OSM / Free concerts in the Parks
THE OSM IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD!
Three OSM / Loto-Québec Concerts in the Parks hosted by André Robitaille
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Montreal, July 6, 2009 – The summer season of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal opens on July 21 with the popular free series OSM / Loto-Québec Concerts in the Parks, hosted for a third straight year by André Robitaille. The Orchestra, led by first assistant conductor Stéphane Laforest, will be visiting
A program for the entire family
The OSM / Loto-Québec Concerts in the Parks are a unique opportunity to take advantage of beautiful summer evenings while enjoying symphonic repertoire in a family setting. And this summer the program is offering a tour of the world in music. The repertoire includes the “Farandole” from Bizet’s L’Arlésienne, the Radetzky March by Johann Strauss and the famous overture to Rossini’s William Tell. Lovers of movie music have not been forgotten, with a movement from the symphonic suite assembled by John Williams from his Star Wars soundtrack figuring in the programming, as well as the “Mambo” from Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story. Stéphane Laforest, first assistant conductor with the OSM, will also conduct Louis Bernier’s Fantaisie sur des airs de Félix Leclerc.
Three free concerts will be offered to the public. The first will take place on July 21 at 7:30 p.m. at Parc Daniel-Johnson in
The sky’s the show
Four hundred years ago this summer, the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei pointed his refracting telescope at the starry heavens. To call attention to his discoveries, 2009 has been designated the “International Year of Astronomy,” and in association with the Montreal Planetarium each of the three OSM / Loto-Québec Concerts in the Parks will be followed by a free stargazing session. Amateur astronomers will be making a number of telescopes available to the public, allowing them to relive Galileo’s experience when he looked for the first time through his rudimentary apparatus.
A rendezvous not to be missed
Over the years, the OSM / Loto-Québec Concerts in the Parks have become an essential part of the summer season. Begun at the
Detailed program of the OSM / Loto-Québec Concerts in the Parks.
Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien, Op.45
Bizet Excerpt from Carmen
Rossini William Tell Overture
Mascagni Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana
Bizet Farandole from L’Arlésienne
Stéphane Laforest La fête celtique
Bernstein Mambo from
Leclerc / Bernier Fantaisie sur des airs de Félix Leclerc
Williams Excerpts from Star Wars
The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal is presented by Hydro-Québec
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