The Meeting of the Century
Kent Nagano, conductor
 Thursday april 2, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.  Concert suivant
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Kent Nagano, conductor
François Dompierre, actor
Denis Bouchard, director
Measha Brueggergosman, soprano
Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Polenzani, tenor
John Relyea, bass
OSM Chorus
Current and past members of the Canadian Hockey Club
Participation of Cirque Eloize, Claude Dubois, Michel Rivard, Pierre Lebeau, Nathalie Choquette and Gino Quilico

Ludwig van Beethoven, Ode à la joie,  Symphony no. 9
François Dompierre / Georges-Hébert Germain, Les Glorieux
As well as a selection of other important works including an excerp from the Planets by Holst

The OSM and Kent Nagano invite you to a very special event, an enormous musical feast in the heart of Montreal and the very pinnacle of the celebrations surrounding the Orchestra’s 75th anniversary. On the program will be a monument of the symphonic repertory: The eternal “Ode to Joy,” the very summit of his all-embracing concern for freedom and the brotherhood of man taken from Beethoven’s gigantic Ninth Symphony. This unique benefit concert harks back to the days when the OSM made regular appearances at the Forum.

Proud supporter of the Centenary of the Montreal Canadiens, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal revives François Dompierre and Georges-Hébert Germain’s highly successful work Les Glorieux, a true hymn to our national sport, created at Place des Arts on February 20.

Proceeds from this evening’s concert will contribute to furthering the OSM’s international reputation.

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