
Bruckner : Symphony N°.1

*For this concert, the concerto will be replaced by Ravel Ma Mère l’Oye and Jacques Hétu Concerto for two guitars.
(avec la participation des guitaristes Marc Deschênes et André Roy
qui se joindront à l’orchestre)


30 January 2010, 7:30 PM

Groβes Festspielhaus
Salzburg

Wiener Philharmoniker

Dorothea Röschmann, soprano
Birgit Remmert, mezzo-soprano
Michael Schade, ténor
Franz-Josef Selig, basse
Choeur de la Radio de Berlin

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, direction (Debuts with this orchestra)

Program

Kurtág: Lieder der Schwermut und Trauer op. 18
Mozart: Requiem KV 626
 
 
 
February 2010
 

Thursday February 4 2010, 8 :15 pm

Muziekcentrum Frits Philips, Eindhoven

Orchestre Philharmonique de Rotterdam

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

Program

Wagemans : Rosebud
Ravel : Concerto in D for the left hand
Richard Strauss : Ein Heldenleben, op.40


Friday, February 5 2010, 8 :15 PM

De Doelen Hall, Rotterdam

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

Program

Wagemans : Rosebud
Ravel : Concerto in D for the left hand
Richard Strauss : Ein Heldenleben, op.40


Saturday, February 6, 2010, 8:15 pm

Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

Program

Messiaen : Les offrandes oubliées
Ravel : Concerto in D for the left hand
Richard Strauss : Ein Heldenleben, op.40

Sunday, February 7  2010, 4 PM

Dortmund Concert Hall, Germany

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

Program

Ravel : Concerto in D for the left hand
Mahler : Symphony N°.9


Wednesday, February 10  2010, 7:30 PM
Royal Festival Hall, London

Sunday, February 14  2010, 7:30 PM
The Sage, Gateshead

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Melvyn Tan, piano
Ronald Brautigam, piano

Program

Ravel: Daphnis and Chloé, Suite N°.2
Poulenc : Concerto for two pianos
Ravel : Valses nobles et sentimentales
Debussy : Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Debussy : La Mer


Saturday, February 13  2010, 7:30 PM

Royal Festival Hall, London

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Lisa Milne, soprano

Program

Ravel : Pavane pour une Infante défunte
Ravel : Le tombeau de Couperin
Debussy : Nocturnes
Fauré : Pavane
Poulenc : Stabat Mater


Wednesday, February 17  2010, 8:15 PM

Lincoln Center, Avery Fisher Hall, New York

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Tour in North America

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

Program

Messiaen:  Les offrandes oubliées 
Liszt:  Piano Concerto N°.2 in A major
Richard Strauss : Ein Heldenleben


Vendredi February 19, 2010, 8:15 PM

Lincoln Center, Avery Fisher Hall, New York

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Tour in North America

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Victoria Mullova, violin

Program

Brahms:  Violin Concerto in D major
 Theo Verbey:  Conciso
Bartók:  Concerto for orchestra


Saturday, February 20, 2010, (time tba)

Grand Théâtre of Québec

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Tour in North America

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Victoria Mullova, violin

Program

Brahms:  Violin Concerto in D major
 Theo Verbey:  Conciso
Bartók:  Concerto for orchestra


Sunday, February 21, 2010, 7:30 PM

Wilfrid-Pelletier Hall, PdA, Montreal

This event is part of Festival Montréal en Lumière

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Tour in North America

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Victoria Mullova, violin

Program

Brahms:  Violin Concerto in D major
 Theo Verbey:  Conciso
Bartók:  Concerto for orchestra


Tuesday, February 23, 2010, (time tba)

National Arts Center, Ottawa

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Tour in North America

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

Program

Messiaen:  Les offrandes oubliées 
Ravel:  Concerto for the Left Hand
Richard Strauss : Ein Heldenleben


Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 8 PM

Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Tour in North America

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

Program

Messiaen:  Les offrandes oubliées 
Ravel:  Concerto for the Left Hand
Richard Strauss : Ein Heldenleben

 
 
 
March 2010
 

Thursday March 11 2010, 8:15 pm

Concertgebouw de Vereeniging, Nijmegen

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Beethoven : Symphony No. 6 Pastorale
Honegger :  Pastorale d'été
Brahms : Second Symphony


March 12 and 14, 2010

Friday 12, 8 :15 PM and Sunday 14, 2:15 PM

De Doelen Hall, Rotterdam

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Beethoven : Symphony No. 6 Pastorale
Honegger :  Pastorale d'été
Brahms :  Symphony N°.2


Friday, March 26  2010, 8:15 PM

De Doelen Hall, Rotterdam

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Nicholas Angelich, piano

Program

Verdi :  Aida Prelude
Saint-Saëns : Piano Concerto N°.5
Saint-Saëns : Bacchanale from Samson and Dalila
Franck : Psyché and Éros
Strauss : Salomé’s Tanz


Saturday March 27  2010, 8:15 PM

De Doelen Hall, Rotterdam

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Rotterdam ReMix Orchestra

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

David Damm: Klanken van de Stad
Dvorak: Symphony No 9

 
 
 
April 2010
 

Thursday and Friday1st and 2nd,  April 2010, 8:15 PM

De Doelen Hall, Rotterdam

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Nederlands Kamerkoor

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Christianne Stotijn, soprano
Miah Persson, soprano
Paul Agnew, tenor
Markus Werba, bass

Program

Bach : Johannes-Passion BWV245

Saturday, April 10 2010, 7:30 PM

Royal Festival Hall, London

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Lisa Batiashvili, violin

Program

Handel : Music for Royal Fireworks
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto N°.1
Stravinsky: Firework
Beethoven: Symphony N°.7


Friday, April 23 2010, 8:15 PM

De Doelen Hall, Rotterdam

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Dorothea Röschmann, soprano

Program

Richard Strauss : Vier letzte Lieder (The Four Last lieder)
Bruckner : Symphony N°.9
 
 
 
May 2010
 

May 7 to 30 2010

Friday 7, 8 PM; Monday 10, 8 PM;
Thursday13, 8 PM; Sunday 16, 2:30 PM;
Tuesday 18, 8 PM; Friday 21, 8 PM;
Monday 24, 2:30 PM; Wednesday 26, 8 PM;
Sunday 30, 2:30 PM.

De Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam

Rotterdam Philharmonisch Orkest
Koor van De Nederlandse Opera
Kinderkoor Muziekschool Waterland
Nikolaus Lehnhoff, régie

Lise Lindstrom, Jean-Léon Klostermann
Mario Luperi, Lance Ryan
Ana Maria Martinez, Angelo Veccia
Roberto Covatta, Carlo Bosi. Roger Smeets

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Puccini/Berio : Turandot

Saturday, May 8  2010, 2:15 PM

Amsterdam Concertgebouw

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Hélène Grimaud, piano

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program « all » Beethoven

Ouverture Egmont
Concerto in G
Symphony N°.7


Sunday May 9 2010, 8:15 pm

CODARTS, University for the Arts, Classical Music Academy,
Rotterdam, Grote Zaal

Codarts Symphony Orchestra

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Eugene Ugorski, violin

Program

Prokofiev: Concerto No.2 for violin
Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps


Friday, May 14 2010, 8 :30 pm

Remembrance Concert

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Messiaen : Et Expecto Ressurectionem
Strauss : Metamorphosen


Wednesday, May 19  2010, 8:00 pm

Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Emmanuel Pahud, flute

Program

Ravel : Ma Mère l’Oye Suite and La Valse
Beethoven : Symphony No.7 A major, op.92

Transcriptions for flute : extracts from Freischutz (von Weber),
La Traviata (Verdi), Rigoletto (Verdi) and Carmen (Bizet)

Saturday, May 29 2010, 8:00 pm

Frauenkirche

Dresden Staatskapelle

Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Samuel Kummer, organ

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Beethoven : Concerto in D major for violin, op.61
Saint-Saëns : Symphony N°.3 with organ

 
 
June 2010
 

Friday and Saturday, June 4 and 5 2010, 8:15 PM

 De Doelen Hall, Rotterdam

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Cora Burggraaf, soprano
Nathalie Paulin, soprano
Gilles Ragon, tenor
Rodney Gilfry, baritone

Program

Debussy :  L'enfant prodigue
Poulenc :  La voix humaine

June 16 to 20, 2010

Coproduction

Wednesday 16, 8 PM, National Arts Center, Ottawa
Thursday17, 8 PM, National Arts Center, Ottawa
Sunday 20, 4 PM, Wilfrid-Pelletier Hall, PdA, Montreal

Orchestre Métropolitain of Montreal
Ottawa National Arts Center Orchestra
Choir of the Orchestre Métropolitain
Cantata Singers of Ottawa
Ottawa Festival Chorus
Ottawa Boys Choir

« Mahler : La symphonie des mille »

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Soloists
Joni Henson, soprano 1
Erin Wall, soprano 2
Nathalie Paulin, soprano 3
Susan Platts, alto 1
Anita Krause, alto 2
John Mac Master, tenor
Alexander Dobson, baritone
Robert Pomakov, bass

Program

Mahler : Symphony N°.8 (Symphony of a thousand)


Wednesday June 30, 7 :30 pm, Centre Pierre-Charbonneau
and
Sunday July 4, 7:30 pm, Théâtre de Verdure

Orchestre Métropolitain of Montréal

Alexander Dobson, Don Giovanni
Colin Ainsworth, Ottavio
Taras Kulich, Leporello
Marianne Fiset, Donna Elvira
Alain Coulombe, Le Commandeur
Kimy McLaren, Zerlina
Layla Claire, Donna Anna
Steven Hegedus, Masetto

Alain Gauthier, stage director

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Mozart : Don Giovanni (concert version)
French Operas extracts
 

 

 
July 2010
 

Friday, July 9, 7:30 pm

Tonhalle Grosser Saal, Zürich

Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich

Anna Caterina Antonacci, soprano
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique op. 14
Berlioz: Les Nuits d’été op.7
 
 
August 2010
 

August 9, 15, 22, 25 and 29, 6:00 pm
August 12 and 19, 3:00 pm

Haus für Mozart

Salzburg Festival

Wiener Philharmoniker

Claus Guth, stage director

Christopher Maltman, Don Giovanni
Dimitry Ivashchenko, Il Commendatore
Aleksandra Kurzak, Donna Anna
Joseph Kaiser, Don Ottavio
Joel Prieto (22, 25, 29), Don Ottavio
Dorothea Röschmann, Donna Elvira
Erwin Schrott, Leporello
Anna Prohaska, Zerlina
Adam Plachetka, Masetto
Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Mozart : Don Giovanni
Opera in two acts

August 10, 16, 18, 20, 23, 27 and 30, 7:30 pm
August 13 and 24, 3:00 pm

Felsenreischule

Salzburg Festival

Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

Bartlett Sher, stage director

Anna Netrebko, Juliette
Nino Machaidze, Juliette (18, 24, 27, 30)
Piotr Beczala, Roméo
Stephen Costello, Roméo (18, 24)
Mikhail Petrenko, Frère Laurent
Dimitry Ivashchenko, Frère Laurent (27, 30)
Darren Jeffery, Comte Capulet
Russell Braun, Mercutio
Cora Burggraaf, Stéphano
Michael Spyres, Tybalt
Susanne Resmark, Gertrude
David Soar, Duc de Vérone
Mathias Hausmann, Comte Paris
Robert Murray, Benvolio
Chœur de l’Opéra de Vienne

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program

Gounod : Roméo et Juliette
Opera in five actes

Saturday August 21, 7:30 pm
Royal Albert Hall, London

BBC - PROMS

Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest

Simon Keenlyside, baritone

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Programme

Wagner: Tannhaüser, Overture
Mahler : Rückert Lieder  
Beethoven : Symphony No 3 (Eroïca)