Un grand dossier sur la Webradio Espace Classique le chef Yannick Nˆ©zet-Sˆ©guin ˆÝ Rotterdam

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Montrˆ©al, lundi 15 septembre 2008 - ˆÄ partir d'aujourd'hui, ˆÝ Radio-Canada.ca/espaceclassique, les internautes ont accˆ®s ˆÝ un dossier complet sur les dˆ©buts de Yannick Nˆ©zet-Sˆ©guin en tant que nouveau directeur musical de l'Orchestre philharmonique de Rotterdam.

UN SITE VIVANT ET INTERACTIF!
Le public y trouvera plusieurs entrevues, un album photos, des concerts en ligne et des informations sur l'adaptation de Yannick ˆÝ sa nouvelle vie aux Pays-Bas. De plus, le chef invite les internautes ˆÝ traverser le centre de Rotterdam avec lui, lors d'une balade virtuelle ˆÝ vˆ©lo, oˆ¼ il propose une visite de quelques grands monuments et de ses petits coins prˆ©fˆ©rˆ©s!

D'autre part, les mˆ©lomanes pourront entendre sur demande, pendant trois semaines, la Symphonie no 5 de Chostakovitch enregistrˆ©e lors du concert d'intronisation qui s'est tenu dans la grande salle du De Doelen le 14 juin dernier.

CONCOURS « JOUEZ AU CHEF AVEC YANNICK »
Pour souligner l'ˆ©vˆ©nement, du 15 septembre au 3 octobre, Espace musique invite chaleureusement le public ˆÝ participer au concours ¬´ Jouez au chef avec Yannick ¬ª en rˆ©pondant aux questions posˆ©es lors des SOIRˆâES CLASSIQUES animˆ©es par Michel Keable du lundi au jeudi ˆÝ 20 h. Les rˆ©ponses sont dissimulˆ©es sur le site Radio-Canada.ca/espaceclassique. Les prix : cinq chanceux recevront une vˆ©ritable baguette de chef autographiˆ©e par Yannick Nˆ©zet-Sˆ©guin, accompagnˆ©e du plus rˆ©cent enregistrement de l'Orchestre Mˆ©tropolitain du Grand Montrˆ©al, dont il est ˆ©galement le chef attitrˆ©.

Nous vous invitons ˆÝ naviguer dˆ®s maintenant sur ce site particuliˆ®rement original au Radio-Canada.ca/espaceclassique et ˆÝ profiter des plus belles heures de musique classique sur Internet.


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WFMT Radio Network to Webcast Massive Mahler Symphony March 15 From Quebec City

WFMT Radio Network

5400 N. St. Louis Ave.

Chicago, IL 60625-4623

Tel: (773) 279-2000

www.wfmt.com

For Immediate Release

LIVE FROM QUEBEC CITY:
WFMT RADIO NETWORK TO WEBCAST MASSIVE
MAHLER SYMPHONY CONCERT MARCH 15

With Exclusive Rights, Leading Classical Broadcaster
To Air and Stream French Canadian Capital's
400th Birthday Kickoff Concert

CHICAGO, March 10, 2008 ’Äî The WFMT Radio Network has announced it will produce and distribute the exclusive live radio broadcast and Web simulcast of the historic March 15 concert of Gustav Mahler's massive Symphony No. 8 from Quebec City.

The concert, to be staged with 1,000 performers in the cavernous Colisˆ©e Pepsi sports arena, will launch the French Canadian capital's year-long 400th anniversary celebration.

The two-hour concert presentation will be streamed live at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (00:30 Greenwich Mean Time March 16) at www.wfmt.com. Web access is free.

The concert will also air live over 98.7/WFMT, Chicago, the network's flagship station, and is being offered free, for live or later broadcast, to any radio station that's interested, said Steve Robinson, WFMT's general manager and executive producer for the Mahler broadcast.

Mahler's Eighth Symphony, written in 1906, is also known as the "Symphony of a Thousand" because of the enormous number of orchestral musicians and singers it requires. It's rarely performed with the full, large-scale forces that will be assembled on one stage for the Quebec City concert.

Maestro Yoav Talmi will conduct the Quebec Symphony Orchestra, the Trois-Riviˆ®res Symphony Orchestra, and other orchestras; a combined chorus from more than a dozen vocal ensembles; and eight vocal soloists.

"It's going to be exciting to hear what this gargantuan Mahler symphony sounds like on the radio and on the Web," Robinson said.

A WFMT team consisting of on-air hosts Lisa Flynn (and a co-host to be named), producer Peter Whorf, and engineer Eric Arunas will be in Quebec City for the special broadcast.

"To remain relevant, broadcasters need to offer unique, high-value programs online and over the air," Robinson said. "At the same time, the WFMT Radio Network's celebratory symphony broadcast from Quebec City recalls the Golden Age of network radio, when live coverage of important cultural events at home and overseas received high priority."

The cost of the broadcast is being underwritten by the Quebec Ministry of Tourism, Canadian Tourism Commission, and Tourism Quebec.
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