Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal

The Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal unveils its 2008-2009 season programming

The Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal and its Artistic Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin are pleased to unveil a spectacular 28th season: seven concerts at Place des Arts, 18 concerts in different Montreal boroughs, and something new: Sunday afternoon performances of two of the seven regular season concerts. The Métropolitain’s Artistic Director and Principal Conductor, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, has strengthened the bond with “his” orchestra this year by conducting 17 season concerts out of 25.

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• 2008-09 Season
• The 2008 Summer Concerts
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[7258] News posted Tuesday, April 1, 2008.

Mahler: Night Song

The Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal presents Mahler: Night Song, Monday, May 12, 7:30 pm at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts.

The 2007-2008 season draws to a close with an Orchestre Métropolitain larger by several instruments, including cowbells, a guitar and a mandolin. A towering work on the theme of the night. This is a fascinating and explosive kaleidoscope in which the sense of collage borders on excess! Mahler’s Symphony No. 7 is certainly the most bombastic of all. The asymmetrical architecture of the symphony is remarkable: in the middle, a grand scherzo set to a waltz rhythm, two Nachtmusik (night music) themes before and after the scherzo, and two allegros to open and close the symphony, for a total of five movements.

The Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal offers a free pre-concert talk one hour before the concert given by OM’s violinist, Claudio Ricignuolo (Limited seating).

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[7261] News posted Thursday, May 1, 2008.

The Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal at the Montreal International Musical Competition — Piano 2008

The Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal will accompany the pianists selected to compete in the Final round of the Montreal International Musical Competition (MIMC), on Monday, May 26 and Tuesday, May 27 at 7:30 pm in Théâtre Maisonneuve at Place des Arts. The orchestra will also accompany the winners of the Competition during a Gala Concert on Thursday, May 29 at 7:30 pm in Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier at PDA. Conductor Jean-Marie Zeitouni will be at the podium on all three of these evenings. The Final round will be broadcast live on Espace musique, Radio-Canada’s music network, and on CBC Radio Two.

Subscribers to the OMGM can take advantage of a 50% discount on tickets.

Accompany your orchestra and join in on the Competition!

Reserve your tickets now:

• Reservations: 514-842-2112 — 1-866-842-2112 — www.pda.qc.ca
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The Montreal International Musical Competition, 10 days of uplifting competition, 10 days of excellence!

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[7259] News posted Tuesday, April 22, 2008.

The Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal welcomes a new Executive Director

Ms. Michelle Cormier, chair of the Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal’s board of directors, is proud to announce the appointment of Ms. Luce Moreau, CFRE, to the position of Executive Director of the OM. Ms. Moreau begins work in May.

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[7256] News posted Tuesday, March 25, 2008.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin appointed Principal Guest Conductor

The London Philharmonic Orchestra has announced that Yannick Nézet-Séguin will take up the position of Principal Guest Conductor at the start of the Orchestra’s 2008/09 season.

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[7236] News posted Tuesday, November 20, 2007.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s performance with the Rotterdam Philharmonic thrills the audience

“Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s performance with the Rotterdam Philharmonic thrills the audience and confirms this young Montrealer’s rapid rise into classical’s upper ranks.” — Arthur Kaptainis, The Gazette, November 10, 2007

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[7235] News posted Wednesday, November 14, 2007.

La Mer on the Atma classique label

This highly-anticipated recording of orchestral music inspired by the sea was made following a series of live performances of the work with the OM last year, which were well-received by audiences and critics alike: “… a fantastically vivid soundscape that the OM captured tenderly… Nézet-Séguin proved himself a capable purveyor of the French tradition. Pierre Mercure’s Kaléidoscope linked the program together… it was a treat to hear playing of such affectionate vibrancy as the OM devoted to Mercure’s [work].” (The Gazette, Montreal)

[7251] News posted Wednesday, October 24, 2007.

2006-07 CAM People’s Choice

Along with Manon Barbe, member of the Conseil des arts de Montréal, President of the Touring Committee, and Mayor of LaSalle, Louise Roy also revealed the name of the artistic organization that garnered the greatest amount of votes last season (2006-07): the Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal for its concert Lueurs des Fêtes !.

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[7224] News posted Wednesday, August 29, 2007.

Bruckner 7 receives eloquent commentaires

This highly anticipated recording of Bruckner’s monumental 7th Symphony in E Major was made in September 2006, in Montréal’s Saint-Nom-de-Jésus Church, with the Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal under the direction of Yannick Nézet-Séguin. The recording was produced under the Atma classique label.

The first critics to appear in London and in Toronto are particularly eloquent:

“This is the finest Bruckner I have heard from a young conductor (…) The Canadian in charge is 31 years old (…) He shapes the gigantic Adagio at the heart of this work, a tribute to the dying Wagner, with austere and respectful restraint. The performance as a whole is marked by a fastidious refusal to emote and a structural certainty that seems uncanny in a maestro of such little experience. (…) The opening of the finale is positively frisky and the playing of Montreal’s second orchestra is flawless, world-class. Nézet-Séguin is unquestionably the talent to watch. He makes his London debut at the South Bank of March 9; miss it if you dare.”

Norman Lebrecht, Evening Standard, London, February 7, 2007

“… Nézet-Séguin achieves both delicacy and power in Sympohony No. 7, the ‘Lyric’. The score sounds transparent and radiant. A remarkable achievement.”

John Terauds, Classical Music / Toronto Star, February 7 2007

[7212] News posted Thursday, February 8, 2007.