| 2007-2008 Season (valid
informations on May 24, 2007) |
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| Monthly
concerts calendar |
| May 2007 |
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Friday,
May 4, 7:00 PM
Kassel, Germany / Kassel
Staatstheater
Frankfurt
Radio Sinfonieorchester
Ruth Ziesak, soprano
Program
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Ravel: Ma
mère l'Oye - suite
Britten: Illuminations
Mahler: Symphony N°. 4
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Sunday
May 6, 7:30 PM
Montreal / Basilique Notre-Dame
Orchestre
Métropolitain du Grand Montréal
Maria Guleghina, soprano
Neil Shicoff, tenor
Bryn Terfel, bass-barytone
Gianna Corbisiero, soprano
Marianne Cornetti, mezzo-soprano
Marc Hervieux, tenor
and
The Choir of the Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal
Program
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Puccini : Tosca, Act
1
Bizet : Carmen, Act 2
Verdi : Aïda,
Duo and Triomphal March
A
BENEFIT CONCERT
For the Orchestre Métropolitain and the Concordia Fine Arts
opera@concordia.ca
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| June 2007 |
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Friday, June 1st, 8:30 PM
Monte Carlo, Monaco /
Auditorium Rainier III
Orchestre
Philharmonique de Monte Carlo
Aldo Ciccolini, piano
Program
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Rachmaninov: Piano
Concerto N°. 2
Beethoven: Symphony N°. 3
in E flat major ‘Eroica'
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Monday,
June 11, 7:30 PM
Montreal / Place des Arts,
Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier
Orchestre
Métropolitain du Grand Montréal
Program
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Mahler: Symphony N°.
6 in A minor 'Tragic'
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Wednesday
and Thursday, June 27 and 28, 6:30 PM
Friday, June 29, 11 AM
Sydney, Australia / Sydney
Opera House
Sydney
Symphony Orchestra
Program
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Haydn: Symphony n° 104 ‘London'
Meale: Very High Kings
Debussy: Images
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| July 2007 |
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Wednesday,
July 4, 8 PM ; Thursday, July 5, 1:30 PM
Friday and Saturday, July 6 and 7, 8 PM
Sydney,
Australie / Sydney Opera House
Sydney
Symphony Orchestra
Program
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Mahler: Symphony N°.
6 in A minor
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Wednesday,
July 11, 7:30 PM
Montreal / Centre Pierre-Charbonneau
Orchestre
Métropolitain du Grand Montréal
Hong Xu, piano
Program
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Bach: Prelude
and Fugue (no to be announced)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto N°. 4
op. 58 in G major
Mozart: Symphony N°. 41 K551
in C major « Jupiter »
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Tuesday,
July 17, 7:30 PM
Montreal / Théâtre
de Verdure
Orchestre
Métropolitain du Grand Montréal
Program
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Bach: Prelude
and Fugue (no to be announced)
Beethoven: Egmont op. 84
Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachmusik K525
Mozart: Symphony N°. 41
K551 in C major « Jupiter »
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Wednesday,
July 18, 7:30 PM
Montreal / Centre Pierre-Charbonneau
Orchestre
Métropolitain du Grand Montréal
Alexander Dobson, baritone
Program
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Mendelssohn: Overture
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage op. 27
Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
J. Strauss: Thousand And One Nights op. 346
Mozart: « Rivolgete » from Cosi fan Tutte
Mendelssohn: Symphony N°. 4
op. 90 « Italian »
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Sunday,
July 29, 7:30 PM
Montreal / Théâtre
de Verdure
Orchestre
Métropolitain du Grand Montréal
Program
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Mendelssohn: Overture
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage op. 27
J. Strauss: Thousand And One Nights op. 346
Mendelssohn: Symphony N°. 4
op. 90 « Italian »
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| August 2007 |
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Wednesday,
August 1st , 7:30 PM
Montreal
/ Centre Pierre-Charbonneau
Orchestre
Métropolitain du Grand Montréal
Program
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Ravel: Spanish
Rhapsody
Fauré: Pavane op. 50
Berlioz: Hungarian March (Faust Damnation)
Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Ravel: Boléro
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Thursday,
August 2, 7:30 PM
Dorval, Millenium Park
Orchestre
Métropolitain du Grand Montréal
Program
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Mendelssohn: Overture
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage op. 27
J. Strauss: Thousand And One Nights op. 346
Mendelssohn: Symphony N°. 4
op. 90 « Italian »
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Friday,
August 3, 6 PM or 8 PM (to be announced)
Festival
International de Musique de chambre d’Ottawa
Yannick Nézet-Séguin,
piano
Alexander Dobson, baritone
Program
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Schubert: Die
Winterreise D.911 (to be confirmed)
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Sunday,
August 5, 5:30 PM
Montreal Nuns’ Island,
Vancouver Park
Orchestre
Métropolitain du Grand Montréal
Program
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Mendelssohn: Overture
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage op. 27
J. Strauss: Thousand And One Nights op. 346
Mendelssohn: Symphony N°. 4
op. 90 « Italian »
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Sunday,
August 5, 9 PM
Concert de clôture
des Francofolies, Closing concert, outside grand stand
Orchestre
Métropolitain du Grand Montréal
Pierre Lapointe
Arrangements : Yannick Plamondon and Marc Ouellette
Program
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La
Forêt des mal-aimés
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Wednesday,
August 8, 8 PM
Concerts
aux Îles-du-Bic, Église Ste-Cécile, Le
Bic
http://www.bicmusique.com/
Éthel Guéret,
soprano
Alexander Dobson, baritone
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, piano
Program
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Schumann: Fraunliebe
und leben
Schubert: Winterreise
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Thursday,
August 9, 8 PM
Concerts
aux Îles-du-Bic, Église Ste-Cécile, Le
Bic
http://www.bicmusique.com/
Jennifer Bourdages, piano
Élise Lavoie, violin
James Darling, cello
Pierre Tourville, alto
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, piano
Program
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Schumann: Impromptus «Reflets
d'Orient» op. 66
pour piano quatre mains
Schubert: Fantaisie D940 en fa mineur pour piano
quatre mains
Schubert: Impromtu N°1 en do mineur
Schumann: Quatuor en mi bémol op. 47 avec
piano
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Saturday,
August 11, 8 PM
Orford Festival, Centre
d’Art Orford
Orchestre
Métropolitain du Grand Montréal
Program
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Mendelssohn: Overture
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage op. 27
J. Strauss: Thousand
And One Nights op. 346
Mendelssohn: Symphony N°. 4
op. 90 « Italian »
Mozart: Symphony
No. 41 K551 in C major « Jupiter »
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Sunday,
August 12, 8 PM
Orford
Festival, Centre d’Art Orford
Alexander Dobson,
baritone
Éthel Guéret, soprano
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, piano
Program
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Schubert: Winterreise
D.911
Schumann: Frauenliebe op. 42
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Thursday,
August 30, Wellington Michael Fowler Centre, 7
PM
Saturday, September 1st, Christchurch Town
Hall, 7 PM
Monday, September 3, Auckland Town Hall, 7
PM
New
Zealand Youth Orchestra
Program
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Ravel: La
Valse (Waltz)
Bartok: Concerto for orchestra
Nzso Nyo (composer in residence): (title to be announced)
[World Premiere]
Debussy: La Mer (The Sea)
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| September 2007 |
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Friday,
September 7, 6:30 PM
Wellington Town Hall
New
Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Program
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| Wagner: |
Die Meistersinger - Prelude
Lohengrin - Prelude (Act 1)
Tristan und Isolde - Prelude and Liebestod
Der Fliegende Holländer - Overture
Tannhaüser – Overture
Gotterdamerung – Immolation |
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Monday,
Septembre 17, 7:30 PM, Montreal, St-Jean-Baptiste
Church
and
Friday, Septembre 21, 8 PM, Montreal, St-Nom-de-Jésus
Church
Orchestre
Métropolitain du Grand Montréal
Program
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Schubert: Symphony
N°. 7 in B minor « Unfinished »
Bruckner : Symphony N°. 9 in
D minor
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Monday,
September 24, 7:30 PM
Montreal, Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier
Orchestre
Métropolitain du Grand Montréal
Louis Lortie, piano
Chœur de l'Orchestre Métropolitain
See the poster
Program
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| Beethoven : |
Chorale
Fantasy with piano and orchestra op. 80
Piano Concerto N°. 4 op.
58
Symphony N°. 5 op. 67 |
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| October 2007 |
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Thursday,
October 4, 8:30 PM
Saturday, October 6, 6 PM
Auditorium de Lyon
Orchestre
National de Lyon
Program
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Ravel: Alborada
del gracioso
Fauré/Aubert: Fantasy for flute and
orchestra
Ibert: Flute Concerto
Rachmaninov: Symphony N°. 2
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Wednesday,
October 10, 7:30 PM
Thursday, October 11, 6 PM
Stora Salen
Royal
Stockholm Philharmonic
Nina Stemme, soprano
Program
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Wagner: Wesedonk-Lieder
Tchaïkovski: Symphony N°. 6 «Pathetic»
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Monday,
October 22, 7:30 PM
Montreal / Théâtre
Maisonneuve, Place des Arts
and on tour on the Montreal Island :
Thursday, October
18, 7:30 PM, Outremont, Théâtre Outremont
Friday, October 19, 8 PM, Pierrefonds Comprehensive
High School
Sunday, October 21, 4 PM, St-Léonard,
Salle Mirella et Lino Saputo
Orchestre
Métropolitain du Grand Montréal
Anton Kuerti, piano
Wonny Song, piano
Program
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Mendelssohn: Overture
Hebrides
J. S. Bach : Piano Concerto in D minor BWV1042
(W. Song)
Wagner : Siegfried Idylle
Beethoven : Piano Concerto N°. 2 in B flat
(A. Kuerti)
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| November 2007 |
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Thursday,
November 8, 8:15 PM
Friday, November 9, 8:15 PM
Saturday, November 10, 8:15 PM
Sunday, November 11, 2:15 PM
De Doelen
Rotterdam
Philharmonic Orchestra
Program
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R.
Strauss: Tod und Verklarung
Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden
Gesellen
Beethoven: Symphony N°. 3 «Eroïca» op.
55
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Wednesday,
November 14
Northern Sinfonia
Program
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De
Falla: Tricorne 1st Suite
Debussy/De Falla: Prelude
to the Afternoon of a Faun
Rameau: Les Indes Galantes
Suite
Bizet: Symphony in C
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Friday,
November 16
Northern Sinfonia
Program
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De
Falla: Tricorne 1st Suite
Debussy/De Falla: Prelude to the
Afternoon of a Faun
Rameau: Les Indes Galantes Suite
Bizet: Symphony in C
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Friday,
November 21
Northern Sinfonia
Bradley Creswick, violin
Program
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J.
S. Bach/Stravsinsky: Prelude and Fugue
J. S. Bach: Suite N° 2 in B minor
BWV1067
J. S. Bach: Violin Concerto N° 1
in A minor BWV 1041
Rameau: Les Indes Galantes Suite
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Friday,
November 23
Northern Sinfonia
Bradley Creswick, violin
Program
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J.
S. Bach/Stravsinsky: Prelude and Fugue
J. S. Bach: Suite N° 2 in B minor
BWV1067
J. S. Bach: Komm, Jesu komm
J. S. Bach: Violin Concerto N° 1
in A minor BWV 1041
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
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Friday,
November 24
Northern Sinfonia
Bradley Creswick, violin
Program
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Woolrich: Come and Go
J. S. Bach: Suite N° 2 in B minor
BWV1067
Debussy/De Falla: Prelude to the
Afternoon of a Faun
De
Falla: Tricorne 1st Suite
Rameau: Les Indes Galantes Suite
J. S. Bach: Violin Concerto N° 1
in A minor BWV 1041
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Wednesday,
November 28 and 29
Finnish
Radio Symphony Orchestra Helsinki
Kirill Gerstein, piano
Program
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Mozart: Adagio
and fugue
Schönberg: Piano Concerto
Schubert: Symphony N°. 9 in C major “The
Great”
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| December 2007 |
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Tour
on the Montreal Island:
Monday, December
10, 8 PM, Hochelaga, Maisonneuve College
Tuesday, December 11, 7:30 PM, Ahuntsic,
Armenian First Church
Friday, December 14, 8 PM, Pierrefonds, Marie-Reine-de-la-Paix
Church
Saturday, December 15, 8 PM, Rivière-des-Prairies,
Marie-Victorin College
Orchestre
Métropolitain du Grand Montréal
Program
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Tchaïkovski: The Nutcracker, suite N°.
1, op.71A
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Friday,
December 21, 8 PM
Paris, Place Boïeldieu
Orchestre National de France
Steven Isserlis, cello
Program
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Debussy: Images
for orchestra : Iberia
Debussy: Jeux
Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Saint-Saens: Celle Concerto N°. 1
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| January 2008 |
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Sunday,
January 13
Lisbon
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Program
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Haydn: Symphony
N°. 44
J. S. Bach: Suite N°. 2 in B minor
Mozart: Symphony N°. 40 K550
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Thursday,
January 17, 7:30 PM
Saturday, January 19, 7 PM
Symphony Hall
City
of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Jonathan Biss, piano
Program
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Beethoven: Piano
Concerto N°. 3 op. 37
Bruckner: Symphony N°. 9 in D minor |
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Wednesday,
January 23, 12:45 PM (Grote Zaal)
Friday, January 25, 8:15 PM
Saturday, January 26, 8:15 PM
Sunday, January 27, 8:15 PM
De Doelen
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Nicholas Angelich, piano
Program
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Ravel: Alborada
del gracioso
Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain (Jan. 26 & 27
only)
Debussy: Images for orchestra : Iberia
Ravel: Spanish Rhapsodie (Jan.
26 & 27 only) |
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| February 2008 |
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Monday, February 4, 7:30 PM
Montreal / Théâtre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts
and on tour on the Montreal Island:
Thursday, January 31, 8 PM, Rivière-des-Prairies, Marie-Victorin College
Tuesday, February 5, 7:30 PM, St-Laurent, Saint-Sixte Church
Wednesday, February 6, 7:30 PM, Verdun, Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs Church
Thursday, February 7, 7:30 PM, Outremont, Théâtre Outremont
Friday, February 8, 8 PM, Pointe-Claire, St-Joachim Church
Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal
Program
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| Tchaïkovski: |
Symphony N°. 2 op.17
Symphony N°. 6 «Pathetic» |
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Wednesday, February 13, 8 PM
Thursday, February 14, 8 PM
Saturday, February 16, 7:30 PM
Roy Thompson Hall
Toronto Symphonic Orchestra
Yundi Li, piano
Program
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Enescu: First Romanian Rhapsody (Feb. 13 & 14 only)
Tchaïkovsky: Piano Concerto N°. 1 op. 23
Dvořák: Symphony N°. 6 op. 60 |
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Friday, February 15, 7:30 PM
Eglinton St. George's United Church, 35 Lytton boulevard, Toronto
The Bach Consort Chorus and Orchestra
Monica Whicher, soprano
Elizabeth Turnbull, contralto
Lawrence Wiliford, ténor (Evangelist)
Colin Ainsworth, ténor (arias)
Alex Dobson, basse (Jesus)
Russel Braun, basse (arias)
Toronto Children’s Chorus
Program
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| J.S. Bach : St. Matthiew Passion |
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Sunday, February 24, 11 AM
Monday, February 25, 8 PM
Tuesday, February 26, 8 PM
Semperoper
Dresden Staatskapelle
Christine Brewer, soprano
Program
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Debussy: Jeux
Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder
Tschaikowsky: Francesca da Rimini
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite N°. 2 |
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| March 2008 |
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Saturday,
March 8, 4 PM
Sunday, March 9, 8 PM
Groβer Saal :
Rundfunk
Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Program
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Ravel: Ma
mère l'Oye (Mother Goose) – five children’s
pieces
Berlioz: Les nuits d'été (Summer
Nights) for voice and orchestra op. 7
Skrjabin: Symphony N°. 3 « Divine Poem » in C minor op.
43 |
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Friday,
March 14
Halle-aux-Grains
Orchestre
National du Capitole de Toulouse
Christine Brewer, soprano
Program
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R.
Strauss: Les quatre derniers lieder (Four Last
Songs)
R. Strauss: Alpine Symphony |
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Sunday, March 16
Halle-aux-Grains
Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
Program
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Haydn: Symphony N°. 38
Ibert: Flute Concerto
Schubert: Symphony N°. 7 in B minor « Unfinished » |
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Wednesday, March 19, 7:30 PM
Thursday March 20, 7:30 PM
Friday, March 21, 7:30 PM
De Doelen
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Jörg Dürmüller, tenor
Ekkehard Abele, bass-baritone
Emma Bell, soprano
Robert Murray, tenor
Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano
Jonathan Lemalu, bass-baritone
Nederlands Kamerkoor
Program
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| J. S. Bach: Matthaus Passion |
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Wednesday, March 26, 2:15 PM
Saturday, March 29, 7 PM
Symphony Hall
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Elisabeth Leonskaja
Program
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Mozart: Symphony N°. 40 K550
Brahms: Piano Concerto N°. 1 |
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Monday, March 31, 7:30 PM
Montreal, Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier
Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal
Anik Bissonnette, danseuse
Program
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Rimski-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances |
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| April 2008 |
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Thursday, April 3, 8 PM
Montreal, Rivière-des-Prairies, Marie-Victorin College
Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal
Program
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Franck: Symphony in D minor
Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances |
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Thursday April 10, 7 PM
Friday, April 11, 1:30 PM
Saturday April 12, 8 PM
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
National Symphony Orchestra (Washington D.C., USA)
Julian Rachlin, violin
Program
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Shostakovich: Suite from the Gadfly (## 1, 3, 7, 11)
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 77/99
Mussorgsky: Prelude to Kovanstchina ("Dawn on the Moskva River")
Rachmaninoff: Danses symphoniques, Op. 45 |
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Monday, April 14, 7:30 PM
Montreal, Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier
and on tour on the Montreal Island:
Monday, April 7, 8 PM, Hochelaga, Maisonneuve College
Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal
Program
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Franck: Symphony in D minor
Fauré: Requiem op. 48
Canadian work with choir (commissioned by the OMGM) |
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Friday and Saturday, April 18 and 19, 8 PM
Chan Centre for the performing Arts
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Katherine Chi, piano
Program
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Haydn: Symphony N°. 26 in D minor « Lamentatione »
C.P.E. Bach: Piano Concerto in D minor
J. S. Bach: Piano Concerto in F minor BWV 1056
Haydn: Symphony N°. 49 in F minor « La passione » |
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| May 2008 |
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Monday, May 12, 7:30 PM
Montreal / Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts
Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal
Program
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| Mahler: Symphony N°. 7 |
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Thursday, May 22, 8 PM
Friday, May 23, 8 PM
Salle Southam
National Arts Centre Orchestra
Katherine Chi, piano
Program
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Linda Bouchard: Exquisite Fires
Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F
Brahms: Symphony N°. 4 op. 98 |
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Thursday, May 29, 8 PM
Saturday, May 31, 8 PM
Roy Thompson Hall
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Kovacevich, piano
Program
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Brahms: Piano Concerto N°. 2
Brahms: Symphony N°. 4 op.98 |
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May 24 and 28, June 2, 5 and 7, 8 PM
L’Opéra de Montréal
Hiromi Omura
Richard Troxell
James Westman
Annamaria Popescu
Jon Kolbert
Set Designer: Moffat Oxenbould
Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal
Program
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| Puccini: Madame Butterfly |
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| June 2008 |
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Friday,
June 13, 8:15 PM
Saturday, June 14, 8:15 PM
And on Asian tour
(June 15 to 25)
Orchestre
Philharmonique de Rotterdam
Yundi Li, piano
Program
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Ketting: de
Ankomst
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G
Shostakovitch: Symphony N°. 5 |
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| August 2008 |
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August 2, 6, 9, 12,
15, 18, 19, 22 and 25
Salzburg Festival
Felsenreitschule
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
Anna Netrebko (August 2, 6, 9, 12, 15, 19, 22, 25), Juliette
Ailyn Pérez (August 18), Juliette
Rolando Villazón (August 2, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 22, 25), Roméo
John Osborn (August 19), Roméo
Mikhail Petrenko, Frère Laurent
Russell Braun, Mercutio
Cora Burggraaf, Stéphano
Falk Struckmann (August 2, 9, 12, 15, 25), Le Comte Capulet
In-Sung Sim (August 6, 18, 19, 22), Le Comte Capulet
Juan Francisco Gatell, Tybalt
Susanne Resmark, Gertrude
Mathias Hausmann, Le Comte Paris
Jean-Luc Ballestra, Grégorio
Robert Murray, Benvolio
New production
In French, with German and English surtitles
Program
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Charles
Gounod (1818-1893):ROMÉO
ET JULIETTE
Opera in five acts
New production
In French, with German and English surtitles
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Trusday, August 21,
8 PM
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
Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin,
Conductor
Program
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Mass in C minor, K. 427 (417a)
Rreconstructed and completed
by Helmut Ed
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