Mahler’s Symphony of a Thousand
June 16-17, 2010
NAC, 53 Elgin Street
June 16-17, 2010
NAC, 53 Elgin Street
Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal
National Arts Centre Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Joni Henson, soprano 1
Erin Wall, soprano 2
Nathalie Paulin, soprano 3
Susan Platts, alto 1
Anita Krause, alto 2
John Mac Master, tenor
Alexander Dobson, baritone
Robert Pomakov, bass
Combined Ottawa and Montreal Choruses
Duain Wolfe, chorus master
MAHLER Symphony No. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand"
Mahler himself conducted the debut of his bigger-than-life symphony, featuring more than 1,000 performers and justifying its nickname. Yannick Nézet-Séguin will marshal the enormous forces – two full orchestras, a chorus of 240, eight soloists – in the NAC Orchestra’s first-ever performance of this masterpiece. Mahler described it perfectly: "Try to imagine the whole universe beginning to ring and resound. These are no longer human voices, but planets and suns revolving in their orbits."
National Arts Centre Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Joni Henson, soprano 1
Erin Wall, soprano 2
Nathalie Paulin, soprano 3
Susan Platts, alto 1
Anita Krause, alto 2
John Mac Master, tenor
Alexander Dobson, baritone
Robert Pomakov, bass
Combined Ottawa and Montreal Choruses
Duain Wolfe, chorus master
MAHLER Symphony No. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand"
Mahler himself conducted the debut of his bigger-than-life symphony, featuring more than 1,000 performers and justifying its nickname. Yannick Nézet-Séguin will marshal the enormous forces – two full orchestras, a chorus of 240, eight soloists – in the NAC Orchestra’s first-ever performance of this masterpiece. Mahler described it perfectly: "Try to imagine the whole universe beginning to ring and resound. These are no longer human voices, but planets and suns revolving in their orbits."