Deft steering in Montréal: Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Seong-Jin Cho

Seong-Jin Cho, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Orchestre Métropolitain

Seong-Jin Cho and Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Von Ian Cochrane, 20 Juni 2022

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“repertoire that played to the strengths and capabilities of the OM”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Maison symphonique, Montreal, am 18 Juni 2022

Brahms, Klavierkonzert Nr. 2 in B-Dur, Op.83

Ravel, Pavane pour une infante défunte

Boulanger, D'un matin de printemps

Strawinsky, Chant funèbre, Op.5

Ravel, La Valse

Seong-Jin Cho, Klavier

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Ian Cochrane

Ian Cochrane is a retired music teacher who hails from Montreal, Canada. He holds music degrees from McGill University, the University of Saskatchewan, and the University of Calgary. He has attended conducting seminars at the University of Michigan as well as Northwestern University. Ian has edited a variety of music journals. His articles have been published in both professional and refereed journals. In addition, he has written music curricula- both provincial and national. Ian’s concert reviews have been in published in La Scena magazine. Ian has extensive performance experience as an instrumentalist, chorister, and conductor.

Deft steering in Montreal: Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Seong-Jin Cho close the OM season