Brilliant showpieces from Fabien Gabel, the Labèques and the OSM

Fabien Gabel

Katia and Marielle Labèque

Fabien Gabel conducts the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal

Von Phillip Nones, 08 Mai 2024

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“Gabel’s interpretation gave us equal parts sensuality and drama”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Maison symphonique, Montreal, am 8 Mai 2024

Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin

Glass, Double Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra

Strauss R., Salome, Op.54: Tanz der sieben Schleier

Schmitt, La Tragédie de Salomé

Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal

Fabien Gabel, Musikalische Leitung

Katia Labèque, Klavier

Marielle Labèque, Klavier

Ein Gespür für die Partitur: Kent Nagano in München

David Renke, 21st March

Bei seiner Abschiedstournee mit dem Orchestre symphonique de Montréal zeigt Nagano nuancenreiche Interpretationen.

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Rafael Payare and his Montrealers show off their jazz chops

Ian Cochrane, 11th March

Rafael Payare boldly programmes Kinan Azmeh's Suite for Improvisor and Orchestra in a diverse concert bill that also features long-standing Principal Flute Timothy Hutchins.

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A national treasure revisits Montreal: Angela Hewitt plays Mozart

Ian Cochrane, 28th February

Angela Hewitt joins the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal for an exquisite rendering of a Mozart concerto, and Leonard Slatkin conducts Tchaikovsky's Winter Daydreams.

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Last minute jump-in Hankyeol Yoon saves the day in Montreal

Ian Cochrane, 21st January

Virtuosic Alina Ibragimova joins the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal for a dynamite performance of Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto, while youthful conductor Hankyeol Yoon leads polished Rachmaninov.

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Payare, Lamsma and the OSM: Korngold and Bartók in Montreal

Ian Cochrane, 3rd December

The Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal (OSM), conductor Rafael Payare, and violin soloist Simone Lamsma joined forces in a program that featured seminal works by two musical titans who settled in the United States after fleeing Europe in the mid-twentieth century.

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Faust’s bargain, Berlioz’s triumph in Montréal’s season launch

Ian Cochrane, 17th September

Rafael Payare leads a fevered account of desire, damnation and sonic grandeur, ably supported by Karen Cargill and Andrew Staples.

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Phillip Nones

Phillip Nones studied piano from age six, also playing percussion in educational and civic groups before moving to a rural area of the USA in 1990, where performance opportunities were few. Recently he has started performing again, participating in “side-by-side” orchestra performances and playing percussion in the World Doctors' Orchestra. His personal collection of music includes over 5,000 classical albums in all formats (CDs, LPs, 78s), plus downloads. In his professional life, he heads up a marketing communications firm in the state of Maryland. He blogs about the French composer Florent Schmitt here.

Brilliant showpieces from Fabien Gabel, the Labèques and the OSM in Montreal