| Re: Nagano unveils ambitious 06-07 lineup for OSM [message #224641] |
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> It's the first major announcement from the orchestra since the
> settlement of a bitter five-month labour dispute that interrupted the
> 2004-05 season and, according to management, threatened the future
> existence of the orchestra.
they wouldn't settle for the ultimate solution to the orchestra problem.
It's too tempting to go on
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> http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2006/02/17/osm-nagano- 0607season.html
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> Nagano unveils ambitious 06-07 lineup for OSM
> Last Updated Fri, 17 Feb 2006 17:48:03 EST
> CBC Arts
> A lot of Beethoven, a touch of Zappa and a new work paying tribute to
> retired general Romeo Dallaire are all part of an ambitious new season
> setting a new tone for Montreal's symphony orchestra.
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> Kent Nagano, music director of the Orchestre Symphonique
> de Montréal. (Image courtesy Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal)
> Kent Nagano, the new musical director of the Orchestre
> Symphonique de Montréal, announced a Beethoven-heavy lineup for the
> 2006-07 season - his first in Montreal.
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> It's the first major announcement from the orchestra since the
> settlement of a bitter five-month labour dispute that interrupted the
> 2004-05 season and, according to management, threatened the future
> existence of the orchestra.
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> The youthful, high-profile and popular U.S. conductor - the
> former music director of the Los Angeles Opera - spoke in both French and
> English at Thursday's announcement, where he praised the orchestra and its
> players.
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> "[The players'] commitment and their enthusiasm and their
> passion and their ambitiousness have made such a season possible," Nagano
> said, according to the Canadian Press.
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> Major concerts in the upcoming season will include the music of
> Wagner's Tristan and Isolde - featuring Ben Heppner and Christine
> Brewer - and The General, a new work by musicologist and critic Paul
> Griffiths, composed as a tribute to the courage of Dallaire. Montreal-born
> actor Christopher Plummer will narrate the accompanying text.
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> Renowned artists featured in 2006-07 include Mariinsky Theater
> director and conductor Valery Gergiev, pianist Maria Joao Pires,
> violinists Joshua Bell and James Ehnes, and star soprano Renee Fleming. As
> well, there will be visits from the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and from
> Pinchas Zukerman and the National Arts Centre Orchestra.
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> Nagano also plans a series of early-evening hour-long concerts
> featuring a range of music, from Mozart to Gershwin to Frank Zappa.
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> Nagano said he has woven the music of Beethoven throughout many
> of the upcoming programs.
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> "It was thanks to Beethoven, through his symphonies, that music
> began to be understood as a legitimate means of expression," he said in a
> statement.
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> "Our hope is to present and make accessible the great musical
> masterpieces as though they were music of our age. I want to offer the
> audience possibilities that will take them beyond merely listening to
> concerts."
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> The OSM opens its 2006-07 season with a performance of
> Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, conducted by Nagano, on Sept. 6.
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