Labadie Conducts Mendelssohn’s “Italian” Symphony – Express
^2026-2027

This concert opens in the world of Orpheus, the mythical figure whose voice could move even the shadows. In Gluck’s hands, the music becomes clear, expressive, and profoundly human—a sunlit brilliance running through the overture and the pages of this ballet music. That same radiance finds its natural echo in Mendelssohn’s “Italian” Symphony, composed at the age of 24, overflowing with joy and shaped by the ruins, landscapes, and vibrant spirit of the Italian countryside. Under the refined direction of Bernard Labadie, this musical moment comes to life with freshness and vitality.

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Classical concert presented without intermission, in a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere!

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Artistes

Orchestre symphonique de Montréal

Bernard Labadie, conductor

Œuvres

Christoph Willibald Gluck, Overture and Ballet Music from Orpheus and Eurydice
I. Ouverture (3 min)
II. Ballet des Ombres heureuses (Act 2, scene 2) (6 min 45)
III. Lent (Act 2, scene 3) (2 min 10)
IV. Gracieux (Final Ballet from Act 3) (2 min)
V. Gavotte (2 min 30)
VI. Maestoso. Légèrement (35 sec)
VII. Très lentement (2 min 10)
VIII. Chaconne (7 min)

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Symphony no. 4, op. 90, “Italian”

Estimated duration 1:00

Labadie Conducts Mendelssohn’s “Italian” Symphony – Express

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