As English as roast beef: YNS and OM in Paris

Von Mark Pullinger, 03 Dezember 2017

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“Queyras' light timbre was like butterscotch to Lemieux's burnt caramel”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Philharmonie de Paris: Grande salle Pierre Boulez, Paris, am 3 Dezember 2017

Berlioz, Les nuits d’été, Op.7

Saint-Saëns, Cellokonzert Nr. 1 in a-Moll, Op.33

Dutilleux, Trois Strophes sur le nom de Sacher for solo cello (Vivace)

Elgar, Enigma-Variationen für Orchester, Op.36

Ravel, Pavane pour une infante défunte

Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Alt

Jean-Guihen Queyras, Cello

Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Musikalische Leitung

Ohne Stil nichts los: Nézet-Séguins Debüt beim Festival Bach Montréal

Jens Klier, 6th December

Das vorzüglich auf Barock getrimmte Orchester trägt nicht über den sehr durchwachsenen Chor und die rätselhafte Deplatzierung der Solisten hinweg.

**111

Yannick Nézet-Séguin lädt zum Familienfest ein

Michael Klier, 29th November

Nézet-Séguin dirgiert sein Orchestre Métropolitain in insgesamt sieben Konzerten in Europa. In beiden Programmen wird auch jeweils ein Stück eines Komponisten aus Quebec gespielt.

***11

Marcano and Yun: Orchestre Métropolitain and emerging stars

Ian Cochrane, 12th November

Conductor Glass Marcano and pianist Tony Siqi Yun reimagined familiar works in a scintillating performance with Montreal's Orchestre Métropolitain.

****1

Dazzling Sibelius from Batiashvili and Nézet-Séguin in Montreal

Ian Cochrane, 19th October

A gamut of Nordic moods and colours are elicited in this all-Sibelius programme comprising the Violin Concerto as well as the Sixth and Seventh Symphonies.

****1

Nézet-Séguin and the Orchestre Métropolitain in Hamburg

Mengguang Huang, 26th June

Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s charismatic leadership and the Orchestre Métropolitain’s seamless unity brought Ravel, Saint-Saëns, and Tchaikovsky to life in a gripping, deeply expressive Hamburg performance.

*****

Ophélie steals the show in Opéra de Montréal's Hamlet

Ian Cochrane, 16th November

Sarah Dufresne dazzles as Ophélie in Opéra de Montréal's Hamlet along with mezzo Karine Deshayes and the Orchestre Métropolitain conducted by Jacques Lacombe.

***11

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

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