Etiket: symphony
The “Leningrad” symphony, mirror of our world?
Saturday, at the Maison symphonique de Montréal, Yannick Nézet-Séguin will resume the Symphony no 7 by Shostakovich, known as “Leningrad”, which he directed in 2018 in Lanaudière. Played on August…
Interview for The Symphony of Monsters | Resist orchestrated barbarism
The new novel by the most widely read contemporary French-speaking author in the world, who granted us an interview, plays on a long-term chiaroscuro, placing the action in the heart…
“The Symphony of Monsters”, Marc Levy
Surprise ! Who thought they would have to mourn the loss of “9” after reading Noah will be reassured and delighted to discover that the destiny of these computer hackers…
Montreal Symphony House | Celine Dion’s classics in symphonic version
Celine Dion’s classics will be the subject of a show at the Maison symphonique de Montréal next December. Posted at 10:36 a.m. Directed by Alexandre Da Costa, the Quebec Philharmonic…
Despite the war, the Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra reconstitutes itself and begins a series of concerts in the United Kingdom
This tour of the Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra is as much cultural as diplomatic. It begins Tuesday in Great Britain to thank the British for the help provided to fight…
Despite the war, the Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra reconstitutes itself and begins a series of concerts in the United Kingdom
This tour of the Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra is as much cultural as diplomatic. It begins Tuesday in Great Britain to thank the British for the help provided to fight…
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra declared bankrupt
In a press release issued Thursday at 5 p.m., the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra Association (KWS) announced that it had filed for bankruptcy and that the board of directors had resigned…
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra cancels season
The Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony announced in a terse Facebook post on Sunday evening the complete cancellation of its 2023-2024 season. The board of directors (CA) of the orchestra, of which adopted…
Montreal Symphony Orchestra | Payare prays, dances, enchants
Rafael Payare showed that he could surpass himself in each concert, in often very different repertoires. The opening concert of this season (the first entirely designed by him), given Tuesday…
“Liebestod”, Jakub Hrůša and the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Released digitally in the spring, this program took months to materialize on CD. This is one of the best releases by a young generation conductor in this type of repertoire…
Dominique Fils-Aimé and the OSM | Soul and jazz symphony
Singer-songwriter Dominique Fils-Aimé and the Orchester symphonique de Montréal (OSM), conducted by Dina Gilbert, offered a show on Tuesday where strength and delicacy were able to coexist in exceptional harmony.…
[Critique] “Bruckner. 7th Symphony”. Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich
Much is made, here or there, of this news 7e Symphony by Bruckner by Paavo Järvi, his second after an RCA recording. The question therefore arises whether there is a…
“The Symphony of Lightning”: Zaho de Sagazan, mirror, mirror…
Zaho de Sagazan was built, she tells us in front of a mirror, “because I was a little girl who had no self-confidence and who discovered that music was the…
[Critique] “Thus spake Zarathustra”, François-Xavier Roth, London Symphony Orchestra
Gone are the days when star directors Reiner, Karajan, Mehta or Solti lined up flamboyant versions ofThus spake Zarathustra, with Rudolf Kempe (EMI) and William Steinberg (DG) at the top.…
Review of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra | The importance of being consistent
March was Payare month for the Orchester symphonique de Montréal, which toured North America with its musical director three weeks ago and returned Tuesday night with a German post-romantic program…
Review of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 by the OSM | An honorable first record
The Orchester symphonique de Montréal (OSM) and its conductor Rafael Payare performed the iconic Symphony noh 5 in C sharp minor of Mahler no less than three times this week,…
Montreal Symphony Orchestra | Alexandre Kantorow ignites the Maison symphonique
Kent Nagano gave Wednesday evening the first of three concerts with the Orchester symphonique de Montréal, a second appearance this season at the head of the formation he led from…
Grammy Awards | The young people of the New York Youth Symphony in the big leagues
(New York) When the New York Youth Symphony recorded its first album during the dark days of the pandemic, violinist Jessica Jeon was 12, Noelia Carrasco was a high school…
[Critique] “Ice Storm Symphony”, Maxime Goulet
Maxime Goulet let the storm pass. The composer born in 1980, not in the mould, or perhaps simply too talented or too intelligent to bend to academic conformity, has quietly…
Montreal Symphony Orchestra | Puffy direction and invigorating soloist
The Orchester symphonique de Montréal gave its first program of the year on Wednesday and Thursday. The Press attended the last concert. Posted at 7:00 a.m. Emmanuel Bernier special collaboration…