Additional Information
The former OSM Principal Conductor and Artistic Director returns to Montreal to conduct 2 distinct programs, spread over 3 consecutive evenings, at the Maison symphonique, from Tuesday December 10 to Thursday December 12. Based on a blend of creation and interpretation of well-known repertoire, both programs highlight the work of composers Régis Campeau, for new orchestrations of Le Vent du Nord and the composition of interludes, Matthew Ricketts and Alain Farah featuring the great contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux, and Ariza Sadikova for her singular evocation of Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Between rehearsals, Maestro Nagano kindly agreed to grant this interview to Alain Brunet for PAN M 360.
FIRST PROGRAM WITH MARIE-NICOLE LEMIEUX : TICKETS AND INFO HERE
Artists
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
Kent Nagano, OSM conductor emeritus
Marie-Nicole Lemieux, contralto
Vincent Boilard, hautbois
Paul Merkelo, trumpet
Anna Burden, cello
Serge Desgagnés, percussion
Œuvres
Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski, Casse-Noisette, extraits (24 min)
- Miniature opening
- Walk
- Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
- Entertainment: Chocolate (Spanish) Coffee (Arabian dance) Tea (Chinese dance) Trepak (Russian dance) Mirlitons dance; Mother Gigogne
- Waltzing flowers
Matthew Ricketts (music), Alain Farah (livret), Cent soleils, for contralto and orchestra, world premiere – Order from OSM (20 min)
Intermission
Aziza Sadikova et Antonio Vivaldi, Farbenzeiten, North-American creation (48 min)
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons in a new version for oboe, trumpet, cello, percussion and orchestra by Aziza Sadikova
- Frühling [Le printemps]
- Sommer [L’été]
- Herbst [L’automne]
- Winter [L’hiver]
LE VENT DU NORD, 2nd PROGRAM: TICKETS AND INFO HERE
