OSM: Nagano Conducts Bach's Christmas Oratorio

The facts

Dates

8 to 9 Dec

Hours

19:30

Venue

Maison symphonique de Montréal

Address

1600 rue Saint-Urbain, Montréal, QC · OpenStreetMap

Source

The organiser’s page (osm.ca) Checked against it on 13 October 2026.

See it on the map

What it is

Kent Nagano conducts the OSM and OSM Chorus with soloists Carolyn Sampson, Olivia Vermeulen, Sebastian Kohlhepp and Derek Welton in cantatas 1 to 3 and 6 of Bach's Christmas Oratorio.

Getting there

The venue is in Quartier des spectacles.

Nearest station: Place-des-Arts (Green line)

Places on the map within a 10-minute walk of the venue:

• Place des Arts 100 m away
• Place des Festivals 150 m away
• Complexe Desjardins 300 m away
• Club Soda 300 m away
• MTELUS 300 m away

Also on nearby

Other listings within 2 km on 8 Dec:

• Festival International Bach Montréal 2026 (20th anniversary) Various venues in Montréal · 50 m away
• Louis-José Houde, Et jusqu'à la fin la beauté. Place des Arts, Théâtre Maisonneuve · 100 m away
• Janette, Duceppe Place des Arts, Théâtre Jean-Duceppe · 100 m away
• The Nutcracker, Les Grands Ballets Place des Arts, Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier · 100 m away
• HEREDIS, spectacle Assassin's Creed Place des Arts, Théâtre Maisonneuve · 100 m away
• Grand Marché de Noël de Montréal Quartier des spectacles, Sainte-Catherine Street between Balmoral and Jeanne-Mance · 150 m away

Later that week within 2 km, 9 to 14 Dec:

• A Holly Jolly Jill Barber Christmas 9 Dec · Place des Arts, Cinquième Salle · 100 m away
• Magnum Opus 9 Dec · Théâtre Sainte-Catherine · 550 m away
• Voix de Ville 9 Dec · The Wiggle Room · 1.1 km away
• Initiation à Blender (15 ans et plus) 9 Dec · Bibliothèque Père-Ambroise · 1.6 km away
• The Best of Bach with Latry 10 Dec · Maison symphonique de Montréal
• Salon des Artisans de Montréal 2026 (1st edition) 10 Dec · Palais des congrès de Montréal · 700 m away

Also at Maison symphonique de Montréal

• Grand Finale of the OSM Competition 2026, Piano 14 Nov
• Orchestre Métropolitain: Heroines and Lyrical Passions 15 Nov
• OSM: The Sibelius Concerto & Swan Lake 19 Nov
• Jubilant opening for the 20th edition of the Festival Bach! 20 Nov
• Festival Bach Montréal opening concert: Bach and Handel 20 Nov

Weather in December

In December Montréal averages a high of -1°C (29°F) and a low of -9°C (15°F), with 87 mm of rain on about 16 days. Those are Environment and Climate Change Canada averages for 1981 to 2010 at its Montréal/Pierre Elliott Trudeau Intl A (7025250) station, counting days with at least 0.2 mm of rain.