Choral Beethoven – October 20, 2024

Choral Beethoven

Part of the Orchestre Métropolitain’s Beethoven Marathon

The uncontested master of the symphony, Beethoven left his mark on music in a way few composers have. With four concerts in three days, Yannick Nézet-Séguin will deliver his vision of these bold classics that continue to dazzle audiences 250 years later. It’s sure to be a marathon to remember!

Each program will feature two or three Beethoven symphonies, rounded out by the premiere of a piece written by a winner of the Beethoven Heritage competition, an initiative spearheaded by the OM and its artistic director. These young composers bring a modern perspective to Beethoven’s influence on today’s world and to his work’s social and political themes.

Experience Beethoven’s bookends: a promising debut and a revolutionary finale. The first measures of Symphony No. 1 showcase an irreverent Beethoven, whose style reaches its pinnacle in Symphony No. 9. Embodying joy and fellowship, the sweeping work is performed by the Chœur Métropolitain and sublime soloists.

Soloists
Ying Fang, soprano

Chinese soprano Ying Fang has been praised as “indispensable at the Met in Mozart” (The New York Times) and for “a voice that can stop time, pure and rich and open and consummately expressive” (Financial Times).

Ms. Fang begins the 2024/2025 season making her long awaited house debut at the Royal Opera Covent Garden as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro in a production by Sir David McVicar, followed by a return to Lyric Opera of Chicago for the same role. She debuts at the Bayerische Staatsoper as Pamina in Die Zauberflöte and makes her role debut as Marzelline in Fidelio at the Metropolitan Opera opposite Lise Davidsen, conducted by Susanna Mälkki and broadcasted as part of The Met Live in HD series. She also sings Ilia in Idomeneo in her house debut at San Francisco Opera. On the concert stage, she joins the Sydney Symphony and Sir Donald Runnicles for Mahler’s 4th symphony and Lieder of Richard Strauss, Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons as Mater Gloriosa in Mahler’s Eighth symphony, Orchestre Métropolitain de Montreal and Yannick Nézet-Séguin for her first Beethoven 9, and Orchestra of St. Luke’s and Raphaël Pichon at Carnegie Hall for a program of Schubert, Schumann, and Weber. She tours with Ensemble Pygmalion and Mo. Pichon, bringing Bach’s Johannespassion to venues including Teatro alla Scala, Notre-Dame de Paris, Vienna Konzerthaus, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, and the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. She tours with NHK Symphony Orchestra and Fabio Luisi, bringing Mahler’s 4th Symphony to the Concertgebouw, the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Dresden Kulturpalast, and Queen Elizabeth Hall in Antwerp.

Rihab Chaieb, mezzo-soprano

The current and upcoming seasons will be marked by significant milestones for Tunisian-Canadian mezzo Rihab Chaieb including debut at Opernhaus Zürich as Charlotte Werther, the title role in Carmen at Glyndebourne Festival and with Los Angeles Philharmonic under G.Dudamel, Claire Melancholia with the Royal Swedish Opera, Dorabella Così fan tutte at Seiji Ozawa Music Academy, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 under Y. Nézet-Séguin with the Philadelphia Orchestra, return to the Metropolitan Opera and to the Bayerische Staatsoper, appearances with Bregenzer Festspiele, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Opéra de Montréal, Festival San Sebastián, Canadian Opera Company, Orchestre symphonique de Québec, Washington National Symphony Orchestra, and the BBC Proms.

Mathew Cairns, tenor

One of CBC’s 2019 ‘30 Hot Classical Musicians Under 30,’ Canadian Matthew Cairns is making a name for himself as one of the most exciting tenors on the rise.

Joshua Hopkins, baritone

Program
Marie-Pier BRASSET, Amor Fati
Ludwig Van BEETHOVEN, Symphony No. 1
Ludwig Van BEETHOVEN, Symphony No. 9

Maison symphonique
Sunday, October 20, 2024 at 3:00pm

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