“The National Arts Centre is launching a new season of performances that will not only make up some of the shows that were called off because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also venture into bold, new programming directions while continuing to embrace the digital audience that grew when the institution was closed,” writes Lisa Saxberg in Thursday’s (8/19) Ottawa Citizen (Canada). “Highlights of the coming months include the collaboration between English theatre and Montre-al’s Black Theatre Workshop, concerts by the likes of Feist, Bruce Cockburn and Carly Rae Jepsen, the NAC Orchestra’s focus on female composers and guest artists, a passing-of-the-torch in French theatre, and a mix of digital and in-person performances in both Dance and Indigenous theatre…. NAC Orchestra Music Director Alexander Shelley … leads a season that blends artistical-ly ambitious works with audience favorites, beginning Sept. 10 with a 20th-anniversary remem-brance of 9/11 that features Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4. There’s also some Beethoven, Han-del, Schumann and much more in the season, with a list of guest artists that includes artist-in-residence James Ehnes, French pianist Hélène Grimaud and Mohawk singer-songwriter Shawnee Kish.”
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