Orchestre symphonique de Montréal

Jérémie Rhorer, conductor
Patricia Petibon, mezzo-soprano
Didem Basar, qanun
Anouar Berrada, soufi singer

Katia Makdissi-Warren*,
Ainsi chantait Simorgh, for soufi singer, qanun and orchestra – World premiere – OSM commission **
Ravel, Shéhérazade
Stravinsky, The Firebird, Suite (1919) 
Mahler, Rückert Lieder, «Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen» (Me voilà coupée du monde)
R. Strauss, Also Sprach Zarathustra, op. 30

The OSM invites you to journey East with Thus Spake Zarathustra by Strauss, Scheherazade by Ravel featuring soprano Patricia Petibon, and the world premiere of Ainsi chantait Simorgh by Katia Makdissi-Warren. Stravinsky’s majestic Firebird rounds out this programme under the baton of French conductor Jérémie Rhorer.