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Taiko
 Sunday february 28, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.  Concert suivant
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Tuesday march 2, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.  Concert suivant
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Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier at Place des Arts

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KENT NAGANO, conductor
SUZIE LEBLANC, soprano
ERMONELA JAHO, soprano
EITETSU HAYASHI, taiko drum
Other soprano to be confirmed

CHRIS PAUL HARMAN, Silver threads among the Gold (world premiere, OSM commission)
JEAN-PASCAL BEINTUS, Onna-no-ko no uta (traditional Japanese songs)
GIACOMO PUCCINI, Excerpts from Madama Butterfly, "Un bel di vedremo, Che tua madre dovrà prenderti in braccio et Con onor muore" 
ISAO MATSUSHITA, Hi-TenYu for taiko (large Japanese drum) and orchestra
 

Pre-concert talk, 1:30 p.m. (February 28) and 7 p.m. (March 2): Françoise Davoine, host and webmaster for Espace clasique, interviews OSM Music Director Kent Nagano.

The mysterious, irresistible beauty of Asia comes to life in a four-part concert that explores various aspects of the art and history of Japan and Canada. The Onna-no-ko no uta are traditional Japanese songs for young girls, orchestrated by Jean-Pascal Beintus. They are filled with poetical meaning and dramatic profundity. Kent Nagano also conducts a work by Japanese composer Isao Matsushita for taiko drum and orchestra, excerpts from Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, one of the pinnacles of Italian opera, and a world premiere by Chris Paul Harman evoking the story of Japanese-Canadians during the Second World War.

 

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