And some exceptional concerts for the next few months

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THE MEZZO LIVE HD television channel, the world’s leading television channel for classical music, jazz and dance, is proud to present the concert of conductor Susanna Molkki live at the Montreal Symphony House on Friday, October 2 at 8 p.m. Under her direction, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra will perform Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony. Despite the health restrictions associated with COVID-19 in recent months, MEZZO LIVE HD has organized with cultural partners (rooms, musicians and creators) from many countries to continue to offer largescale live offerings to its global audience.

LIVE FROM MONTREAL – OCTOBER 2 AT 8 P.M.: SUSANNA MOLK AND SCHUBERT’S UNFINISHED SYMPHONY

photo credit : Simon Fowler

Finland’s Susanna Molkki will conduct Schubert’s famous Unfinished Symphony. For his third concert at the Montreal Symphony House, the residence of the OSM, we can expect a performance full of passion and mastery. The program will be completed with two pieces by Debussy and Wagner, in a concentration of lyricism and passion.

  • Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (9 min)
  • Schubert: Symphony No.8, D 759 in B minor Unfinished (25 min)
  • Wagner : Siegfried-Idyll, WWV 103 (24min)

FALL AND WINTER PROGRAMMING

…Live

It should also be remembered that MEZZO LIVE HD highlighted the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth through special programming. Moreover, on December 17, the date of the composer’s baptism (because we do not know that of his birth), Beethoven will be celebrated with Andris Nelsons live from Leipzig. By the end of the year, MEZZO LIVE HD will take you to St. Petersburg, Vienna, Berlin, Budapest, Paris, Madrid, Leipzig or Monte Carlo… for live concerts that will be confirmed in the coming weeks.

…Highlights

In jazz, there will be reruns of the Montreal International Jazz Festival in November! These include Roberto Fonseca, Makaya McCraven, Hiromi, Jaime Woods and Edmar Castaeda

On the classical side, a new concert that is out of the ordinary in October: Teodor Currentzis and his musical Aeterna ensemble in the sumptuous setting of the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris. This special concert of sacred music, which includes works by the great medieval mystic Hildegarde von Bingen and the Russian composer Retinsky, is not to be missed on Tuesday, October 18 at 8 p.m. In addition, in November, we will discover unreleased concerts filmed this summer in the magical setting of the Alhambra de Granada by Jordi Savall, Javier Perianes, Fabio Biondi.

The famous impossible love of Shakespeare’s two young heroes will be offered in an opera on October 24 at 6:30 p.m., with Joyce DiDonato in Bellini’s Les Capulet et les Montaigu

Finally in December (11th at 8pm), the chance to rediscover a real “cabinet of curiosities”, Le Ballet Royal de la Nuit, this baroque magic theatre recreates one of the mythical festivals of the court of Louis XIV where for the first time the young king will be personified as the Sun King.

MEZZO LIVE HD is available in Quebec from the following broadcasters:

Videotron: 721 channels in HD and 121 in SD – and a large catalogue in video on demand

Cogeco: Channel 585

CCAP Cable: channels 721 in HD and 121 in SD

Bell Tv Fibe: Channel 1129 – video on demand

Virgin Mobile: Channel 1129

Telus: channel 750