Europe 2019
A twelfth European tour is on the agenda for March 2019 (MARCH 11 TO 23), when the Orchestra will visit some of the most highly esteemed concert halls of the great capitals of Europe: Dusseldorf (Tonhalle), Hamburg (Elbphilharmonie), Essen (Philharmonie), Vienna (Konzerthaus), Paris (Philharmonie), Brussells (Palais des Beaux-Arts), Munich (Philharmonie Im Gasteig), Regensburg (University Audimax) and Berlin, at the prestigious Philharmonie.
Works and guest soloists: pianist Rafał Blechacz will perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major; pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet will play the Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 5, “Egyptian”; while Quebec contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux will join the Orchestra for Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder. Also on the program for this tour, Debussy’s Jeux, Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring and Petrushka (1947), and three excerpts from Berlioz’s Damnation of Faust: Hungarian March, Ballet des sylphs and Menuet des follets.
The concerts of Paris and Berlin broadcast
Broadcast schedule:
– Paris, Tuesday March 19 at 3:30 pm (EST): the first piece via Facebook Live on the OSM’s Facebook page, and the entire concerts on Mezzo TV. Watch the diffusion
– Berlin, Monday March 25 at 3 pm (EST): on the OSM’s Facebook page via Facebook Live, and on medici.tv Watch the diffusion
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Videos
Vienna
Paris
Throwback
Program
March 11: Düsseldorf, Tonhalle
Rafał Blechacz, piano
Debussy: Jeux, poème dansé (17 min)
Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 23 in A major, K. 488 (26 min)
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Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (33 min)
March 13: Hamburg, Elbphilharmonie
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Ravel: Alborada del gracioso (9 min)
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto no. 5, (The Egyptian) (29 min)
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Stravinsky: Petruchka (1947, 34 min)
March 14: Essen, Philharmonie
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Debussy: Jeux, poème dansé (17 min)
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto no. 5, (The Egyptian) (29 min)
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Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (33 min)
March 17: Vienna, Konzerthaus
Rafał Blechacz, piano
Debussy: Jeux, poème dansé (17 min)
Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 23 in A major, K. 488 (26 min)
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Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (33 min)
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March 19: Paris, Philharmonie
Marie-Nicole Lemieux, mezzo-soprano
Debussy: Jeux, poème dansé (17 min)
Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder (21 min)
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Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (33 min)
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March 20: Brussels, Palais des beaux-arts
Marie-Nicole Lemieux, mezzo-soprano
Berlioz: 3 excerpts from The Damnation of Faust (order to be confirmed)
Hungarian March (5 min)
Dance of the Sylphs (3 min)
Minuet of the Will-o’-the-Wisps (5 min)
Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder (21 min)
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Debussy: Jeux, poème dansé (17 min)
Stravinsky: Petruchka (1947, 34 min)
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March 21: Munich, Philharmonie Am Gasteig
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Debussy: Jeux, poème dansé (17 min)
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto no. 5, (Egyptian) (29 min)
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Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (33 min)
March 22: Regensburg, University Audimax
Rafał Blechacz, piano
Debussy: Jeux, poème dansé (17 min) OR Ravel, Alborada del gracioso (9 min)
Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 23 in A major, K. 488 (26 min)
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Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (33 min)
March 25: Berlin, Philharmonie
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Debussy: Jeux, poème dansé (17 min)
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto no. 5, (The Egyptian) (29 min)
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Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (33 min)
Concert presented by
The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal’s 2019 European tour would not have been possible without the valuable contribution of the OSM Foundation and its partners.
