This conductor conducts Mozart and Bizet during a surprise concert in a New York park! – Classical Radio By Philippe Gault
Posted on 06/27/2023 at 07:00 | Modified on 06/26/2023 at 20:20
While the great New York orchestras are multiplying free concerts in the city in June, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and musicians from the Met Opera gave an impromptu recital in the park of Little Island, to the delight of walkers.
Big surprise for onlookers who strolled on Tuesday June 20 in Little Island Park, a one-hectare aerial space placed on 132 concrete tulips created in 2021 above the Hudson River, south of Manhattan. They had the chance to attend a piano recital given free of charge by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the musical director of the Met Opera, accompanied by 4 horn players from the orchestra.
The improvised quintet interpreted classical tunes taken from Turandot by Giacomo Puccini, So do all de WA Mozart, The Radetzky March Johann Strauss et al Carmen by Georges Bizet, but also an unpublished interpretation of the song Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen. The same evening, the Met Opera began its traditional tour of free concerts in New York neighborhoods in Central Park.
The Met Opera orchestra conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin on June 27 and 28 at the Philharmonie de Paris
This series of New York concerts and recitals from the Met will end on June 30 at Clove Lakes Park on Staten Island with a performance by musicians from the orchestra led by assistant conductor Juan José Lázaro with soprano Erika Baikof , mezzo-soprano Cierra Byrd and baritone Thomas Glass.
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At the same time, the Met Opera orchestra begins its European tour with 2 concerts conducted by Yannick-Nézet Séguin at the Philharmonie de Paris. This Tuesday, June 27 with soprano Angel Blue and tenor Russell Thomas and Wednesday, July 28 with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato. The Met Opera will then perform at the Barbican in London and then in Baden-Baden until July 2.
The New York Philharmonic has also mobilized for a series of free concerts given in the city’s parks. Under the direction of Jaap van Zweden, the NY Phil performed in mid-June at Van Cortlandt Park, Central Park, Cunningham Park and Prospect Park.
Philippe Gault
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