Europe Tour 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.
Photo : Jean-Marc Abela
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Tour vlog : Episode 1 : Vienna
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.
Itinerary and program : Germany and Austria
March 11: Düsseldorf, Tonhalle
Artists
Rafał Blechacz, piano
Program
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)
Photo : Clara Houeix
March 13: Hamburg, Elbphilharmonie
Artists
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Program
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
Artists
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Program
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)
Photo : Jean-Marc Abela
March 17: Vienna, Konzerthaus
Artists
Rafał Blechacz, piano
Program
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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Tour vlog : Episode 2 : Paris
Itinerary and program : France and Belgium
Photo : Jean-Marc Abela
March 19: Paris, Philharmonie
Artists
Marie-Nicole Lemieux, mezzo-soprano
Program
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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Photo : Jean-Marc Abela
March 20: Brussels, Palais des beaux-arts
Artists
Marie-Nicole Lemieux, mezzo-soprano
Program
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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Itinerary and program: Germany
Photo : Michèle-Andrée Lanoue_001
March 21: Munich, Philharmonie Am Gasteig
Artists
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Program
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
Artistes
Rafał Blechacz, piano
Program
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)
Photo : Paul Müller-Hahl
March 25: Berlin, Philharmonie
Artists
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Program
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)
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OSM Tour Vlog : A look Back At The Tour
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.
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