Yannick Nézet-Séguin/Orchestre Métropolitain
Bourgie Hall, Montréal, 18th September 2020
For obvious reasons, very few orchestras have (yet) to complete a Beethoven symphony cycle in this 250th anniversary year. And so it’s natural, in the words of Yannick Nézet-Séguin, to “break the silence imposed by the pandemic” with Beethoven’s music. The Fifth Symphony, in particular, is being played by orchestras everywhere as their season opener, often in empty halls, beamed digitally to their audiences. A gesture of defiance. Nézet-Séguin’s Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal was one of the first orchestras in North America to reconvene and start making music together. So what better way than a Beethoven cycle?
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
© Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal
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