The OSM at The Krakow and The Prestigious Salzburg Festival
On July 20, Kent Nagano and the OSM opened the 98th edition of the Salzburg Festival to a full house of 1400 spectators. It was the orchestra’s fifth visit to Austria, but nevertheless their first appearance at this grand international festival — making the OSM the first Canadian orchestra in history to appear at the Salzburg Festival.
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This inaugural concert was part of the Festival’s Ouverture spirituelle series, dedicated to sacred music, and took place at the Felsenreitschule, a mythical venue carved from the native rock, which lent itself marvelously to such a dramatic work.
Two days earlier, the OSM performed the piece before an audience of 1700, including the composer himself, at Krakow’s ICE Congress Centre.
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Artists and program
Artists
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
Kent Nagano, conductor
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Lucas Meachem, baritone
Matthew Rose, bass
Warsaw Boys’ Choir, Krzysztof Kusiel-Moroz, chorus master
Kracow Philharmonic Chorus, Teresa Majka-Pacanek, chorus master
Program
Krzysztof Penderecki: St Luke Passion (Passio et Mors Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Secundum Lucam)