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

By Ian Cochrane, 20 June 2022

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

Reviewed at Maison symphonique, Montreal on 18 June 2022

Brahms, Piano Concerto no. 2 in B flat major, Op.83

Ravel, Pavane pour une infante défunte

Boulanger, D'un matin de printemps

Stravinsky, Chant funèbre, Op.5

Ravel, La Valse

Seong-Jin Cho, Piano

Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor

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

Nézet-Séguin and Orchestre Métropolitain celebrate silver anniversary

Ian Cochrane, 22nd September

Montreal's Orchestre Métropolitain launches its season with a Bruckner Ninth that includes both an orchestral introduction and a choral finale.

****1

Inspirational guest conductor debuts with the Orchestre Métropolitain

Ian Cochrane, 17th May

The 27 year old Venezuelan conductor Glass Marcano impresses in music from Latin America and in Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony.

****1

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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