The OSM is back for the summer
THE OSM IS BACK FOR THE SUMMER
beginning July 30
Mozart Plus Series: 4 rendezvous not to be missed
¬… July 30: Mozart and Bizet’Äôs L’ÄôArlˆ©sienne
¬… August 6: Pianist Stephen Kovacevich returns to the OSM
¬… August 13: Jean-Philippe Collard and the 23rd Concerto
¬… August 20: Sumi Jo sings Mozart and bel canto
OSM / Loto-Quˆ©bec Concerts in the Parks: Tango gets pride of place
¬… August 7: Parc des Faubourgs, borough of Ville-Marie,
¬… August 9: Sportplexe George Springate, borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro,
¬… August 12: Parc de l’Äôˆéle des Moulins, Terrebonne
Festival Bel Canto in Knowlton: 2 weekends, 6 concerts
¬… August 15: Opening recital with Jennifer Larmore
¬… August 16: June Anderson and the OSM under the direction of Kent Nagano
¬… August 17: Bellini’Äôs Norma, opera in concert version with the OSM and Kent Nagano
¬… August 22: Sumi Jo sings Mozart, Donizetti and Bellini with the OSM and Kent Nagano
¬… August 23: Gino Vannelli in concert
¬… August 24: Bellini’Äôs Norma, opera in concert version with the OSM and Kent Nagano
Montreal, July 28, 2008 ’Äì The Orchestre symphonique de Montrˆ©al’Äôs summer gets under way on July 30 with the Mozart Plus series at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier in Place des Arts, in the very heart of the entertainment district. The series, which has enjoyed great success for over 25 years, offers music lovers four concerts, two of them conducted by Maestro Kent Nagano, on Wednesday evenings at 7:30 from July 30 to August 20.
Coloratura soprano Sumi Jo, pianists Stephen Kovacevich and Jean-Philippe Collard, conductor Jean-Franˆßois Rivest and violinist Andrew Wan, Grand Prize winner in the 2007 OSM Standard Life Competition, will be featured guests. On the program, some of Mozart’Äôs best-loved works and great classics like Ravel’Äôs
In its open-air summertime series, OSM / Loto-Quˆ©bec Concerts in the Parks, the Orchestre symphonique de Montrˆ©al is offering the public three free concerts: a concert at the Parc des Faubourgs in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal (corner of Ontario and De Lorimier), on August 7; another on August 9 at the Sportplexe George Springate in the borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro in Montrˆ©al; and a third on August 12 at Parc de l’Äôˆéle des Moulins in Terrebonne. For the second summer in a row, host and actor Andrˆ© Robitaille is the spokesman and host of these concerts, which are under the direction of Jean-Franˆßois Rivest, the OSM’Äôs conductor in residence.
Tango music performed by the group Quartango will have pride of place at these evenings, which will also present well-known works by Mozart, Mendelssohn and Johann Strauss. Quartango has conquered audiences all over
The Festival Bel Canto takes us to the banks of
The coloratura soprano Sumi Jo, meanwhile, will be the star of an evening devoted to Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti and Bellini under the direction of Kent Nagano on August 22 at 8 p.m. This concert will also be presented in
Finally, the Orchestre symphonique de Montrˆ©al will be performing as well on August 2 as part of the Festival de Lanaudiˆ®re, in the
The Orchestre symphonique de Montrˆ©al is presented by Hydro-Quˆ©bec
in association with National Bank
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