La Maison symphonique de Montréal has been dark since mid-March, when the COVID-19 pandemic put a stop to concerts and silenced the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal for the remainder of its season. On June 8, when certain restrictions on public gatherings were relaxed, the members of the OSM returned to the stage of la Maison symphonique for the first time since the lockdown began. Some wearing face masks, and all of them spaced out onstage, they performed the second movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. Below, watch the fifth movement, 'Le jardin féerique," from the latter work. Music director Kent Nagano's tenure with the OSM ended during the COVID-19 lockdown, and plans to celebrate his time with the orchestra were cancelled.

Source: CBC News June 11, 2020 20:31 UTC