A Heavenly Vision

A long-awaited but unexpected delight: Kent Nagano reunites with the OSM and Lanaudière for a distinctive concert at the Amphitheatre! As with Nagano’s last appearance on our stage, the evening features a symphony by Mahler: his Fourth this time, alive with the poetic and mysterious wonders of a child’s imagination, conjuring Heaven. The Heavenly Life—the title Mahler gave to its last movement —is a perfect, charming contrast with the “earthly life” of Debussy’s timeless Afternoon of a Faun, a varicoloured metaphor of the world’s primeval forces.