This was going to be a big week for the National Arts Centre Orchestra.  For the conclusion of its 40th anniversary season, the orchestra had programmed Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, the famous “Symphony of a Thousand”.  Canadian superstar conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin was engaged to lead the combined orchestras of the NAC and l’Orchestre Metropolitain, eight … More Yannick and Mahler