Hello everyone! I am so glad that you're here with me and Jennifer and Nala in this livestream for Orchestre classique de Montréal. First of all, I want to thank you. This is concert number 3 for OCM so tune in, it's gonna be about an hour. Before we start, my name is Rihab Chahib and this is Jennifer Seeto and we have a wonderful concert for you tonight, a mix of everythinf, things that we love and things that inspire us. Before we start, we have a message from our amazing artistic director, Borris Brott. I have a video that I am going to play on my iPad. "Bonsoir, je suis Borris Brott, directeur artistique et chef de l'Orchestre classique de Montréal. Le thème de notre nouvelle saison 2020-2021 est Un tour du monde en musique, chaque concert représente une différente région du monde. Le troisième concert de la saison sera le grand chef-d'oeuvre de Haendel, le Messie. The content of this concert, in collaboration with Saint-Joseph's Oratorio, will take place in the magnificent basilica of the Oratori on december 6th at 3 pm. Our featured soloist will be soprano Elizabeth Paulez, mezzo Rihab Chahib, tenor Marcel d'Entremont, and barytone Hugo Laporte. Our dissipated choir will be Les filles de l'Île, les Chantres Musiciens, la Société chorale de Saint-Lambert conducted by me, Borris Brott, and by Xavier Brossard-Ménard. Nous sommes très fiers de vous présenter la magnifique mezzo-soprano, Rihab Chahib, dans le messie du concert de ce soir. Chanteuse d'opéra d'origine tunisienne, Rihab est connue pour son charme dramatique et sa clarité vocale. Elle est à Montréal après avoir passé deux ans au Metropolitain Opera de New York. Bon concert!"

That's it guys! Thank you again for being there and we are both sending you lots of love and words of encouragement and prayers and just positive thoughts. I know everybody is dealing with this situation in their own way and different degrees but I just want to say, we all love you, Nala loves you, and the most important thing is to stay healthy and be kind to each other and continue to do music. Thanks again for being here, thanks to Orchestre classique de Montréal, Taras, Boran et Borris. I am very much looking forward to the Messiah in december!

Concert virtuel #3 …