Press Release

Sights and Sounds of Europe

A grand journey to the old continent—to the fjords of Scandinavia, the plains of Hungary, the Austrian Alps and the lands of Andalusia… Six countries in two hours of music, images and dreams! Winner of the 2001 CBC Competition, young cellist Kaori Yamagami will join the OM to perform the magnificent Concerto for Cello in C Major by Haydn. In addition, for the first time in Montréal, Alain Trudel will swap his trombone for a conductor’s baton!

• BACH: Suite No 3: Gavottes I and II
• HAYDN: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major
• BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances, No. 1 and No. 5
  Kaori Yamagami, cello
• VERDI: Sicilian Vespers, Overture
• BIZET: Carmen, Suite No. 1
• SIBELIUS: Finlandia

Alain Trudel, guest conductor
Alain Saint-Hiaire, filmmaker & narrator, Les Grands Explorateurs

April 15 Salle Désilets, Cegep Marie-Victorin / 8 pm
April 16 Centre des Arts de la scène PCHS / 8 pm
April 17 Théâtre Hector-Charland (L’Assomption) / 8 pm
April 19 Théâtre Maisonneuve — PDA / 7:30 pm
April 22 Théâtre Outremont / 7:30 pm
April 23 Théâtre Mirella et Lino Saputo (Saint-Léonard) / 8 pm

[7165] News posted Thursday, November 6, 2003.