Highlights from an outdoor concert performed on a slope of Mount Royal in mid-town Montreal to celebrate the city's 375th anniversary. Included are tributes to Leonard Cohen and Kate McGarrigle. Recorded from FM with many tiny breaks in reception removed and instances of repetitive radio host chatter deleted.
Defect: Several tracks marred by talk over their beginning.

Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Anna McGarrigle, Patrick Watson, Wyclif Jean, Coeur de pirate, DJ Champion, Elisapie Isaac, more

'Montr�al Symphonique'
Montreal, QC -- Parc Mont-Royal
2017-08-19 -- 51:31

01. -radio host intro-
02. Ouverture
03. -radio host talk-
04. April Fools
05. -radio host talk-
06. -talk- > Gone 'Till November
07. -radio host talk-
08. Qanniuguma
09. -radio host talk-
10. Entre la jeunesse et la sagesse > Complainte pour Ste-Catherine
11. -radio host talk-
12. Proserpina
13. -radio host talk-
14. You Want It Darker
15. -radio host talk-
16. Hallelujah
17. -radio host talk-
18. Plage dor�e
19. -radio host talk-
20. Lighthouse
21. -radio host talk-
22. The Great Escape > Place de la Republique
23. -radio host outro-

note: 'Montr�al Symphonique' 375th anniversary concert highlights
Angeline Tetteh-Wayoe - radio host
Simon Leclerc - orchestra director, arranger
t08: sung in Inuktitut
t18: sung in French and another language
t22: sung in English > French

composers/songwriters:
t02: Simon Leclerc
t04: Rufus Wainwright
t06: Wyclif Jean
t08: Elisapie Isaac
t10: Kate McGarrigle, Philippe Tatartcheff > Anna McGarrigle, Philippe Tatartcheff
t12: Kate McGarrigle
t14: Leonard Cohen
t16: Leonard Cohen
t18: Hector Berlioz; adapted by DJ Champion, Face-T, Ilam, M-Mo
t20: Patrick Watson
t22: Patrick Watson > Coeur de pirate

musicians:
t02, 06, 08, 10, 12, 18, 20, 22: Orchestre symphonique de Montr�al
t02, 04, 12, 16, 18, 22: Orchestre M�tropolitain
t02, 08, 10, 12, 18, 22: Orchestre symphonique de McGill
t12, 14, 16, 18: 100-voice choir
t18: DJ Champion - instruments; Melissa Lavergne - percussion
t20: Patrick Watson - piano
t22: Patrick Watson, Coeur de pirate - piano

vocalists:
t04: Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright
t06: Wyclif Jean
t08: Elisapie Isaac, Beatrice Deer
t10: Rufus Wainwright, Anna McGarrigle, Jane McGarrigle, Martha Wainwright, Lily Lanken, Sylvan Lanken
t12: Anna McGarrigle, Martha Wainwright, Jane McGarrigle, Rufus Wainwright
t14: Leonard Cohen (prerecorded), Shaar Hashomayim choir, Gideon Zelermeyer
t16: Rufus Wainwright
t18: DJ Champion, Ilam, M-Mo
t20: Patrick Watson
t22: Patrick Watson, Coeur de pirate

No artwork. Help in identifying 'another language' from t18 much appreciated.

source: 'Canada Live' broadcast recorded by stevemtl on 2017-09-18 from CBC-FM R2:
analogue cable FM > RX-596 > R500 (SBM) > R44 (24/48) > HD
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