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CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS
Cancelled: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
8 PM
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
After more than a decade as music director of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Kent Nagano makes his final Carnegie Hall appearance in that role. He leads an exciting program, including Shostakovich’s “Babi Yar” Symphony, a memorial to the Holocaust and a scalding indictment of Soviet antisemitism. There’s also virtuoso flash when pianist Mikhail Pletnev, praised for his “virtuosity” and “magisterial command” (The New York Times), joins Nagano and the orchestra for Schumann’s brilliant concerto.
Performers
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
Kent Nagano, Music Director and Conductor
Mikhail Pletnev, Piano
Alexander Vinogradov, Bass
Members of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal Chorus, and the Chamber Singers, Oratorio Society, and Varsity Men's Glee Club of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Andrew Megill, Chorus Master
Program
SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 13, "Babi Yar"
Event Duration
The printed program will last approximately two hours, including one 20-minute intermission. Please note that there will be no late seating before intermission.Pre-Concert Talk
Pre-concert talk at 7 PM with Simon Morrison, Professor of Music, Princeton University.Explore More
In honor of the centenary of his birth, Carnegie Hall’s 2019–2020 season is dedicated to the memory of Isaac Stern in recognition of his extraordinary contributions to Carnegie Hall, arts advocacy, and the field of music.
The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal is sponsored by Hydro-Québec. The OSM thanks the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Canada Council for the Arts, the Gouvernement du Québec, and Conseil des arts de Montréal for their generous contributions.