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Symphonie Urbaine Urban Symphony Urban Symphony SYMPHONIEURBAN URBAINESYMPHONY SEASON PARTNER PARTENAIRE DE SAISON PARTENAIRES PUBLICS 514 842-2112 / 1 866 842-2112 MHYP16-004 • HYDRO-QUÉBEC • COMMANDITE • ANNONCE OSM • INFO: NP/GR VERSION: ANGLAIS • FORMAT: 8" x 10,875" • COULEUR: CMYK • LIVRAISON: 5 FÉVRIER Hydro-Québec is proud to put the spotlight on the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal’s talented musicians. MHYP16-004 Brochure OSM_annonces.indd 2 2016-02-05 10:09 AN URBAN SYMPHONY EACH PAGES A WORD FROM KENT NAGANO 04-05 WEEK GRANDS CONCERTS SERIES 06-14 – HAYDN & THE MINIMALISTS FESTIVAL 10 A proud ambassador for Montréal, the METRO+CONCERTO SERIES 15 OSM presents a new season that pays ITALIAN FESTIVAL 16 tribute to this city with a spectacular program of concerts! The sounds of the HOLIDAY SEASON 17 city will resonate during the festivities OSM POP SERIES 18 for the 50th anniversary of our metro, CHILDREN’S CORNER SERIES 19 while Montréal’s 375th anniversary will MUSIC & IMAGES 20 be in the limelight with concert events you definitely don’t want to miss! A CLOSING CONCERT 2 1 diversified lineup of symphonic concerts, THE OSM CHORUS 22 recitals and vocal music, as well as an THE OSM WELCOMES 22 entertaining family program. All this SYMPHONIE for you in the exceptional acoustics of ORGAN RECITALS SERIES 23 the Maison symphonique. THE RECITALS SERIES 24 CHAMBER MUSIC URBAINE 25 SYMPHONIE OSM CLASSICAL SPREE FESTIVAL 27 PURCHASE,SYMPHONIE SUBSCRIPTION & PRIVILEGES 28-31 – YOUNG AUDIENCES 30 URBAINE – GRAND CONCERTS SERIES 32 GRANDURBAINE PRECONCERT TALKS 31 PRICES & SEATING PLAN 33 FOLLOW US! 03 SYMPHONIE URBAN SYMPHONYURBAINE SYMPHONIE URBAINE EVERY DREAM LEADS TO AN AWAKENING… As we rub our eyes and take in our present situation, the world SYMPHONIEbeyond our sphere of influence seems to have lost its way. Ideological pendulums in Europe and North America swing precariously between discourses of humanism and protectionism; industry and ecology; wealth and disparity. Through the unaccountable politics of power URBAINEwe have unwittingly created a world of decadence, which is only now admitting its vice. These conflicts can manifest in us a deep sense of doubt and fear. Where is our erstwhile confidence in those humanistic convictions of liberty, fraternity, equality? Where are our cultural values, and our faith in their infallibility? The words of the author Yann Martel come to mind: “[Fear] is life’s only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life… You must fight hard to shine the light of words upon it. Because if you don’t… your fear becomes a wordless darkness.” Against such a global backdrop of turmoil, we contrast a period of civic milestones: In 2016 Montréal celebrates 50 years since the inauguration of the metro and the dawn of modernity in Quebec. 2017 marks the 375th birthday of Montréal, and 150 years since Canadian Confederation. We ask ourselves: what responsibility do we have to mediate between the local and global in our artistic programming, and what effects might these decisions have on the feelings and reactions of our audience? Might we recall our past idealism to shine light on the doubt and fear of our present? 04 We open our season with one of the essential works of the 20th century, past. Other featured Canadian composers who have left their indelible Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. This magnificent cantata recalls 12th century marks on our city and country are Serge Garant, Jean Papineau-Couture Europe, using ancient German, Latin and French in combination with and Alexander Brott. José Evangelista commemorates the Montréal the musical language of modernity to evoke the lives of simple people, metro’s 50th anniversary, reminding us of the real and metaphorical the fickleness of it all, the joy and pain of love and vice, and humanity paths connecting otherwise disparate urban communities; and face to face with destiny – “O fortuna!” 200 years its senior, but making Samy Moussa’s new work will celebrate Montréal’s 375 years, highlighting use of a musical language so pure and universal as to defy temporal the ingenuity and creativity so alive in our city, in a one-of-a-kind classification, is Johann Sebastian Bach’s Saint Matthew Passion. It collaboration with Moment Factory. This programme is completed with constitutes one of the greatest musical professions of faith, and possesses Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony, a stirring testament to the poetry a symbolic power altogether unique in the repertoire. In my experience, and optimism of North America at the turn of the 20th century. During each new interpretation of a sacred work by Bach exposes a different the holiday season we welcome Canada’s own Gaspésien Africain, facet of the human spirit. In this music we hear a veritable engagement Boucar Diouf, whose unique take on Christmas in Quebec shines light with life’s realities – yes, tragedy and sorrow, but also our basic longing the immigrant experience, 100 years after Dvořák. for love, freedom and peace. Since the inauguration of the Grand Orgue Pierre-Béique in 2014 a Building on connections between tradition and innovation, we invite new world of sound has become possible at the OSM. Our popular you to reconsider some of the great classics of Western music in a new organ series culminates this year with a new work by Matthew Ricketts, light. Our festival dedicated to Haydn presents concerts over three days, and a concert-conference with Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques. pairing music of the Viennese master with the minimalist works of Steve The concert is presented in collaboration with the Canadian Space Reich, Philip Glass, Arvo Pärt and John Adams. Marc-André Hamelin Agency, featuring breathtaking images of the earth and space from and Pinchas Zukerman are also featured in these concerts performing the International Space Station. works by Ravel, Shostakovich, Mozart, and of course, Haydn. Symphonic masterpieces of the 20th century are essential to our concert AGAINST SUCH A GLOBAL BACKDROP OF TURMOIL, programs, including Messiaen’s WE CONTRAST A PERIOD OF CIVIC MILESTONES: formidable Turangalîla-Symphonie, IN 2016 MONTRÉAL CELEBRATES 50 YEARS SINCE Shostakovich’s first and last symphonies and Dutilleux’s second. These works THE INAUGURATION OF THE METRO AND THE express the unrest of the past 100 years, DAWN OF MODERNITY IN QUEBEC. 2017 MARKS but also the sense of hope, beauty and THE 375th BIRTHDAY OF MONTRÉAL, AND 150 YEARS humanity that pervaded it all. SINCE CANADIAN CONFEDERATION. Two of Canada’s finest soloists, pianist Louis Lortie and violinist James Ehnes, Our three-concert Italian Festival, with guest conductor Carlo Rizzi, join us as Artists-in-Residence. Our roster of guest artists is no less is a reminder of the rich musical traditions that have emanated from impressive, with pianists Angela Hewitt, Till Fellner, Yefim Bronfman the Mediterranean cradle of early civilization. Opera is a must, with and Denis Matsuev, violinists Joshua Bell, Vadim Repin and Midori, a concert of great Verdi choruses, but also Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, cellist Truls Mørk, and many more musicians of exceptional quality. the virtuosity of Paganini, and the beautiful tone poems of Respighi. The musicians of the OSM and I dedicate the variety and breadth of We also offer two different takes on the classic love story of Verona, our programming – its diversity, unique points of view and unexpected Romeo and Juliet. First, through Prokofiev’s vividly imagined suite for perspectives – to our public and to our city. It is our humble hope ballet, and then, through Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story, set on to shine a small ray of light into the darkness of world events, with the streets of New York City. This American take on the perennial classic programming that reflects the very effervescence of our urban milieu, highlights the absurdity of racial violence – a message as trenchant today and the complexity of the human condition common to us all. as it was at its premiere in 1957. Bernstein’s 1984 opera, A Quiet Place, completes the composer’s musical manifesto on the social dangers of divisiveness in North America. As in past seasons, exceptional new Canadian music features prominently in our concerts. Newly commissioned works by José Evangelista, Samy Moussa and Matthew Ricketts express the sound of our current time and place, while simultaneously marking great moments from our 05 SEPTEMBER 2016 THE GRAND CONCERTS SERIES KENT NAGANO, THE MUSICIANS AND THE OSM CHORUS CARMINA BURANA OPENS THE SEASON! GRAND OPENING The OSM inaugurates its 83rd season WEDNESDAY SEP 7* ARTISTS with a commanding performance of 8 p.m. Kent Nagano, conductor Carmina Burana, the monumental Aline Kutan, soprano masterwork composed by Carl Orff. THURSDAY SEP 8 Frédéric Antoun, tenor Russell Braun, baritone Based on secular and even carnal 8 p.m. Children’s Choir verses, the ancient Latin texts mix with The OSM Chorus SATURDAY SEP 10 Middle High German and Old Provençal, Andrew Megill, OSM chorus master 8 p.m. on subjects ranging from drinking, gambling, gluttony, lust, and the PROGRAM inevitable cycle of the Wheel of Fortune Ligeti, Concert Românesc that inexorably brings rebirth and Orff, Carmina Burana spring each year. * Grand opening concert – Tickets sold individually 06 OCTOBER PROKOFIEV: ROMEO AND JULIET THURSDAY OCT 13 ARTISTS 10:30 a.m. / 8 p.m. Juraj Valčuha, conductor James Ehnes, violin Internationally Artist-in-Residence of the OSM thanks to acclaimed two-time the Larry & Cookie Rossy Family Foundation OSM Competition winner, Canadian PROGRAM violinist James Kodály, Dances from Galánta Ehnes celebrates Dvořák, Violin Concerto in A minor, his 30-year career B. 96 in Montréal. Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet, Suite KENT NAGANO CELEBRATES THE MONTRÉAL METRO Quebec has covered a lot of ground THURSDAY OCT 20 ARTISTS since the 1960s! 8 p.m.
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